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Research Project: Integrated Research to Improve Aquatic Animal Health in Warmwater Aquaculture

Location: Aquatic Animal Health Research

Title: Tilapia bacterial diseases

Author
item SOTO, ESTEBAN - University Of California, Davis
item HECKMAN, TAYLOR - University Of California, Davis
item PAREDES, GUSTAVO - Ridgeway Biologicals Ltd
item DIVYA, R - Mississippi State University
item GRIFFIN, MATT - Mississippi State University
item LOCH, THOMAS - Michigan State University
item Lafrentz, Benjamin
item CAMUS, ALVIN - University Of Georgia

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/15/2024
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: The objective of this book chapter is to provide an overview of important bacterial diseases of tilapia including geographical distribution, host range, transmission, diagnosis, clinical signs and pathology, and treatment and control strategies.

Technical Abstract: Intensified management practices in tilapia aquaculture, involving both outdoor bodies of water and indoor water reuse systems with concomitant reduction in water quality and elevated levels of stress, have resulted in an increased incidence and severity of disease. Among the most encountered virulent agents responsible for mortalities in tilapia aquaculture are the bacterial pathogens: Streptococcus spp., Francisella orientalis, columnaris causing bacteria (Flavobacterium spp.), Edwardsiella spp., Aeromonas spp., and Vibrio spp. Other bacteria, including rickettsia like-organisms, Shewanella spp., Pseudomonas spp. have been reported as opportunistic pathogens in tilapia and will not be discussed in this chapter.