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Outbreak of polycystic liver in red hybrid tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.) x Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters)


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Salihin, Mohamad Ismail and Abdullah, Siti Zahrah and Saad, Mohamad Zamri and Azmai, Mohamad Noor Amal and Mansor, Nur Nazifah (2016) Outbreak of polycystic liver in red hybrid tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.) x Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters). Fish Pathology, 51 (spec.). pp. 36-38. ISSN 0388-788X; ESSN: 1881-7335

Abstract

Polycystic lesions have been reported in many different fish species. This paper reports for the first time a case of polycystic lesions in the liver of tilapia. A group of 700 tilapia juveniles of approximately 50 g was obtained from a hatchery in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. When they were between 130 and 250 g, they started to show distended abdomen but appetite remained normal. Post-mortem examination on 30 randomly selected tilapia revealed numerous large masses containing jelly-like material in the peritoneal cavity of 33% of the fish. Histopathology revealed typical cystic lesion of liver tissue. This is the first report in hybrid tilapia and is presumed to be the result of a genetic anomaly.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.3147/jsfp.51.S36
Publisher: Japanese Society of Fish Pathology
Keywords: Polycystic; Liver; Red hybrid tilapia
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 01 Nov 2017 10:27
Last Modified: 01 Nov 2017 10:27
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53471
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