Aeromonas Infections in Aquatic Habitats

Fastidious aerobes that prefer to grow in glucose-cysteine-blood agar, older cultures show pleomorphism

Rabbits and rodents

F.tularensis

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<p>The main Aeromonas species associated with animal infections are A.hydrophila, A.salmincida, and A.shigelloides.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Aeromonas species are Gram-negative, short, plump aerobic rods.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Aeromonas species grow well in trypticase soy agar at 22-25°C and produce heavy turbidity in broth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The main reservoirs of Aeromonas infection are the stools, bile, and throat of avian, cattle, swine, and dogs, as well as the feces and dysenteric stool of swine and dogs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The key virulence factors of Aeromonas species are adhesins and enterotoxins.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The recommended treatment is oxytetracycline (60-75 mg/kg for 21 days). Control and prevention measures include obtaining fish and eggs from disease-free sources and ensuring stress reduction through well-aerated clean water and good nutrition.</p> Signup and view all the answers