RED SEA BREAM WITH ANTI-IRIDOVIRUS CHARACTER AND METHOD FOR BREEDING/CULTURING THE SAME

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a red sea bream belonging to a variety which has genetically acquired anti-iridovirus character, thereby having highly growable characteristics, highly resistant to diseases, and suitable for culture. SOLUTION: This red sea bream belongs to a variety which has genetically acquired anti-iridovirus character, or a variety which has been genetically created by concentrating anti-iridovirus character. This red sea bream is pref. bred/ cultured as a seed; furthermore, it is preferable that the spleen of red sea bream infected with iridovirus and attacked with the disease is homogenized, diluted with a HEM medium, filtered through a 450 μm-filter to afford a filtrate, which, in turn, injected into the peritoneal cavity of red sea breams to subject them to iridovirus attack test or the like, the individuals survived are then selected as breeding materials, which are then grown for a certain period, and excellent individuals are selected, thereby more excellent characters are selected to create the aimed red sea breams resistant to iridovirus.