TARGETING SPECIFICstrains of SAV

摘要

Salmon pancreas disease virus (SPDV), also referred to as salmonid alphavirus (SAV), causespancreas disease (PD) in Atlantic salmon and sleeping disease in rainbow trout.While all strains of the virus are recognised to be closely related members of the same virus species, they can be assigned to six genogroups (SAV subtypes I -6), based on minor differences in the sequences of their nucleic acid.The geographical distribution of these subtypes in marine salmon production is now well characterised. In Ireland, SAV isolates of subtypes I and 4 are present (plus the only isolate of SAV subtype 6made to date).