Clinical Vibrio anguillarum infection in lumpsucker Cyclopterus lumpus in Scotland

• Published in: Veterinary record Vol. 173; no. 13; p. 319
• Main Authors: Marcos-López, M., Donald, K., Stagg, H., McCarthy, Ú.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Limited 05.10.2013; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animals; Aquaculture; Bacterial diseases; Biosecurity; Cod; Epidemics; Fish; Fish Diseases - virology; Fishes; Histology; Immunization; Mortality; Salmon; Scotland; Trout; Vaccines; Veterinary medicine; Vibrio - classification; Vibrio - isolation & purification; Vibrio Infections - veterinary; Vibrio Infections - virology; Scotland; United Kingdom > UK; Norway; Arctic region; Bacterial diseases; Biosecurity; Aquaculture
• ISSN: 0042-4900; 2042-7670
• DOI: 10.1136/vr.101763

In recent years, the aquaculture industry has become interested in this species due to its potential use as a cleaner fish for biological control of sea lice on Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Primer name Sequence (5ʹ-3ʹ) 24F* GCA GGC YTA ACA CAT GCA AGT CGA 357F CTC CTA CGG GAG GCA GCA 806R GGA CTA CCA GGG TAT CTA AT 1080R GAG CTG ACG ACA RCC ATG CA 1240R TAC CGD CCA TTG TAG CAC GTG TGT A 1540R AAG GAG GTG ATC CAG CCG CA *Based on numbering of Escherichia coli 16S rRNA gene F, Forward; R, Reverse The clinical, pathological and bacteriological results were consistent with vibriosis. [...]data from Norway in 2011 indicate that V anguillarum serotype O1 is isolated annually in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, farmed in sea water, and comparatively regularly from lumpsucker and wrasse species (Labridae) (Norwegian Veterinary Institute 2011).