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An outbreak of Vibrio alginolyticus infection in juvenile sea cucumbers Holothuria scabra in Sabah, Malaysia


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Othman, Rafidah and Nawi, Mohd Firdaus and Muhamad Shaleh, Sitti Raehanah and Md Yasin, Ina Salwany and Ching, Fui Fui and Abidin, N. A. and Saad, Mohd Zamri (2017) An outbreak of Vibrio alginolyticus infection in juvenile sea cucumbers Holothuria scabra in Sabah, Malaysia. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 40 (4). pp. 691-696. ISSN 1511-3701; ESSN: 2231-8542

Abstract

Sea cucumber breeding was carried out in Universiti Malaysia Sabah Hatchery Facilities in April 2015. Approximately 690,000 eggs were fertilised with a hatching rate of 9%, an estimated 60,000 larvae were produced. In June, the surviving 359 sea cucumber juveniles were sorted according to size. In late July, it was found that only 30 juvenile sea cucumbers had survived, and the remaining were dead, with multiple ulcers on the skin and excessive mucus covering the entire body. In December 2015, a total of 20 juvenile sea cucumbers were sampled for bacterial isolation and histopathological examinations. Vibrio alginolyticus was isolated and histopathological examinations revealed peracute inflammation and accumulation of extensive mucus surrounding the body.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Institute of Bioscience
Publisher: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Keywords: Vibrio alginolyticus; Outbreak; Sea cucumbers; Holothuria scabra
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 11 Jan 2018 08:35
Last Modified: 25 Jan 2018 09:54
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58351
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