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