DETECTION OF AEROMONAS-SALMONICIDA IN WILD ATLANTIC SALMON USING A SPECIFIC DNA-PROBE TEST

被引:25
作者
MOONEY, J [1 ]
POWELL, E [1 ]
CLABBY, C [1 ]
POWELL, R [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV COLL GALWAY,DEPT MICROBIOL,RECOMBINANT DNA GRP,GALWAY,IRELAND
关键词
AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; DNA PROBE; ATLANTIC SALMON;
D O I
10.3354/dao021131
中图分类号
S9 [水产、渔业];
学科分类号
0908 ;
摘要
The presence of Aeromonas salmonicida, the etiological agent of furunculosis, was examined using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA probe methodology in wild Atlantic salmon Salmo salar taken from 3 Irish river systems. Blood samples from 61 individual fish were examined and the presence of pathogen was determined in 87 % of the fish examined. However, the level of pathogen was extremely low, calculated at less than 100 A. salmonicida genome equivalents per fish. These data imply a widespread low level infection of A. salmonicida amongst wild salmon in Irish rivers.
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