title: Lactococcus garvieae in fish: a review.
abstract: Lactococcus garvieae is the etiological agent of Lactococcosis, an emergent disease which affects many fish species and causes important economic losses both in marine and freshwater aquaculture when water temperature increases over 16 degrees C in summer months. Normally, it causes a hyperacute and haemorrhagic septicemia. This paper presents a state of the art review of fish Lactococcosis including aspects such as pathogen characterization, pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis and control measures of the disease in farmed fish.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Fish Pathology, Department of Animal Pathology, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vendrell
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Balcázar
authors.forename: Imanol
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Zarzuela
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: de Blas
authors.forename: Olivia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gironés
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Múzquiz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017756:Aquaculture / Q000379:methods*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005399:Fishes; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017045:Lactococcus / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents