Journal
JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES
Volume 33, Issue 9, Pages 717-722Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2010.01173.x
Keywords
Aeromonas hydrophila; bacteria; challenge; Edwardsiella ictaluri; Pangasianodon
Funding
- Pharmaq Norway
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The two main diseases in the pangasius catfish industry are bacillary necrosis of Pangasianodon (BNP) and motile aeromonas septicaemia (MAS), where the aetiological agents have been identified as Edwardsiella ictaluri and Aeromonas hydrophila, respectively. In this study, apparently healthy Pangasianodon hypophthalmus were exposed to E. ictaluri, A. hydrophila or both bacterial species by intraperitoneal injection or immersion. There were 20 fish per treatment group, and the bacterial isolates used for the study were recovered from natural infections of BNP or MAS in farmed Vietnamese P. hypophthalmus. The results of the experimental infections mimicked the natural disease outbreaks reported from these pathogens in P. hypophthalmus. Furthermore, it was clearly demonstrated that E. ictaluri was only recovered from the fish exposed to the bacterium and not recovered from the animals receiving A. hydrophila.
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