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Fig. 4

From: Laboratory investigation into the role of largemouth bass virus (Ranavirus, Iridoviridae) in smallmouth bass mortality events in Pennsylvania rivers

Fig. 4

Clinical 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 fish

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