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- Title
Ocular mycobacteriosis in a red-bellied piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri Kner.
- Authors
Evely, M. M.; Donahue, J. M.; Sells, S. F.; Loynachan, A. T.
- Abstract
The article presents information on a study conducted on an adult red-bellied piranha fish, which was tested at the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. These fishes were from a private aquarium and three of them showed clinical signs that included exophthalmia, tail and fin rot, anorexia and loss of equilibrium. Despite treatment with antibiotics two fishes died. It is stated that fish tuberculosis is caused by several species of Mycobacterium.
- Subjects
PIRANHAS; FISH diseases; VETERINARY diagnosis; AQUARIUM fishes; MYCOBACTERIAL diseases
- Publication
Journal of Fish Diseases, 2011, Vol 34, Issue 4, p323
- ISSN
0140-7775
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2761.2011.01243.x