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Accumulation of organotin compounds and marine birnavirus detection in Korean ascidians

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Recently, a serious disease spread extensively in aquaculture sites of the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi in Korea. To understand circumstances of ascidians in Korean aquaculture sites, residue levels of organotin compounds were analyzed, and detection of a marine birnavirus (MABV) in tissues of H. roretzi was attempted. Korean H. roretzi showed high concentrations of butyltins (mono, di, and tributyltins), especially in the gill, hepatopancreas, and digestive tract. However, there was no significant difference in the residues of butyltins in the hepatopancreas between diseased and non-diseased ascidians. The positive rate of MABV detection was high in the hepatopancreas, but also no significant difference was observed between diseased and non-diseased individuals. These observations suggest that an accumulation of tributyltin and a latency of MABV in H. roretzi tissues does not directly relate to the occurrence of the disease.

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  1. Shin-Ichi Kitamura

    Present address: Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, 790-8577, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

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  1. Division of Innovative Research, Creative Research Initiative ‘Sousei’ (CRIS), Hokkaido University, 001-0021, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

    Kaoru Azumi

  2. Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, 790-8577, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

    Shinji Nakamura, Keisuke Kanehira, Hisato Iwata, Shinsuke Tanabe & Satoru Suzuki

  3. Department of Aqualife Medicine, Chonnam National University, San 96-1, Dunduk-dong, 550-749, Yosu, Korea

    Shin-Ichi Kitamura & Sung-Ju Jung

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Azumi, K., Nakamura, S., Kitamura, SI. et al. Accumulation of organotin compounds and marine birnavirus detection in Korean ascidians. Fish Sci 73, 263–269 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01332.x

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