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Furunculosis in cultured American eel Anguilla rostrata (Le Sueur)
Author(s) -
Hayasaka S. S.,
Sullivan J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1981.tb03807.x
Subject(s) - anguilla rostrata , biology , aeromonas salmonicida , zoology , bacteria , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , genetics
Diseased American eels, Anguilla rostrata , were collected from an eel culture facility in South Carolina and examined. The disease was characterized by skin lesions located on the body. A bacterium identified as Aeromonas salmonicida was isolated from the lesions and shown to be the causative agent. The bacterium was also isolated from the kidney during later stages of the disease.