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1 October 2012 Low Prevalence of Cyprinid Herpesvirus 3 Found in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio carpio) Collected from Nine Locations in the Great Lakes
Emily R. Cornwell, Gregory B. Anderson, Gregory A. Wooster, Rodman G. Getchell, Geoffrey H. Groocock, James W. Casey, Mark B. Bain, Paul R. Bowser
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Abstract

Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV3) is a viral disease of fish first detected in the United States in 1998. Since that time, mortality events in common carp (Cyprinus carpio carpio) have occurred in several locations within the Great Lakes basin, but not within the Great Lakes themselves. We sampled 675 carp from 20 sites across the Great Lakes and Lake St. Clair, Michigan, USA, between 19 July and 26 September 2010. We tested the gill and a pooled internal organ sample from each fish for CyHV3 with the use of a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay. Virus was detected in 18 fish from nine sites in four lakes (Lakes Michigan, Huron, St. Clair, and Ontario). Tissues from these 18 fish were also tested for CyHV3 with the use of the PCR assay recommended by the World Organization for Animal Health; amplification was achieved from two fish and confirmation by sequencing of CyHV3 from one fish collected in Lake St. Clair. The results of this study suggest that CyHV3 is present in the Great Lakes.

Emily R. Cornwell, Gregory B. Anderson, Gregory A. Wooster, Rodman G. Getchell, Geoffrey H. Groocock, James W. Casey, Mark B. Bain, and Paul R. Bowser "Low Prevalence of Cyprinid Herpesvirus 3 Found in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio carpio) Collected from Nine Locations in the Great Lakes," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 48(4), 1092-1096, (1 October 2012). https://doi.org/10.7589/2012-02-062
Received: 25 January 2011; Accepted: 1 June 2012; Published: 1 October 2012
KEYWORDS
common carp
cyprinid herpesvirus 3
Cyprinus carpio
disease surveillance
koi herpesvirus
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