Skip to main content
Download PDF
  • Brief communication
  • Published:

Vibriosis (Vibrio Anguillarum) as an Epizootic Disease in Rainbow Trout (Salmo Gairdneri)

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 11, pages 600–603 (1970)Cite this article

Abstract

Since the first description of Vibrio anguillarum (Bergman 1909) this organism has been reported to affect a variety of salt-water fish species. In Norway V. anguillarum has never been isolated in connection with diseases in fish until 1964 when this vibrion was proved to cause mortality in rainbow trout reared in sea water. In the past 6 years epizootic outbreaks of vibriosis in rainbow trout have caused heavy losses in several salt-water farms in Norway.

References

  • Bagge, J. & O. Bagge: Vibrio anguillarum som arsag til ulcussygdom hos torsk (Gadus callarias, Linne). (Vibrio anguillarum as the cause of an ulcerous disease in codfish). Nord. Vet.-Med. 1956, 8, 481–492.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bergman, A. M.: Die rote Beulenkrankheit des Aals. (Red Pest in eel). Ber. K. Bayer, biolog. Versuchsstation, Munchen 1909, 2, 10–54.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hoshina, T.: Further observations on the causative bacteria of the epidemic disease like furunculosis of rainbow-trout. J. Tokyo Univ. Fish. 1957, 43, 59–66.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hastein, T. & G. Holt: The occurrence of Vibrio disease in wild fish from Norway. In press.

  • Nybelin, O.: Untersuchungen uber den bei Fischen krankheitserregen- den Spaltpilz Vibrio anguillarum. (Investigation on the fish- pathogenic bacterium Vibrio anguillarum). Medd. Undersøkn. Anst. Sotvattenfisk. Stockholm 1935, no. 8.

    Google Scholar 

  • Boss, A. J., J. E. Martin & V. Bressler: Vibrio anguillarum from an epizootic in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) in the U.S.A. Off. int. Epiz. 1968, 69, 1139–1148.

    Google Scholar 

  • Smith, I. W.: A disease of finnock due to Vibrio anguillarum. J. gen. Microbiol. 1961, 24, 247–252.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. The National Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway

    Gunnar Holt

Authors
  1. Gunnar Holt
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Holt, G. Vibriosis (Vibrio Anguillarum) as an Epizootic Disease in Rainbow Trout (Salmo Gairdneri). Acta Vet Scand 11, 600–603 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03547959

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03547959

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147