Laboratory investigation into the role of largemouth bass virus (Ranavirus, Iridoviridae) in smallmouth bass mortality events in Pennsylvania rivers.
Traimat BoonthaiThomas P LochCoja J YamashitaGeoffrey D SmithAndrew D WintersMatti KiupelTravis O BrendenMohamed FaisalPublished in: BMC veterinary research (2018)
The sum of our data generated in this study suggests that largemouth bass virus can be the causative agent of young-of-year smallmouth bass mortality episodes observed at relatively high water temperature.