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PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION ON SRTEPTOCOCCOSIS AMONG FRESHWATER AND MARINE FISHES

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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Fish / aquaculture

Abstract

Detection of Streptococcosis among freshwater fish, Nile tilapia (O. niloticus) and marine fish, grey mullet (M. cephalus) was confirmed. The disease of both fishes is characterized by hemorrhagic areas on the body surface, particularly around the mouth and operculum. Corneal opacity with congested swelling around the eye ball was a common nature of the disease in O. niloticus, while, abdominal distention usually observed in M. cephalus. Internally, O. niloticus exhibited splenomegaly while in M. cephalus, the abdominal cavity filled with yellowish fluid, the stomach and intestine contained yellow to yellowish green gelatinous material and pale colored liver. The bacteriological examinations revealed isolation of Streptococcal species linked with but not identical to Streptococcus faecalis and Streptococcus faecium bacterial isolates able to produce the disease and cause 100% deaths when the fishes were injured prior to dipping in the bacterial suspension. No deaths occurred among fishes in of orally administered the bacterial suspension.

DOI

10.21608/vmjg.1994.372085

Authors

First Name

AHMED

Last Name

BADRAN

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Affiliation

Poultry and Fish Diseases Dept.; Fac. of Vet. med., Suez Canal Univ.

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Volume

42

Article Issue

1

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49637

Issue Date

1994-01-01

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2024-08-05

Publish Date

1994-01-01

Page Start

257

Page End

262

Print ISSN

1110-1423

Online ISSN

2537-1045

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372,085

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544

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Publication Title

Veterinary Medical Journal (Giza)

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https://vmjg.journals.ekb.eg/

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PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION ON SRTEPTOCOCCOSIS AMONG FRESHWATER AND MARINE FISHES

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23 Dec 2024