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Chew XZ, Gibson-Kueh S. The haematology of clinically healthy, farmed juvenile Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer Bloch)-reference intervals, and indicators of subclinical disease. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2023; 46:1109-1124. [PMID: 37452465 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
Abstract
This study establishes the blood reference intervals (RIs) for clinically healthy and farmed juvenile Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer), within 4-6 weeks after stocking into flow-through, marine aquaculture systems. The 90% percentile RIs (n = 156, mean bodyweight 41.8 g) are as follows: glucose (GLU) 2.4-11.3 mmol/L, haematocrit (Hct) 18.9%-39.2%, haemoglobin concentration (Hb) 56.0-85.0 g/L, total plasma protein (TPP) 56.0-77.0 g/L, total red blood cell (RBC) count 4.1-11.2 × 1012 /L, total white blood cell (WBC) count 5.3-69.9 × 109 /L, total lymphocytes 4.7-51.4 × 109 /L, monocytes 0.3-16.2 × 109 /L and heterophils count 0.6-8.4 × 109 /L. Pearson's method analysis showed weak but significantly positive correlations between fish bodyweight and Hct, Hb, TPP and total RBC count (p < 0.05). Histopathology of 42 of the 156 clinically healthy fish used to derive the RIs, with blood values within the 90% percentile range, did not exhibit any abnormal pathology. In contrast, histopathology from a different group of clinically healthy L. calcarifer (n = 72, mean bodyweight 31.3 g) with blood values falling outside of these established 90% percentile RIs showed that 25% of these fish had severe, chronic granulomatous enteritis, and 13% had severely depleted lipid stores in their liver. Point biserial correlation analysis of blood values from this second group of 72 fish showed that elevated total WBC, monocyte and heterophil counts and reduced Hct levels are significantly associated (p < 0.05) with the occurrence of severe, chronic granulomatous enteritis and depleted lipid stores in their liver. Reduced blood GLU and TPP levels in the second group of fish were significantly associated with fish that had depleted lipid stores in liver (p < 0.05), corroborating a period of malnutrition. This study is among the first to establish blood RIs for clinically healthy, farmed juvenile L. calcarifer and detection of subclinical diseases in fish to support early intervention.
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- Xian Zhe Chew
- James Cook University Singapore, Singapore City, Singapore
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- Tropical Futures Institute, James Cook University, Singapore City, Singapore
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Jin Y, Bergmann SM, Mai Q, Yang Y, Liu W, Sun D, Chen Y, Yu Y, Liu Y, Cai W, Dong H, Li H, Yu H, Wu Y, Lai M, Zeng W. Simultaneous Isolation and Identification of Largemouth Bass Virus and Rhabdovirus from Moribund Largemouth Bass ( Micropterus salmoides). Viruses 2022; 14:v14081643. [PMID: 36016264 PMCID: PMC9415833 DOI: 10.3390/v14081643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 07/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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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 and parasites. In this study, moribund largemouth bass containing ulcer foci on body surfaces indicated the most likely pathogens were iridovirus and rhabdovirus members and this was confirmed using a combination of immunohistochemistry, cell culture, electron microscopy and conserved gene sequence analysis. We identified that these fish had been co-infected with these viruses. We observed bullet-shaped virions (100−140 nm long and 50−100 nm in diameter) along with hexagonal virions with 140 nm diameters in cell culture inoculated with tissue homogenates. The viruses were plaque purified and a comparison of the highly conserved regions of the genome of these viruses indicated that they are most similar to largemouth bass virus (LMBV) and hybrid snakehead rhabdovirus (HSHRV), respectively. Regression infection experiments indicated fish mortalities for LMBV-FS2021 and HSHRV-MS2021 were 86.7 and 11.1%, respectively. While co-infection resulted in 93.3% mortality that was significantly (p < 0.05) higher than the single infections even though the viral loads differed by >100-fold. Overall, we simultaneously isolated and identified LMBV and a HSHRV-like virus from diseased largemouth bass, and our results can provide novel ideas for the prevention and treatment of combined virus infection especially in largemouth bass.
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- Yuqi Jin
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528231, China; (Y.J.); (Q.M.); (Y.Y.); (W.L.); (D.S.); (Y.C.); (Y.Y.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (H.L.); (H.Y.)
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- Institute of Infectology, Friedrich-Loffler-Institut (FLI), Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Südufer 10, 17493 Greifswald-InselRiems, Germany;
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528231, China; (Y.J.); (Q.M.); (Y.Y.); (W.L.); (D.S.); (Y.C.); (Y.Y.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (H.L.); (H.Y.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528231, China; (Y.J.); (Q.M.); (Y.Y.); (W.L.); (D.S.); (Y.C.); (Y.Y.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (H.L.); (H.Y.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528231, China; (Y.J.); (Q.M.); (Y.Y.); (W.L.); (D.S.); (Y.C.); (Y.Y.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (H.L.); (H.Y.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528231, China; (Y.J.); (Q.M.); (Y.Y.); (W.L.); (D.S.); (Y.C.); (Y.Y.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (H.L.); (H.Y.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528231, China; (Y.J.); (Q.M.); (Y.Y.); (W.L.); (D.S.); (Y.C.); (Y.Y.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (H.L.); (H.Y.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528231, China; (Y.J.); (Q.M.); (Y.Y.); (W.L.); (D.S.); (Y.C.); (Y.Y.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (H.L.); (H.Y.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528231, China; (Y.J.); (Q.M.); (Y.Y.); (W.L.); (D.S.); (Y.C.); (Y.Y.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (H.L.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China;
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528231, China; (Y.J.); (Q.M.); (Y.Y.); (W.L.); (D.S.); (Y.C.); (Y.Y.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (H.L.); (H.Y.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528231, China; (Y.J.); (Q.M.); (Y.Y.); (W.L.); (D.S.); (Y.C.); (Y.Y.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (H.L.); (H.Y.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528231, China; (Y.J.); (Q.M.); (Y.Y.); (W.L.); (D.S.); (Y.C.); (Y.Y.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (H.L.); (H.Y.)
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- Foshan Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong, Foshan 528145, China; (Y.W.); (M.L.)
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- Foshan Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong, Foshan 528145, China; (Y.W.); (M.L.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528231, China; (Y.J.); (Q.M.); (Y.Y.); (W.L.); (D.S.); (Y.C.); (Y.Y.); (Y.L.); (H.D.); (H.L.); (H.Y.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-(0757)-83962672
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Branco CE, Boyce RC, Gauthier DT. Feeding duration of Myzobdella lugubris leech on largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2021; 44:355-358. [PMID: 33222206 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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- Ciara E Branco
- Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
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