Listed below are the reported aquatic animal diseases submitted by countries in the Asia-Pacific region, which covers the fourth quarter of 2024.  The original and updated reports can be accessed at the QAAD page.   

Finfish Diseases

• Infection with Infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus:  Australia in wild juvenile redfin perch (Perca fluviatilis).
• Infection with red seabream iridovirus (RSIV):  Chinese Taipei in seabass (Lates calcarifer) and hybrid grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus x E. lanceolatus); India, reported as Infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV) in oscar (Astronotus oscellatus), blue acara (Adinoacara pulcher) and midas cichlid (Amphilophus) hybrid; and, Indonesia in barramundi (L. calcarifer).
• Infection with Koi herpesvirus (KHV):  Indonesia in common carp (Cyprinus carpio).
• Infection with Tilapia lake virus (TiLV):  Indonesia in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and saline tilapia.
• Viral encephalopathy and retinopathy (VER): Australia in farmed Queensland grouper (E. lanceolatus); Chinese Taipei in hybrid grouper (E. fuscoguttatus x E. lanceolatus) and orange spotted grouper (E. coioides), India in mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus); and,
• Indonesia in barramundi (L. calcarifer), hybrid grouper and pompano (Trachinotus spp.)
• Enteric septicaemia of catfish:  India in pangas catfish (Pangasius hypophthalmus); and Indonesia in pangas catfish.

Molluscan Diseases

• Infection with abalone herpesvirus:  Australia in blacklip abalone (Haliotis rubra).
• Infection with Perkinsus olseni:  India in wild green mussel (Perna viridis).

Crustacean Diseases

• Infection with white spot syndrome virus (WSSV):  Chinese Taipei in whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei); India in P. vannamei; Indonesia in P. vannamei and black tiger shrimp (P. monodon); and, the Philippines in P. monodon and P. vannamei (PLs and grow-out) and wild crabs and shrimps.
• Infection with Infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV):  Indonesia in P. vannmei and P. monodon.
• Infection with taura syndrome virus (TSV):  Indonesia in P. vannamei.
• Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND):  the Philippines in P. vannamei.
• Hepatopancreatic Microsporidiosis caused by Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (HPM-EHP):  India in P. vannamei; Indonesia in P. vannamei and P. monodon; and the Philippines in P. vannamei.

Amphibian Diseases

• Infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis:  Australia in an unknown species of amphibian.

Other Diseases

• India reported Infection with Tilapia parvovirus in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).

Prepared by Eduardo Leaño
Director General and Senior Programme Officer