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Fish‐Eating Birds as Potential Vectors of Edwardsiella ictaluri
Author(s) -
Taylor Peter W.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of aquatic animal health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1548-8667
pISSN - 0899-7659
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8667(1992)004<0240:febapv>2.3.co;2
Subject(s) - edwardsiella ictaluri , biology , ardea , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , veterinary medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , heron , catfish , fishery , ecology , ictalurus , medicine
Intestinal and rectal smears from 137 birds (4 snowy egrets Egretta thula , 22 great egrets Casmerodius albus , 30 great blue herons Ardea herodias , and 81 double‐crested cormorants Phalacrocorax auritus ) were examined by indirect fluorescent antibody test for the presence of Edwardsiella ictaluri . Edwardsiella ictaluri was detected in 53% of the birds sampled. Rectal samples from eight birds were placed in a special antibiotic broth for isolation of viable E. ictaluri . Two of these samples produced colonies of viable E. ictaluri , and the identity of these colonies was confirmed biochemically and serologically.
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