Open AccessClostrìdìum botulinum - A cause of fish mortality
Author(s) -
G. Fotis,
I. Kirkoudis
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of the hellenic veterinary medical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2585-3724
pISSN - 1792-2720
DOI - 10.12681/jhvms.15409
Subject(s) - fish <actinopterygii> , clostridium botulinum , botulism , outbreak , fishery , medicine , biology , toxicology , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , toxin
Clostridium botulinum type E proliferates in dead aquatic animals and sediments and it is distributed by water currents and infected fish. Botulism is a disease with great significance for both aquacultured fish and humans. The existing data about the subject are very few, and the aim of the present paper is to warn fish farmers and pathologists about the possibility of outbreaks in Greece.