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Histopathology of red-sore disease (aeromonas hydrophila) in naturally and experimentally infected largemouth bass micropterus salmoides(lacepede)

Abstract

The histopathology of red-sore disease, caused by the gram-negative bacterium, Aeromonas hydrophila, is described for largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides. Externally, lesions range from those affecting a few scales (pin-point), to those associated with extensive chronic ulcerations; there is focal hemorrhage, oedema and dermal necrosis which exposes underlying muscles producing infiltration of mononuclear and granulocytic inflammatory cells. Internally, the liver and kidneys are foci for toxic products produced by A. hydrophila with, in the most severe cases, complete destruction of the structural integrity of both organs. Pathological changes were not serious in either the spleen or heart, even in cases with massive damage in the liver and kidney. Internal and external lesions were similar in both natural and experimentally induced infections. The pathobiology of red-sore disease in bass was postulated to be linked to elevated water temperature stimulating increased metabolism, decreased body condition and stress, leading to the increased production of corticosteroids and the concommitant rise in susceptibility to infection.
Authors:
Huizinga, H W; [1]  Esch, G W; Hazen, T C
  1. Illinois State Univ., Normal
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1979
Product Type:
Conference
Reference Number:
ERA-05-038813; EDB-80-118908
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: J. Fish Dis.; (United Kingdom); Journal Volume: 2
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; FISHES; SENSITIVITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; AEROMONAS; BIOLOGICAL STRESS; EDEMA; FISH SCALES; HEART; HEMORRHAGE; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEYS; LIVER; METABOLISM; NECROSIS; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; TOXIC MATERIALS; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACTERIA; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASES; GLANDS; MATERIALS; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SYMPTOMS; VERTEBRATES; 550900* - Pathology; 550700 - Microbiology
OSTI ID:
5098833
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Contract Number:
AS09-76EV00900
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: JFIDD
Submitting Site:
TIC
Size:
Pages: 1-15
Announcement Date:
May 13, 2001

Citation Formats

Huizinga, H W, Esch, G W, and Hazen, T C. Histopathology of red-sore disease (aeromonas hydrophila) in naturally and experimentally infected largemouth bass micropterus salmoides(lacepede). United Kingdom: N. p., 1979. Web.
Huizinga, H W, Esch, G W, & Hazen, T C. Histopathology of red-sore disease (aeromonas hydrophila) in naturally and experimentally infected largemouth bass micropterus salmoides(lacepede). United Kingdom.
Huizinga, H W, Esch, G W, and Hazen, T C. 1979. "Histopathology of red-sore disease (aeromonas hydrophila) in naturally and experimentally infected largemouth bass micropterus salmoides(lacepede)." United Kingdom.
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title = {Histopathology of red-sore disease (aeromonas hydrophila) in naturally and experimentally infected largemouth bass micropterus salmoides(lacepede)}
author = {Huizinga, H W, Esch, G W, and Hazen, T C}
abstractNote = {The histopathology of red-sore disease, caused by the gram-negative bacterium, Aeromonas hydrophila, is described for largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides. Externally, lesions range from those affecting a few scales (pin-point), to those associated with extensive chronic ulcerations; there is focal hemorrhage, oedema and dermal necrosis which exposes underlying muscles producing infiltration of mononuclear and granulocytic inflammatory cells. Internally, the liver and kidneys are foci for toxic products produced by A. hydrophila with, in the most severe cases, complete destruction of the structural integrity of both organs. Pathological changes were not serious in either the spleen or heart, even in cases with massive damage in the liver and kidney. Internal and external lesions were similar in both natural and experimentally induced infections. The pathobiology of red-sore disease in bass was postulated to be linked to elevated water temperature stimulating increased metabolism, decreased body condition and stress, leading to the increased production of corticosteroids and the concommitant rise in susceptibility to infection.}
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volume = {2}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1979}
month = {Jan}
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