Species data

Common names

Name:

Halibut, Atlantic

Family:

Flounders, right-eye

Name:

Marine fish

Latin names

Name:

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Family:

Pleuronectidae

Name:

Pleuronectiformes

Diseases affected

Disease name	Occurance	Reference
Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	Clinical infectious pancreatic necrosis virus infection in farmed halibut in the United Kingdom. Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus, serotype N1, isolated from Norwegian halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus), turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) and scallops (Pecten maximus).
Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis	Experimental demonstration	Mortality of halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) challenged with infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV).
Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition).
Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy	Natural occurrence	Isolation of nodavirus from Scottish farmed halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus (L.). Mass mortality of larval and juvenile hatchery-reared halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.) associated with the presence of virus-like particles in vacuolated lesions in the central nervous system and retina. Nodavirus infection of Atlantic cod, Dover sole, and halibut in the United Kingdom. OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition). OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006).
Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy	Experimental demonstration	Transmission of viral encephalopathy and retinopathy (VER) to yolk-sac larvae of the Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus: occurrence of nodavirus in various organs and a possible route of infection.
Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy	Natural occurrence	Vacuolating encephalopathy and retinopathy associated with a nodavirus-like agent: a probable cause of mass mortality of cultured larvall and juvenile Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus. World Animal Health in 1995. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods. World Animal Health in 1996. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods.
Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia	Experimental demonstration	A study of the susceptibility of Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus (L.), to viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus isolated from turbot, Scophthalmus maximus(L.).

Countries affected

Country	Reference
Norway	Mass mortality of larval and juvenile hatchery-reared halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.) associated with the presence of virus-like particles in vacuolated lesions in the central nervous system and retina. Vacuolating encephalopathy and retinopathy associated with a nodavirus-like agent: a probable cause of mass mortality of cultured larvall and juvenile Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus. World Animal Health in 1995. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods.
United Kingdom	Isolation of nodavirus from Scottish farmed halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus (L.). Nodavirus infection of Atlantic cod, Dover sole, and halibut in the United Kingdom.

Country

Reference

Norway

Mass mortality of larval and juvenile hatchery-reared halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.) associated with the presence of virus-like particles in vacuolated lesions in the central nervous system and retina.
Vacuolating encephalopathy and retinopathy associated with a nodavirus-like agent: a probable cause of mass mortality of cultured larvall and juvenile Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus.
World Animal Health in 1995. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods.

United Kingdom

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