RICKETTSIA-LIKE ORGANISMS IN THE BLUE-EYED PLECOSTOMUS, PANAQUE SUTTONI (EIGENMANN AND EIGENMANN)

被引:28
作者
KHOO, L
DENNIS, PM
LEWBART, GA
机构
[1] Department of Companion Animal and Special Species Medicine. College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
关键词
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2761.1995.tb00273.x
中图分类号
S9 [水产、渔业];
学科分类号
0908 ;
摘要
Intracytoplasmic organisms resembling rickettsia were observed in tissues of two blue-eyed plecostomus, Panaque suttoni (Eigenmann & Eigenmann), a tropical freshwater fish. Gross lesions were limited to renomegaly and splenomegaly. Cytopathological and histopathological examination of the various tissues revealed numerous small, discrete, coccoid organisms in the cytoplasm of monocytes as well as tissue macrophages of the spleen, heart, kidney and sometimes liver. Transmission electron microscopy confirmed that these organisms were within membrane-bound vacuoles and had a morphology resembling rickettsia.
引用
收藏
页码:157 / 163
页数:7
相关论文
共 13 条
[1]   DESCRIPTION OF A NEW DISEASE CONDITION OCCURRING IN FARMED COHO SALMON, ONCORHYNCHUS-KISUTCH (WALBAUM), IN SOUTH-AMERICA [J].
BRANSON, EJ ;
DIAZMUNOZ, DN .
JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES, 1991, 14 (02) :147-156
[2]  
BRAVO S, 1994, FHS AFS NEWSL, V22, P6
[3]  
BROCKLEBANK JR, 1992, CAN VET J, V33, P407
[4]   THE ISOLATION OF A RICKETTSIA-LIKE ORGANISM CAUSING DISEASE AND MORTALITY IN CHILEAN SALMONIDS AND ITS CONFIRMATION BY KOCH POSTULATE [J].
CVITANICH, JD ;
GARATE, ON ;
SMITH, CE .
JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES, 1991, 14 (02) :121-145
[5]  
Davies A.J., 1986, Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists, V6, P103
[6]  
DYKSTRA MJ, 1993, MANUAL APPLIED TECHN
[7]   PISCIRICKETTSIA-SALMONIS GEN-NOV, SP-NOV, THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF AN EPIZOOTIC DISEASE IN SALMONID FISHES [J].
FRYER, JL ;
LANNAN, CN ;
GIOVANNONI, SJ ;
WOOD, ND .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY, 1992, 42 (01) :120-126
[8]   ISOLATION OF A RICKETTSIALES-LIKE ORGANISM FROM DISEASED COHO SALMON (ONCORHYNCHUS-KISUTCH) IN CHILE [J].
FRYER, JL ;
LANNAN, CN ;
GARCES, LH ;
LARENAS, JJ ;
SMITH, PA .
FISH PATHOLOGY, 1990, 25 (02) :107-114
[9]   INFECTIVITY OF A RICKETTSIA ISOLATED FROM COHO SALMON ONCORHYNCHUS-KISUTCH [J].
GARCES, LH ;
LARENAS, JJ ;
SMITH, PA ;
SANDINO, S ;
LANNAN, CN ;
FRYER, JL .
DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, 1991, 11 (02) :93-97
[10]   PISCIRICKETTSIA-SALMONIS, A MAJOR PATHOGEN OF SALMONID FISH IN CHILE [J].
LANNAN, CN ;
FRYER, JL .
FISHERIES RESEARCH, 1993, 17 (1-2) :115-121