Table 2.
Results of RT-PCR for betanodavirus for fish samples collected from wild and culture facilities during April 2013–December 2014
Species | Disease status | Origin | No. examined | No. positive by OIE primers | No. positive by newly designed primers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lates calcarifer | Clinical | Farm/hatchery | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Sub clinical | Wild | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
Mugil cephalus | Sub clinical | Farm | 11 | 1 | 1 |
Sub clinical | Wild | 1 | – | – | |
Chanos chanos | Sub clinical | Farm | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Sub clinical | Wild | 9 | – | – | |
Liza parsia | Sub clinical | Farm | 1 | – | – |
Sub clinical | Wild | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
Others Liza tade, Eleutheronema tetradactylus |
Sub clinical | Farm | 0 | – | – |
Sub clinical | Wild | 1 | – | – | |
Total | – | – | 40 | 9 | 9 |