Medicinal Plants in Controlling and Treatment of Diseases Caused by Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHSV)

Numerous wild fish species around the world are affected by the viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV), which is extremely contagious and pathogenic in nature. Due to growing worries about the emergence of medication resistance and slow progress in the creation of anti-viral drugs, there has recently been notable advancement in the field of herbal anti-viral therapy. Due to their vast therapeutic range and few to no side effects, medicinal plants have been utilized extensively throughout history in almost all nations for the treatment of illnesses and infections as traditional healing treatments. Since most viral agents cannot be treated with synthetic anti-virals, every attempt has been made to find novel medications and complementary/alternative treatments derived from various herbal preparations. This chapter demonstrates the efficacy of a variety of herbal preparations derived from various herbal medicines and their extracts in the management of infections caused by a variety of viral infections, including newly developing and reemerging viruses that harm human being and animals.