Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus was stable for 10 days at 4 C in stream and well water, after which the virus had a half-life of 7.5 days. At 15 C, the virus was stable for 5 days, and then had a half-life between 5 and 6 days. Viral antigen in infected cells developed much more slowly at 4 C than at 20 C. Infected cells released infectious viral particles at temperatures as low as 4 C. Nu...

Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) and infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) are important pathogens in rainbow trout aquaculture. Detection of these viruses in Croatia initiated investigation of their genetic relatedness to the worldwide IHNV and IPNV isolates. For this purpose, determination of nucleotide sequences of G and NV genes for IHNV and VP2/NS region for IPNV was pe...