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FIRST ISOLATION OF TENACIBACULUM MARITIMUM IN A CAPTIVE SAND TIGER SHARK (CARCHARIAS TAURUS).
- Source :
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Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians [J Zoo Wildl Med] 2016 Mar; Vol. 47 (1), pp. 351-3. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- This report describes a case of the first isolation of Tenacibaculum maritimum from a captive-bred adult female sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) housed at the Cattolica Aquarium (Italy). The animal showed, between the second dorsal fin and the precaudal pit, skin lesions characterized by the presence of abundant whitish necrotic tissue. Through routine bacteriological examination, a bacterium was isolated from a skin lesion and subsequently identified as T. maritimum by phenotypic characters and species-specific polymerase chain reaction. The antimicrobial sensitivity of the isolated strain was evaluated for 11 antimicrobial agents by disk diffusion method. Antibiotic therapy was conducted with enrofloxacin at 10 mg kg(-1) i.m. on alternate days for 10 days. One month after the end of treatment skin lesions showed complete resolution and the shark recovered completely. The case presented here represents the first report of infection by T. maritimum in a sand tiger shark and highlights the potential pathogenic role of this microorganism in elasmobranchs kept in an aquarium.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Animals, Zoo
Anti-Bacterial Agents administration & dosage
Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use
Enrofloxacin
Female
Fish Diseases drug therapy
Flavobacteriaceae Infections drug therapy
Flavobacteriaceae Infections microbiology
Fluoroquinolones administration & dosage
Fluoroquinolones therapeutic use
Fish Diseases microbiology
Flavobacteriaceae Infections veterinary
Sharks
Tenacibaculum isolation & purification
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1042-7260
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27010301
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1638/2015-0064.1