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SUBMITTER: Boonthai T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5834888 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Boonthai Traimat T Loch Thomas P TP Yamashita Coja J CJ Smith Geoffrey D GD Winters Andrew D AD Kiupel Matti M Brenden Travis O TO Faisal Mohamed M
BMC veterinary research 20180302 1
<h4>Background</h4>Mortality episodes have affected young-of-year smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in several river systems in Pennsylvania since 2005. A series of laboratory experiments were performed to determine the potential role of largemouth bass virus (Ranavirus, Iridoviridae) in causing these events.<h4>Results</h4>Juvenile smallmouth bass experimentally infected with the largemouth bass virus exhibited internal and external clinical signs and mortality consistent with those observ ...[more]