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INFECTIOUS pancreatic necrosis (IPN) is an acute, highly contagious viral disease of salmonid fishes. The disease is characterized by explosive outbreaks of mortalities in salmonid fry. Epizootics in hatchery fishes are dreaded, and have characterized it as a major disease of hatchery salmonids. Although the occurrence of the disease has been well documented in hatchery salmonids, little is known of its occurrence and consequences in native fishes. We conducted a virus survey to determine the possible presence of IPN virus in fishes in the tailwaters of two IPN-infected trout hatcheries.
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SONSTEGARD, R., MCDERMOTT, L. & SONSTEGARD, K. Isolation of Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus from White Suckers (Catastomus commersoni). Nature 236, 174–175 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/236174a0
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