| Main Ref: | 48690 |
| Disease type: | Bacterial diseases |
| Disease name: | Flexibacter maritimus Infection |
| Other names: | Fin rot in Groupers; Saltwater myxobacteriosis; Salt-water gliding bacteriosis |
| Caus. agent: | Flexibacter maritimus |
| Group: |
| Part of body and/or behavior affected by disease: | ||
| Skins and/or fins | Belly | Swimming behavior |
| Gills | Anus | Other behavior |
| Eyes | Viscera Afflicted | Other symptoms |
| Fish affected: | ||
| Symptoms: | Has a grayish coetaneous areas of the fish, this lesions develop in hemorrhages, this symptoms will eventually lead to fin rot. Some cases involves erosion of oral and cephalic cartilage (Ref. 48652). | |
| Treatments: | Treatment should be administered before secondary Vibrio Infection occurs. Bathing in 1-2 ppm Prefuran for 24 hour is advised. | |
| Prophylaxis: | ||
| Remarks: | ||
| Mortality and seasonality | ||
| Mortality: | catastrophic (more than 80%) | |
| Seasonality: | ||
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