Probiotics and Prebiotics

Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV3) is the etiological agent of disease known as koi herpesvirus disease highly contagious and lethal for the Cyrprinus caripo varieties. Since its first reports in the United State and Israel in late 1990, it has been distributed throughout Asia, Europe and some countries in America. Although Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 has been detected in wild carp, little has been studied about its involvement in dissemination to other species of wild animals. A study about viromy of intestinal contents of migratory wild ducks of the genus Anas, Mareca and Spatula evidenced the presence of diverse viral families of birds, fish, plants, invertebrates, and bacteria. A considerable part of the sequences obtained corresponded to the family Alloherpesviridae, where there is genus Cyprinivirus which includes the species Cyprinid herpesvirus 1, 2 and 3. By PCR technique positive samples were obtained to amplify the TK gen fragment corresponding to CyHV3.