Amoeba-like infections in cultured marine fishes: systemic infection in pompano Trachinotus falcatus L. from Singapore and gill disease associated with Paramoeba sp. in sea bream Sparus aurata L. from Greece.
Two cases of Amoeba-like infections in cultured warmwater marine fish are described, an unusual systemic infection in pompano Trachinotus falcatus L. from Singapore and a gill infection in Mediterranean sea bream Sparus aurata L. All pompano showed marked systemic infection of Amoeba-like parasites in gills, kidney, intestine, pancreas and spleen. The most severe lesions were in the gills and renal tissue with minimal tissue reaction in other organs.
Athanassopoulou
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Department of Fish Diseases & Aquaculture, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Institute of Veterinary Research of Athens, Greece. eathan@vet.uth.gr
Cawthorn
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Lytra
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D000562:Amebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006115:Greece; D010473:Perciformes; D021541:Sea Bream; D012846:Singapore