Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the advances in iridovirus research over the
past decade. It summarizes salient features of the iridovirus research studies, and discusses …

Viruses in three genera of the family Iridoviridae (iridoviruses) affect finfish. Ranaviruses and
megalocytiviruses are recently emerged pathogens. Both cause severe systemic disease …

Distribution and host range of ranaviruses Page 19 9© The Author (s) 2015 MJ Gray, VG
Chinchar (eds.), Ranaviruses , DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13755-1_2 Distribution and Host Range …

Ranaviruses were thought to have little impact on populations of fish and amphibians for
decades after their serendipitous discovery in primary kidney cell cultures of northern …

Largemouth bass is an important commercially farmed fish in China, but the rapid expansion
of its breeding has resulted in increased incidence of diseases caused by bacteria, viruses …

Aquaculture has expanded to become the fastest growing food-producing sector in the
world. However, its expansion has come under threat due to an increase in diseases caused …

The largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is native to North America and has now
become a crucial economic species in aquaculture. With the rapid development of high …

Largemouth bass ranavirus (LMBRaV), also known as largemouth bass virus (LMBV), is a
high mortality pathogen in largemouth bass. A rapid, sensitive, specific and convenient …

The mechanisms by which outbreeding depression leads to reduced fitness are poorly
understood. We considered the hypothesis that outbreeding can depress fitness by …

Autophagy and apoptosis play important roles in the occurrence and development of
diseases. Largemouth bass virus (LMBV) is a primary agent that causes infectious skin …