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Multiple bacteriosis, with special reference to spoilage bacterium Shewanella putrefaciens, in cage-cultured barramundi perch in Malaysia


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Subasinghe, R. P. and M., M. Shariff Multiple bacteriosis, with special reference to spoilage bacterium Shewanella putrefaciens, in cage-cultured barramundi perch in Malaysia. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, 4 (4). pp. 309-311. ISSN 0899-7659; eISSN: 1548-8667

Abstract

An incidence of multiple bacteriosis that caused heavy mortality in cage-cultured barramundi perch Lates calcarifer during May-July 1991 in the Pulau Ketam estuary in west coast of Malaysia was investigated. All fish showing hemorrhagic dermatitis were infected with Pseudomonas anguilliseptica and Vibrio alginolyticus, and the spoilage bacterium Shewanella putrefaciens was consistently isolated from all sampled fish. High-density culture under suboptimal nutritional and environmental conditions, together with feeding on spoiled coarse fish, was considered to have initiated the epizootic.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8667(1992)004<0309:MBWSRT>2.3.CO;2
Keywords: Multiple bacteriosis; Shewanella putrefaciens; Pseudomonas anguilliseptica; Vibrio alginolyticus; Lates calcarifer; Barramundi perch; Cage culture; Fish mortality; Hemorrhagic dermatitis; Pulau Ketam estuary; Malaysia; Spoilage bacteria; Epizootic; High-density culture; Suboptimal conditions; Spoiled feed
Depositing User: Ms. Azian Edawati Zakaria
Date Deposited: 10 Apr 2025 09:04
Last Modified: 10 Apr 2025 09:04
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116543
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