The four isolated viruses revealed the same pathogenicity to rainbow trout fry as spontaneous epizootic of “unknown disease”. Serological tests and experimental infectivity trials with the newly isolated viruses clearly showed the “unknown disease” of Japanese rainbow trout to be Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis.
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