Streptococcus agalactiae the etiological agent of mass mortality in farmed red tilapia (Oreochromis sp.).
Streptococcal infection was reported to cause significant mortality and high economical loss in freshwater and saltwater fish species including tilapia species, worldwide. Recently, few disease outbreaks affecting cultured red tilapia in Selangor state, Malaysia was investigated. Affected fish showe...
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| author | Abuseliana, Ali Mohd Daud, Hassan Abdul Aziz, Saleha Bejo, Siti Khairani Alsaid, Milud |
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| description | Streptococcal infection was reported to cause significant mortality and high economical loss in freshwater and saltwater fish species including tilapia species, worldwide. Recently, few disease outbreaks affecting cultured red tilapia in Selangor state, Malaysia was investigated. Affected fish showed loss of appetite, serpentine swimming and exophthalmia. Sick and healthy appeared fish were clinically examined and samples from brain, liver, spleen and kidney were collected for agent isolation. All isolates were gram-positive, oxidase-negative, catalase-negative, β-haemolytic cocci and were characterized as a Group B Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) using commercial identification kits (Streptococcal grouping Kit, RapID™ STR System and BBL Crystal GP ID Kit). The isolates were sensitive to amoxicillin, ampicillin, erythromycin, chloramphenicol, linomycin, rifampicin, vancomycin, gentamicin, sulfamethoxazole + trimethoprime and tetracycline. In contrast, they were resistant to neomycin, amikacin, kanamycin and streptomycin. Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and 16S rRNA sequencing technique results confirmed the isolates as a GBS. Results of this current study indicated that the Streptococcus agalactiae infection started to spread and warrants focusing on ways to prevent and control the disease before it become endemic |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-256922015-11-05T01:51:34Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25692/ Streptococcus agalactiae the etiological agent of mass mortality in farmed red tilapia (Oreochromis sp.). Abuseliana, Ali Mohd Daud, Hassan Abdul Aziz, Saleha Bejo, Siti Khairani Alsaid, Milud Streptococcal infection was reported to cause significant mortality and high economical loss in freshwater and saltwater fish species including tilapia species, worldwide. Recently, few disease outbreaks affecting cultured red tilapia in Selangor state, Malaysia was investigated. Affected fish showed loss of appetite, serpentine swimming and exophthalmia. Sick and healthy appeared fish were clinically examined and samples from brain, liver, spleen and kidney were collected for agent isolation. All isolates were gram-positive, oxidase-negative, catalase-negative, β-haemolytic cocci and were characterized as a Group B Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) using commercial identification kits (Streptococcal grouping Kit, RapID™ STR System and BBL Crystal GP ID Kit). The isolates were sensitive to amoxicillin, ampicillin, erythromycin, chloramphenicol, linomycin, rifampicin, vancomycin, gentamicin, sulfamethoxazole + trimethoprime and tetracycline. In contrast, they were resistant to neomycin, amikacin, kanamycin and streptomycin. Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and 16S rRNA sequencing technique results confirmed the isolates as a GBS. Results of this current study indicated that the Streptococcus agalactiae infection started to spread and warrants focusing on ways to prevent and control the disease before it become endemic Medwell Publishing 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25692/1/Streptococcus%20agalactiae%20the%20etiological%20agent%20of%20mass%20mortality%20in%20farmed%20red%20tilapia.pdf Abuseliana, Ali and Mohd Daud, Hassan and Abdul Aziz, Saleha and Bejo, Siti Khairani and Alsaid, Milud (2010) Streptococcus agalactiae the etiological agent of mass mortality in farmed red tilapia (Oreochromis sp.). Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 9 (20). pp. 2640-2646. ISSN 1680-5593 10.3923/javaa.2010.2640.2646 English |
| spellingShingle | Abuseliana, Ali Mohd Daud, Hassan Abdul Aziz, Saleha Bejo, Siti Khairani Alsaid, Milud Streptococcus agalactiae the etiological agent of mass mortality in farmed red tilapia (Oreochromis sp.). |
| title | Streptococcus agalactiae the etiological agent of mass mortality in farmed red tilapia (Oreochromis sp.). |
| title_full | Streptococcus agalactiae the etiological agent of mass mortality in farmed red tilapia (Oreochromis sp.). |
| title_fullStr | Streptococcus agalactiae the etiological agent of mass mortality in farmed red tilapia (Oreochromis sp.). |
| title_full_unstemmed | Streptococcus agalactiae the etiological agent of mass mortality in farmed red tilapia (Oreochromis sp.). |
| title_short | Streptococcus agalactiae the etiological agent of mass mortality in farmed red tilapia (Oreochromis sp.). |
| title_sort | streptococcus agalactiae the etiological agent of mass mortality in farmed red tilapia oreochromis sp |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25692/1/Streptococcus%20agalactiae%20the%20etiological%20agent%20of%20mass%20mortality%20in%20farmed%20red%20tilapia.pdf |
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