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Article: Research data from M. Algoet and colleagues update understanding of fisheries research.
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- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- October 23, 2009
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According to recent research published in the Journal of Fish Diseases, "Gram-positive cocci recovered from diseased rainbow trout from a farm in U.K. were characterized by different methods, including pulsed field gel electrophoresis, as virulent Lactococcus garvieae serogroup 2 (pulsotype A1). Groups of rainbow trout were kept at a range of temperatures and injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) with one of the UK isolates, L. garvieae 00021."
"The 18 degrees C and 16 degrees C groups showed 67% and 28% mortality, respectively, by day 27 post-injection. Fish kept at 14 degrees C or lower were less susceptible (
The researchers concluded: "Other fish species tested, ...