Existence of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) has been recently reported in Turkey. A total of 5967 marine and freshwater fish were sampled to detect VHSV between 2007 and 2009 in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Of the 5967 fish, five fish tested positive by PCR reactions of tissue filtrates and supernatants of cell cultures showing CPE indicated by a specific 587 bp fragments from the...

Since the late 1980s, a birnaviral gill disease has been occurring in Japanese eels Anguilla japonica reared in warmwater ponds in western regions in Japan. Diseased eels mostly displayed marked formations of aneurysmal hematomas within gill lamellae and high mortalities. Histological examination revealed necrosis of pillar cells and subsequent aggregation of erythrocytes inside the lamellar ca...