date:Aug 01, 2012
and growth in tilapia. Surviving infected fish may also be damaged and produce lower quality and lower yielding fillets.
Most prevalent isolate
Epidemiological surveys conducted by MSD Animal Health in major tilapia-producing markets have collected over 1,000 bacterial isolates from tilapia reared at 74 sites in 14 countries. Streptococcal species were the dominant bacterial pathogens, accounting for more than half of all bacteria identified. S. agalactiae was more prevalent than S. iniae, rep