title: Tropical fish medicine. Bacterial culture and evaluation of diseases of fish.
abstract: Bacteria are ubiquitous in nature. Fish are constantly exposed to bacteria, and usually only succumb to an infection after having been exposed to prolonged periods of stress. Before making a diagnosis of a bacterial disease, it is necessary to eliminate the possibility of environmental or parasitic problems. Environmental factors may act as stressors and can predispose a fish to bacterial disease while affecting the fish simultaneously. Clinical signs caused by the various bacterial pathogens are very similar. Therefore, to make a definitive bacterial diagnosis, it is necessary to culture and identify the organisms involved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Guzman
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Shotts
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000662:veterinary; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D005399:Fishes