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First tilapia parvovirus
October 20 , 2023
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- The occurrence of tilapia parvovirus (TiPV) has been reported for the first time in India at ponds in Walajah in Ranipet district.
- It will be affecting farm-bred tilapia, a freshwater fish species, and causing a huge mortality rate.
- This DNA virus caused mortality ranging from 30 to 50% in the farm and 100% mortality in the laboratory.
- Considered as “a poor-man’s fish”, Mozambique tilapia was introduced to Indian fresh water bodies in the 1950s.
- And it is called Jilabi in Tamil.
- The TiPV was first reported in China in 2019 and Thailand in 2021.
- India is the third country to report the occurrence of TiPV.
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