VIBRIO ANGUILLARUM AS A STRESS-BORNE PATHOGEN IN CULTURED FRESH WATER FISH | ||||
Veterinary Medical Journal (Giza) | ||||
Volume 48, Issue 1, January 2000, Page 1-6 PDF (1.93 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/vmjg.2000.375561 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
A SHATAT1; F MEHANA2 | ||||
1Department of Food Hygicne. Faculty of veterinary Medicine Cairo University | ||||
2Department of Pathology and Parasitology. Faculty of Vet. Med., Alexandria University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Vibrosis ts an cconomically damaging infectious discasc of cultured fresh water fish characterizedby red necrotic Icsions of the abdominal muscula-ture. cxophthalmici, and erythema at the bases ofthe fins and around the vent. Vibro anguillarum was recovered from 62% of cxamincd clinically; affected Tilapia nilotica fish. The percentages of ‘isolation from skin Iesions, muscle, kidney, spleen and liver tissues were 35%, 22%, 60%,48% and 43% respectively. The highest recovery rate of Vibro anguillarum was observed in kidney (60%)The main characteristic histopathological changes as well as the public health importance of the dis-vase were discussed. | ||||
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