Detection of Japanese Eel Endothelial Cells-infecting Virus (JEECV) in Mature Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica Caught from Their Spawning Area

Sachiko Okazaki-Terashima; Hiroaki Kurogi; Seinen Chow; Toshihiro Yamamoto; Noriaki Matsuya; Shigeho Ijiri; Noritaka Mochioka; Shinobu Tsuchiaka; Yuki Naoi; Kaori Sano; Tsutomu Omatsu; Shin-ichi Ono; Hiroshi Kuwada; Tetsuya Mizutani

doi:10.3147/jsfp.51.64

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Detection of Japanese Eel Endothelial Cells-infecting Virus (JEECV) in Mature Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica Caught from Their Spawning Area

Sachiko Okazaki-Terashima, Hiroaki Kurogi, Seinen Chow, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Noriaki Matsuya, Shigeho Ijiri, Noritaka Mochioka, Shinobu Tsuchiaka, Yuki Naoi, Kaori Sano, Tsutomu Omatsu, Shin-ichi Ono, Hiroshi Kuwada, Tetsuya Mizutani

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Sachiko Okazaki-Terashima
The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University
Research and Education Center for Prevention of Global Infectious Diseases of Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Hiroaki Kurogi
Yokosuka Laboratory, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency
Seinen Chow
National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency
Toshihiro Yamamoto
Yokosuka Laboratory, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency
Noriaki Matsuya
Division of Marine Life Science, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University
Shigeho Ijiri
Division of Marine Life Science, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University
Noritaka Mochioka
Bioresource Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
Shinobu Tsuchiaka
The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University
Research and Education Center for Prevention of Global Infectious Diseases of Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Yuki Naoi
Research and Education Center for Prevention of Global Infectious Diseases of Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Kaori Sano
Research and Education Center for Prevention of Global Infectious Diseases of Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Tsutomu Omatsu
The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University
Research and Education Center for Prevention of Global Infectious Diseases of Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Shin-ichi Ono
School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University
Hiroshi Kuwada
Yokosuka Laboratory, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency
Tetsuya Mizutani
The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University
Research and Education Center for Prevention of Global Infectious Diseases of Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Keywords: Japanese eel endothelial cells-infecting virus, JEECV, VECNE, spawner, Anguilla japonica

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2016 Volume 51 Issue 2 Pages 64-66

DOI https://doi.org/10.3147/jsfp.51.64

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Abstract

We examined the infection of Japanese eel endothelial cells-infecting virus (JEECV), which is the agent of viral endothelial cells necrosis (VECNE), in Japanese eels caught from the southern part of West Mariana Ridge in 2013 to know the infection status of the virus in their spawning area. JEECV was detected in the gills from a female out of five mature male and female fish by both quantitative and conventional PCRs. Additionally, the predicted polyomavirus large T like protein of the detected virus was different by one amino acid from that of the virus from farmed eels with VECNE.

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