Boomker, JacobHenton, Marijke M.Naude, T.W.Bigalke, R.D.2015-10-302015-10-3020151984Boomker, J, Henton, MM, Naude, TW & Huchzermeyer, FW 1984, 'Furunculosis in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) raised in sea water', Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 91-94.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50268The 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.Ulcerative skin lesions were encountered in rainbow trout raised in sea water by a commercial concern in the Western Cape, South Africa. Grossly, the lesions resembled furunculosis but, histopathologically, they differed from typical furunculosis in that bacterial colonies were rarely found in the organs, and also the kidneys and spleens were minimally involved. The causative organism was identified as an achromogenic Aeromonas salmonicida that shared characteristics with all 3 subspecies, salmonicida, masoucida and achromogenes. This is the first report of an outbreak of this disease in South Africa.en©ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaArticle