Reported Aquatic Animal Diseases in the Asia-Pacific Region during the Fourth Quarter of 2024

24 May 2025 | Eduardo Leaño | 2059 views

Australia, Freshwater finfish, India, Indonesia, Inland aquaculture, Marine finfish, Molluscs (shellfish and other), Philippines, Shrimp

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

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