Seasonal Mortality of Wild Atlantic Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) Is Caused by a Virulent Clone of Vibrio (Listonella) anguillarum; Implications for Biosecurity along the Atlantic Coastal United States
Table 1
Cell culture surveillance of moribund B. tyrannus for virus detection from chronic mortality events.
Collection date
Collection location
# of fish
Cell lines/Temp
Cell culture results
June 10, 2015
Peconic River (7)
3
EPC; CHSE-214; BF-2/15°C
Negative (cytotoxicity)
May 24, 2016
Navesink River (2)
12
EPC; CHSE-214/15°C
Negative
May 3, 2017
Navesink River (2)
5
EPC; CHSE-214/15°C
Negative
June 28, 2018
Raritan River (near 3)
3
CHSE-214/20°C
Negative
May 1, 2020
Raritan River (near 3)
5
EPC; CHSE-214; BF-2/15°C
Negative (cytotoxicity)
May 12, 2020
Navesink River (2)
2
EPC; CHSE-214; BF-2/15°C
Negative (cytotoxicity)
Nov 30, 2020
Lower Hudson River (1)
9
EPC; CHSE-214; BF-2/15°C
Negative
Dec 1, 2020
Liberty St Park (1)
30
EPC; CHSE-214; BF-2/15°C
Negative
April 26, 2021
Navesink/Shrewsbury Rivers (2,5)
20
EPC; CHSE-214; BF-2/15°C
Negative
Collection location site numbers correspond to Figure 1.
