Haenen and Hedrick (2006) reported the occurrence of CyHV-3 in the leucocytes of goldfish (Carassius auratus) and crucian carp (Carassius carassius) seven, 14, 45 and 60 days and one year after experimental infection, based on reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR) and nested PCR data.
The aim of this study was to detect CyHV-3 in goldfish that were cohabiting with CyHV-3-infected koi carp.
Three different commercial populations of goldfish, which cohabited with koi carp infected with CyHV-3, were included in the study.