A Piscirickettsiosis‐like Syndrome in Cultured Nile Tilapia in Latin America with Francisella spp. as the Pathogenic Agent

In 2004, cultured Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus in several Latin America farms began to succumb to a disease similar to the piscirickettsiosis‐like syndrome previously reported in tilapia in Taiwan and the United States. Mortality increased during 2005; reductions in tilapia biomass ranged from...

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Published in:	Journal of aquatic animal health Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 27 - 34
Main Authors:	Mauel, M. J., Soto, E., Moralis, J. A., Hawke, J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Taylor & Francis Group 01-03-2007
Subjects:	Animals Aquaculture Brackish Disease Outbreaks - veterinary Fish Diseases - epidemiology Fish Diseases - mortality Fish Diseases - pathology Francisella Francisella - isolation & purification Francisella - pathogenicity Freshwater Gadus morhua Gills - microbiology Gills - pathology Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - epidemiology Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - mortality Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - pathology Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - veterinary Latin America - epidemiology Marine Oreochromis niloticus Parapristipoma trilineatum Piscirickettsiaceae - isolation & purification Piscirickettsiaceae - pathogenicity Piscirickettsiaceae Infections - epidemiology Piscirickettsiaceae Infections - mortality Piscirickettsiaceae Infections - pathology Piscirickettsiaceae Infections - veterinary Spleen - microbiology Spleen - pathology Tilapia - microbiology Latin America
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