Fig. 4From: Laboratory investigation into the role of largemouth bass virus (Ranavirus, Iridoviridae) in smallmouth bass mortality events in Pennsylvania riversClinical signs observed in smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) infected with largemouth bass virus (LMBV) by immersion. a broken mandible at the middle with ulceration and hemorrhage in a fish infected with the 13–295 Susquehanna River LMBV isolate; b unilateral exophthalmia with the protruding eye ball concurrent with ulceration, intraocular hemorrhage and corneal opacity in a fish infected with the 13–286 Juniata River LMBV isolate, and c ruptured eye showing loss of vitreous, lenticular damage and periocular hemorrhage commonly seen in an smallmouth bass that survived infection with the 13–286 Juniata River LMBV isolate. d gill pallor, hemorrhagic heart ventricle, severe ascites, ecchymotic hemorrhage with enlargement and edema on liver of 13–286 Juniata LMBV-infected fish; and e edematous, friable and ecchymotic hemorrhage observed in kidneys of 13–295 Susquehanna LMBV-infected fishBack to article page