VIBRIO ANGUILLARUM AS A STRESS-BORNE PATHOGEN IN CULTURED FRESH WATER FISH

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Food Hygicne. Faculty of veterinary Medicine Cairo University

2 Department 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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