| first isolation of an aquatic birnavirus from farmed and wild fish species in australia. | during routine sampling and testing, as part of a systematic surveillance program (the tasmanian salmonid health surveillance program), an aquatic birnavirus was isolated from 'pin-head' (fish exhibiting deficient acclimatisation on transfer to saltwater) atlantic salmon salmo salar, approximately 18 mo old, farmed in net-pens located in macquarie harbour on the west coast of tasmania, australia. the isolate grows readily in a range of fish cell lines including chse-214, rtg-2 and bf-2 and is ne ... | 2000 | 11129376 |