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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 12(3), 1976, pp. 448-453
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ANAEROBIC BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH EPIZOOTICS IN GREY MULLET (Mugil cephalus) AND REDFISH (Sciaenops ocellata) ALONG THE TEXAS GULF COAST

M. W. HENLEY 1 and D. H. LEWIS 1

1 Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA

Anaerobic bacteria tentatively identified as species of Catenabacterium were recovered from brain, liver, kidney and blood of fish involved in a massive epizootic of grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) and redfish (Sciaenops ocellata). Pathogenicity was demonstrated for grey mullet (M. cephalus) and sea catfish (Arius felis) but not for channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) or white mice. Diseased fish were disoriented, weak and swimming at the surface of the water. Thioglycolate and salt bovine blood agar containing 40 µg/ml gentamicin were useful as selective culture media.

Submitted on October 30, 1975






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