Characteristics of bacterial isolates in Swiss farmed and ornamental fish from a retrospective study from 2000 to 2017.

Delalay, Gary; Berezowski, John Andrew; Diserens, N; Schmidt-Posthaus, Heike (2019). Characteristics of bacterial isolates in Swiss farmed and ornamental fish from a retrospective study from 2000 to 2017. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 161(1), pp. 43-57. Gesellschaft Schweizer Tierärztinnen und Tierärzte 10.17236/sat00193

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INTRODUCTION

Aquaculture is a rapidly growing field of food production of high economic importance. Bacterial infections are an important threat to aquaculture growth and also a common problem in ornamental fish. Some pathogenic agents and aquaculture production types are reported to be associated with increased disease. However, a detailed description of bacterial pathogens causing disease in Swiss aquaculture and ornamental pet fish is still missing. In this study we describe 1448 bacterial isolations originating from 1134 diagnostic laboratory submissions from farmed and ornamental fish in Switzerland for the period from 2000 to 2017. A strong seasonality was observed with submissions peaking in spring and summer. Bacterial isolations in fish submitted from organic farms were approximately six times more frequent than in conventional fish farms. Flavobacteriaceae, aeromonads and Yersinia ruckeri were the most common isolates from aquaculture, and motile aeromonads and Vibrio spp. were most often isolated from ornamental fish. The results of this study provide some interesting hypotheses, but further research is needed to better characterize risk factors for bacterial diseases in both aquaculture and aquarium fish in Switzerland.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Research Foci > Veterinary Public Health / Herd Health Management
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine (DKV)
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine (DKV) > Small Animal Clinic
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) > Veterinary Public Health Institute
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP)
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH)
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI)

UniBE Contributor:

Delalay, Gary, Berezowski, John Andrew, Schmidt-Posthaus, Heike

Subjects:

600 Technology > 630 Agriculture

ISSN:

0036-7281

Publisher:

Gesellschaft Schweizer Tierärztinnen und Tierärzte

Language:

English

Submitter:

Susanne Agnes Lerch

Date Deposited:

23 Apr 2019 15:38

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:26

Publisher DOI:

10.17236/sat00193

PubMed ID:

30602431

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Bacterial infections Bakterielle Infektionen; Aquakultur; ­Produktionsart; Zierfische; Risikofaktor; Schweiz Infection bactérienne Infezioni batteriche Suisse Svizzera Switzerland acquacoltura aquaculture facteur de risque fattore di rischio ornamental fish pesci ornamentali poisson d'ornement production type risk factor tipo di ­produzione type de ­production

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.127073

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/127073

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