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Large‐scale mortality in cultured tilapia Oreochromis niloticus due to infection with Shewanella putrefaciens in India
2020-04-01
Abstract excerpt
In recent years, infection with Shewanella putrefaciens has emerged as a serious problem in freshwater aquaculture. In the present study, we report large‐scale mortality in farmed tilapia Oreochromis niloticus from Hisar, North India. The diseased tilapia exhibited lethargy, swimming near the water surface, fin rot, hemorrhages on the operculum, and approximately 40% mortality. Gram‐negative, motile, catalase, and...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1c1dc21c-3b96-5240-a3c4-6cbd83315795
- DOI
- 10.1111/jwas.12686
