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|q5= What are the major clinical signs in fish?
 
|q5= What are the major clinical signs in fish?
 
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**Haemorrhaging of the body cavity, muscle, and organs including liver and kidneys and skin petechiation
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*Haemorrhaging of the body cavity, muscle, and organs including liver and kidneys and skin petechiation
**Loss of balance,  bursts of abnormal activity, and increased food consumption.  
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*Loss of balance,  bursts of abnormal activity, and increased food consumption.  
 
|l5= Edwardsiella tarda #Clinical Signs
 
|l5= Edwardsiella tarda #Clinical Signs
|q6= Is E.tarda considered to be zoonotic?  
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|q6= Is ''E.tarda'' considered to be zoonotic?  
 
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Yes- it causes diarrhoea, gastroenteritis and can cause typhoid-like illness, peritonitis with sepsis, cellulitis and meningitis in humans.  
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Yes- it causes diarrhoea, gastroenteritis and can cause typhoid-like illness, peritonitis with sepsis, cellulitis and meningitis in humans.  
 
|l6= Edwardsiella tarda # Clinical Signs
 
|l6= Edwardsiella tarda # Clinical Signs
|q7= What colour is E.tarda on isolated on brain–heart infusion (BHI) agar or trypton soya agar (TSA)?
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|q7= What colour is ''E.tarda'' on isolated on brain–heart infusion (BHI) agar or trypton soya agar (TSA)?
 
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small, round, convex transparent colonies  
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Small, round, convex transparent colonies.
 
|l7= Edwardsiella tarda # Diagnosis
 
|l7= Edwardsiella tarda # Diagnosis
 
|q8= What methods are used to diagnose ''E.tarda''?
 
|q8= What methods are used to diagnose ''E.tarda''?
 
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* ELISA
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*ELISA
 
*Indirect FAT
 
*Indirect FAT
 
*Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)
 
*Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)
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|q9= What colour are ''E. tarda'' colonies on Edwardsiella isolation media (EIM)?
 
|q9= What colour are ''E. tarda'' colonies on Edwardsiella isolation media (EIM)?
 
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* small green colonies with black centres
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* Small green colonies with black centres
 
|l9= Edwardsiella ictaluri # Diagnosis
 
|l9= Edwardsiella ictaluri # Diagnosis
 
|q9= What can  ''E.tarda'' be treated with ?
 
|q9= What can  ''E.tarda'' be treated with ?
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