Diseases

NameDescription
Nocardia disease a long-term and problematic bacterial infection of warm-water fish
Pasteurellosis a variety of marine fish in several parts of the world have been frequently infected with a highly virulent bacterium originally called Pasteurella piscicida (thus the name Pasteurellosis). The disease was renamed in 1995 and is now officially called Photobacterium damsela subspecies piscicida.
Streptococcosis caused by Streptococcus iniae (a Gram-positive, non-acid fast, non motile, oxidase positive, catalase negative, beta-haemolytic, coccus bacterium), this is one of the most serious diseases of warmwater fish. It is present in both marine and freshwater environments and has a global distribution. Cumulative mortality can be as high as 70%.
Vibriosis a bacterial disease of salt-water and migratory fish, and the severity of vibriosis has increased proportionately with the development and expansion of fish farming world-wide. It has a global distribution with epizootics on all continents and a wide range of fish.
Vibriosis and Luminal Bacterial Disease caused by thebacterial pathogens belonging to the genus Vibrio and known to induce huge mortalty rates for commercial shrimp culture in Asia and Latin America