Monitoring for Anguillicoloides crassus, Anguillid herpesvirus 1, aquabirnavirus EVE and rhabdovirus EVEX in the European eel population of southern Spain

Abstract

Over the last decades, native European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) stocks have declined sharply in the European Union. The ICES/EIFAC Working Group on Eels determined in October 2002 (ICES, 2003) that the stock was outside safe biological limits, and, thus, A. anguilla was considered critically endangered. The causes of the decline are not completely elucidated but most authors agree that they should

Development and application of a recombinase‐aided amplification combined with a lateral flow dipstick assay for rapid visual detection of anguillid herpesvirus 1

“…The most commonly detected viruses of eels are eel virus European (EVE), eel virus European X (EVEX) and Anguillid herpesvirus 1 (AngHV-1) (McConville et al, 2018). These viruses could result in haemorrhagic lesions and high mortality in both European eels (A. anguilla) (Ruiz et al, 2023) and Japanese eels (A. japonica) (Kobayashi & Miyazaki, 1996). Among them, AngHV-1 could spread horizontally via water (Hangalapura et al, 2007), and brought severe damage to eel breeders in the major eel farming areas (van Ginneken et al, 2004).…”

“…These viruses could result in haemorrhagic lesions and high mortality in both European eels ( A . anguilla ) (Ruiz et al., 2023) and Japanese eels ( A . japonica ) (Kobayashi & Miyazaki, 1996).…”