Association of Enterobacter cloacae in the mortality of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) reared in culture pond in Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India

Kundan Kumar; K Pani Prasad; Ram Prakash Raman; Saurav Kumar; C. S. Purushothaman

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Association of Enterobacter cloacae in the mortality of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) reared in culture pond in Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Kundan Kumar Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai, 400061, India
K Pani Prasad Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai, 400061, India
Ram Prakash Raman Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai, 400061, India
Saurav Kumar Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai, 400061, India
C. S. Purushothaman Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai, 400061, India

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Abstract

Enterobacter cloacae, associated with mortality of freshwater reared Pangasianodon hypophthalmus in Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, is reported for the first time in India. The prominent clinical signs of infected fish were reddish lesions near the pectoral fin and belly regions. The bacterium isolated from the infected fish was identified as E. cloacae by biochemical tests and 16SrDNA sequencing. The clinical signs could be reproduced in healthy fish following injection of the bacterial isolate. The results of this study provided strong evidence to link E. cloacae with the mortality of cultured P. hypophthalmus.

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Author Biographies

Kundan Kumar, Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai, 400061, India

Scientist,
Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division
K Pani Prasad, Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai, 400061, India

Senior Scientist,
Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division
Ram Prakash Raman, Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai, 400061, India

Senior Scientist,
Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division
Saurav Kumar, Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai, 400061, India

P.hD. Scholar
Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division
C. S. Purushothaman, Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai, 400061, India

Head, Principal Scientist,
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2012-09-20

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2013-09-30

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Vol. 60 No. 3 (2013)

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Kumar, K., Pani Prasad, K., Prakash Raman, R., Kumar, S., & Purushothaman, C. S. (2013). Association of Enterobacter cloacae in the mortality of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) reared in culture pond in Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 60(3). https://doi.org/10.21077/