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Baculoviral mid-gut gland necrosis (BMN) of kuruma shrimp(Penaeus japonicus) larvae in Japanese intensive culture systems
Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen volume 37, pages 255–264 (1984)
Abstract
In many shrimp farms in the Kyushu and Chugoku areas of Japan, the so-called mid-gut gland cloudy disease of kuruma shrimp larvae(Penaeus japonicus) has occurred since 1971. The pathological changes associated with this baculoviral mid-gut gland necrosis (BMN) are extensive cellular necrosis, collapse of mid-gut gland cells, nuclear hypertrophy and finally karyorrhexis. Electron microscopic examination revealed the presence of virions and virogenic stages in the affected nuclei. Average length and diameter of the virions detected was 310 and 72 nm, respectively; nucleocapsids were 250 nm in size. Virions enclosing 2 nucleocapsids within a single envelope were rarely found. The spirally arranged capsomeres were at an angle of 37 to 38° to a horizontal line meeting at right angles with the long axis of the virion. Infectivity trials resulted in high mortality of healthy mysis and juveniles (2nd post-larval stage). Juveniles at the 9th post-larval stage showed no mortality, although they could be infected easily by the agent. Hypertrophied nuclei in squashed and stained preparations of the affected gland cells can be considered to be of reliable presumptive diagnostic character, and fluorescent antibody staining can be employed to confirm the diagnosis of BMN.
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Sano, T., Nishimura, T., Fukuda, H. et al. Baculoviral mid-gut gland necrosis (BMN) of kuruma shrimp(Penaeus japonicus) larvae in Japanese intensive culture systems. Helgolander Meeresunters 37, 255–264 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01989310
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