Viruses of Lower Vertebrates

Winfried Ahne, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. med. vet. habil. für Zoologie und Virologie an der LMU München; entwickelte bereits in den 80er Jahren ein alternatives In-vitro-Verfahren mit Zellkulturen zur Toxizitätsbestimmung von Abwässern, das ohne den Einsatz lebender Fische auskommt und für das er 1987 mit dem Tierschutzpreis der Erna-Graff-Stiftung ausgezeichnet wurde; Mitglied der Tierschutzkommission des Bundesministeriums für Verteidigung 1988-1996; Mitglied des wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Bundesforschungsanstalt für Viruserkrankungen der Tiere 1994-2000; Mitglied der Japanese Society for Promotion of Science; Ehrenprofessur der Chinesischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1990.

Section I Viruses of Amphibia.- Viruses of Amphibia: A Historical Perspective.- Herpesviruses: Interaction with Frog Renal Cells.- Frog Virus 3 DNA Replication.- Transcriptional Regulation of Frog Virus 3.- Translation Regulation of Frog Virus 3.- Murine Hepatitis Induced by Frog Virus 3 (FV 3).- Ultrastructural, Biochemical and Biological Properties of.- Properties of Amphibian and Piscine Iridoviruses: A Comparison.- Section II Viruses of Reptilia.- Viruses of Reptiles.- Antigenetic Relationship Between Three Members of Paramyxoviridae Isolated from Different Snakes.- Paramyxovirus Infection in Snakes.- Do in Reptiles Togaviruses and Flaviviruses Persist?.- Differential Virus Susceptibility of Reptilian Organ Cultures to Human Viruses.- Section III Viruses of Fishes.- Lymphocystis Disease of Fishes.- Herpesviruses of Fishes.- Salmon Herpesvirus: OMV, Oneorhynehus Masou Virus.- A Herpesvirus Associated with an Epizootic Epidermal Papillomatosis in European Smelt (Osmerus Eperlanus).- Channel Catfish Herpesvirus.- Picornaviruses and Reoviruses of Fishes.- Some Properties of the Etiological Agent of the Hemorrhagic Disease of Grass Carp and Black Carp.- Characteristics of Reoviruses Isolated from Cyprinid Fishes in California, USA.- Some Properties of Reoviruses Isolated from Tench (Tinea tinea) and Chub (Leueiscus eephalus).- Isolation of a Reovirus from Coho Salmon (Oneorhynehus kisuteh) in Oregon, USA.- Response of Salmonid Fish to Artificial Infection with Chum Salmon Virus.- A New Serotype of Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPN N 1).- Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus in Norwegian Fish Farms.- Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus in Atlantic Salmon: Transmission via the Sexual Products?.- The Paramyxoviruses and Orthomyxoviruses.- Persistent Infections of Fish Cell Lines by Paramyxovirus Isolates from Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytsoha).- Rhabdoviruses of Fishes.- Rhabdovirus Carpio in Herpivorous Fishes: Isolation, Pathology and Comparative Susceptibility of Fishes.- SVCV and PFR Viruses: Serological Examination of 22 Isolates Indicates Close Relationship Between the Two Fish Rhabdoviruses.- The Significance of Rainbow Trout Brain and Excretory Kidney for the Propagation of Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (VHS) Virus.- Cloning the Genes of Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia of the Trout.- Rhabdovivus Olivaceus (Hirame Rhabdovirus).- Rhabdovirus Infection of Ulcerated Fish in South-East Asia.- Comparison of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis in Natural and Experimental Infections of Spawning Salmonids by Infectivity and Immunohistochemistry.- The Delayed Appearance of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHNV) in Steelhead Trout (Salmo gairdneri).- Preliminary Characterization of a Virus Causing Infectious Anemia Among Stocks of Salmonid Fish in the Western United States.- Section IV Immunology of Fish.- Detection and Quantification of Anti-Viral Immunoglobulin of Rainbow Trout Serum.- Change of Immunological Indices in Carps (Cyprinus carpio L.) Following Rhabdovirus Carpio Injection.- Immunotechnology and Viral Diseases of Fish.- Immunostimulation by Levamisole in Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) in Vivo.- Nonspecific Defense Mechanisms and Specific Immune Protection of Trout Against Viral Agents.- Modulation of Cell-Mediated Immune Responses by Lymphocystis Disease in the Gilthead Sea Bream Sparus Aurata.- Section V Evolutionary Considerations.- Aquatic Birds: An Evolutionary Repository of Ortho- and Paramyxoviruses?.