Veterinary Science & Technology

Tokuma Yanai

Publications

• Research Article
  Pathological Findings of Tenacibaculum maritimus Infection in Black Damselfish, Neoglyphieodon melas and Picasso Triggerfish, Rhinecanthus assasi in Red Sea, Egypt
  Author(s): Mohie Haridy, Mahmoud Hasheim, Mohamed Abd El-Galil, Hiroki Sakai and Tokuma YanaiMohie Haridy, Mahmoud Hasheim, Mohamed Abd El-Galil, Hiroki Sakai and Tokuma Yanai
  
  An outbreak of a disease with external body lesions in Picasso triggerfish (Rhinecanthus assasi) and black damselfish (Neoglyphieodon melas) has been observed in the indoor aquarium of NIOF, Hurghada, Egypt. Thirty Picasso triggerfish and thirty-five black damselfish were clinically affected with gross skin lesions. The affected fishes were euthanized for gross, histological and bacteriological examinations. The disease onset started after exposing the fish to catching and indoor rearing stress. Anorexia, erratic swimming and hemorrhagic skin and mouth ulcers and fin rot were the main symptoms and lesions among Picasso triggerfish and black damselfish. Single species of bacteria was isolated from skin ulcer, liver and spleen and was diagnosed as Tenacibaculum maritimus. The gross lesions were irregular shallow erosions and deep u.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7579.1000214

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