title: Isolation of Aeromonas salmonicida from paddlefish, Polyodon spathula.
abstract: Aeromonas salmonicida was isolated from paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) mortalities collected during an epizootic of furunculosis at the Spring River State Hatchery, Arkansas (USA), in 1992. Isolates of the bacterium were obtained from culture of gill and kidney tissue. This is the first epizootic of bacterial etiology to be reported in paddlefish.
authors.affiliation: National Fish Health Research Laboratory, National Biological Survey, Kearneysville, West Virginia 25430.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Cipriano
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Penniston
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D001131:Arkansas / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005398:Fisheries; D005399:Fishes; D005618:Fresh Water; D005880:Gills / Q000382:microbiology; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology; D014337:Trout