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DAO 38:177-181 (1999)
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Abstract
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A viral disease associated with mortalities in hatchery-reared postlarvae of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Jean-Michel Arcier1, François Herman2, Donald V. Lightner3, Rita M. Redman3, Jocelyne Mari3, Jean-Robert Bonami1,*
1UMR219, CNRS-IFREMER, Université Montpellier II, cc 80, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
2SICA Guadeloupéenne d'Aquaculture, Pointe Noire, Guadeloupe, France
3Aquaculture Pathology Group, Department of Veterinary Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
*Addressee for correspondence. E-mail: bonami@crit.univ-montp2.fr
ABSTRACT: During mortality outbreaks in hatchery-reared Macrobrachium rosenbergii postlarvae (PL) in Guadeloupe Island (French West Indies) during 1997, an associated viral disease was discovered and the agent was subsequently isolated. The
clinical signs presented by severely affected PL consisted essentially of an opaque whitish appearance of the abdomen. Histopathological changes in affected PL were characterized predominantly by pale to darkly basophilic, often reticulated, cytoplasmic
inclusions in the connective tissue cells of most organs and tissues. The isolated virus was approximately 30 nm in diameter as observed with an electron microscope by negative staining. By its location, structure and size it could be related to different
families of the small RNA cytoplasmic viruses such as the Picornaviridae or the Nodaviridae. Its characterization is in progress.
KEY WORDS: Viral disease · Freshwater prawn · Crustacean · Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Published in DAO Vol.
38, No. 3
(1999) on November 30
ISSN: 0177-5103.
Copyright © Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, 1999
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