Abstract: Nocardiosis is a systemic chronic granulomatous disease of fish caused by specie of bacterium Nocardia. Severe emaciation, inactivity and skin discoloration are the clinical signs of this disease. In advanced stages cachexia, ascites, dermal ulceration, focal necrotic areas with in skeletal muscles and pale areas in the swollen kidney, spleen, heart and liver may be observed. About 10 to 30 Clarias batrachus infected with Nocardiasis were morphologically and bacteriologically analyzed. Nocardia appeared filamentous, branched and beaded on Drosetts egg and Lowerstein-jensen media at 20-30⁰C temperature.
Keywords: Nocardiasis, Clarias batrachus, focal necrosis, cachexia, ascites, dermal ulceration.
Title: Nocardiosis in Clarius batrachus collected from the Bittan market of Bhopal
Author: Sumer Hassan & T.A.Qureshi
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-3148 (online), ISSN 2348-313X (Print)
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