Journal
FISH PATHOLOGY
Volume 52, Issue 2, Pages 68-81Publisher
JAPAN SOC FISH PATHOL DEPT FISHERIES-FAC AGR
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.52.68
Keywords
Dicentrarchus labrax; European seabass; Aeromonas veronii bv. sobria; pathogenicity; Aegean Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Greece
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- FISHPHAGE, Excellence Program - European Social Fund [131]
- Greek National Funds under the National Strategic Reference Framework
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In the present study, we examined a disease caused by Aeromonas veronii bv. sobria in sea cage-farmed European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax, in the Aegean Sea, Greece. Commercial sized fish were affected by A. veronii by. sobria and exhibited high morbidity and mortality. Gross pathologic features and histology revealed a systemic infection characterized by the presence of abscesses and chronic granulomatous inflammation. Two clinical bacterial isolates (Aero NS and Aero PDB) were identified as A. veronii by. sobria based on bacteriological characteristics and sequence analysis for 16S rRNA and gyrB genes. Infectivity tests in the form of intraperitoneal injection administration (Aero NS) and immersion in a bacterial suspension (Aero NS and Aero PDB) revealed that both isolates could cause clinical signs similar to those observed in the field and high mortality rate. To our knowledge, this is the first report of A. veronii by. sobria isolated from farmed European seabass in the Mediterranean Sea accompanied by supporting data of its pathogenicity.
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