Mycobacterium fortuitum isolated from three species of fish in South Africa

Loading...
Thumbnail Image

Date

Authors

Bragg, R.R. (Robert Richard)
Huchzermeyer, Hildegard F.A.K.
Hanisch, M.A.M.

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria.

Abstract

Mycobacterium fortuitum was isolated from 3 species of freshwater fish in South Africa for the first time. The bacterium was isolated from oscars, guppies and discus fish from different sources. Heavy mortalities as a result of infection with this bacterium were reported from a guppy farm and the multi- resistance of this isolate to antimicrobials rules out the treatment of infected fish.

Description

The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.

Keywords

Veterinary medicine

Sustainable Development Goals

Citation

Bragg, RR, Huchzermeyer, HFAK & Hanisch, MAM 1990, 'Mycobacterium fortuitum isolated from three species of fish in South Africa’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 101-102.