Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus ( IPNV ) is an aquabirnavirus that causes serious diseases in a variety of fish species worldwide. It has been isolated from a large number of healthy fresh and marine water fish. Prior to this study, there was no record of the presence of IPNV infection in Kenya. Here, the presence of IPNV in farmed rainbow trout and tilapia was examined in Nyeri County of central Kenya. Head kidney sample...

Tilapia lake virus disease (Ti LVD ) has emerged to be an important viral disease of farmed Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ) having the potential to impede expansion of aquaculture production. There is a need for rapid diagnostic tools to identify infected fish to limit the spread in individual farms. We report the first detection of Ti LV infection by PCR in farmed and wild Nile tilapia from Lake Victoria. There was no...