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Revision as of 20:31, 10 May 2010
Overview
- Gram negative bacteria
- Found in aquatic environments
- Opportunistic pathogens of fish, reptiles and rarely mammals
Characteristics
- Straight rods
- Catalase and oxidase positive
- Facultative anaerobes
- Motile
- Grow on non-enriched media; NaCl supplementation required for Vibrio species
- Found in freash water and oral cavity and skin of fish and reptiles
Aeromonas salmonicida
Aeromonas hydrophila
- Red-leg syndrome in amphibians
- Ulcerative stomatitis, pneumonia and septicaemia in captive snakes
- Haemorrhagic septicaemia in freshwater fish
- Abortion in cattle
- Septicaemia in young dogs
- Haemorrhagic colitis in rabbits
- Food poisoning in humans
Diagnosis
- Isolation and identification from lesions
- Widespread in environments
Treatment
- Antibiotics including Cephalosporins
Pages in category "Aeromonas species"
The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.