Vibrio spp. isolated from salmonids with shallow skin lesions and reared at low temperature

• Published in: Journal of fish diseases Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 19 - 28
• Main Authors: Benediktsdottir, E, Helgason, S, Sigurjonsdottir, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science, Ltd 01.01.1998
• Subjects: Marine; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Salmo; Vibrio logei; Vibrio marinus; Iceland

In Iceland the rearing temperature of salmonid fish, mostly Atlantic salmon, is generally below 10°C. Infections most often characterized by shallow skin lesions that may cause considerable mortality have been endemic in the country since rearing in salt water started. A variety of Vibrio spp. has b...