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Epizootics of epizootic ulcerative syndrome among estuarine fishes of Kerala, India, under post-flood conditions

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https://www.int-res.com/prepress/d03465.html
https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03465
 
Title Epizootics of epizootic ulcerative syndrome
among estuarine fishes of Kerala, India,
under post-flood conditions
 
Creator Sumithra, T G
Arun Kumar, T V
Swaminathan, T R
Nair, V Anusree
Amala, P V
Reshma, K J
Kishore, T G
Ratheesh Kumar, R
Sharma, S R Krupesha
Kripa, V
Prema, D
Sanil, N K
 
Subject Fish Disease
Fish Biotechnology
 
Description Epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS), primarily caused by the water mold Aphano -
myces invadans, is an OIE-notifiable disease, having potential impacts on fisheries. We report EUS
epizootics among estuarine fishes of Kerala, India, during 2018, under post-flood conditions 3
decades after its primary outbreak. Six fish species (Mugil cephalus, Platycephalus sp., Scato -
phagus argus, Arius sp., Planiliza macrolepis and Epinephelus malabaricus) were infected, in -
cluding the first confirmed natural case in E. malabaricus and P. macrolepis. Salinity, surface
temperature, dissolved oxygen and pH of water during the epizootics were
 
Publisher Inter Research
 
Date 2020
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14254/1/Diseases%20of%20Aquatic%20Organisms_2020_Sumitra%20T%20G_Epizootics%20of%20epizootic%20ulcerative%20syndrome.pdf
Sumithra, T G and Arun Kumar, T V and Swaminathan, T R and Nair, V Anusree and Amala, P V and Reshma, K J and Kishore, T G and Ratheesh Kumar, R and Sharma, S R Krupesha and Kripa, V and Prema, D and Sanil, N K (2020) Epizootics of epizootic ulcerative syndrome among estuarine fishes of Kerala, India, under post-flood conditions. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (DAO), 139. pp. 1-13.