Ulcerative Mycosis Caused by Aphanomyces invadans in Channel Catfish, Black Bullhead, and Bluegill from Southeastern Louisiana

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-127

  Hawke, John P ^a   Grooters, Amy M ^a   Camus, Alvin C ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMEIURUS; AMEIURUS MELAS; APHANOMYCES; APHANOMYCES INVADANS; CATFISH; COTTUS GOBIO; FUNGI; ICTALURUS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 1642444631     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/H02-039     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. APHA (American Public Health Association). 1998. Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater, 20th edition. APHA, Washington, D.C.
2. Arce, R. G., and C. E. Boyd. 1980. Water chemistry of Alabama ponds. Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University Bulletin 522.
3. Blazer, V. S., J. H. Lilley, W. B. Schill, Y. Kiryu, C. L. Densmore, V. Panyawachira, and S. Chinabut. 2002. Aphanomyces invadans in Atlantic menhaden along the East Coast of the United States. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 14:1-10.
4. Blazer, V. S., W. K. Vogelbein, C. L. Densmore, E. B. May, J. H. Lilley, D. E. Zwerner. 1999. Aphanomyces as a cause of ulcerative skin lesions of menhaden from Chesapeake Bay tributaries. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 11:340-349.
5. Callinan, R. B., G. C. Fraser, and J. L. Virgona. 1989. Pathology of red spot disease in sea mullet, Mugil cephalus L., from eastern Australia. Journal of Fish Diseases 12:467-479.
6. Callinan, R. B., J. O. Pacilibare, M. G. Bondad-Reantaso, J. C. Chin, and R. P. Gogolewski. 1995. Aphanomyces species associated with epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) in the Philippines and red spot disease (RSD) in Australia: preliminary comparative studies. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 221:233-238.
7. Egusa, S., and N. Matsuda. 1971. A new fungal disease of Plecoglossus altevelis. Fish Pathology 6:41-46.
8. Grooters, A. M., and M. K. Gee. 2002. Development of a nested PCR assay for the detection and identification of Pythium insidiosum. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 16:147-152.
9. Hatai, K. 1980. Studies on pathogenic agents of saprolegniasis in freshwater fishes. Nagasaki Prefectural Institute of Fisheries, Special Report 8, Nagasaki, Japan. (In Japanese.)
10. Hawke, J. P. 2000. Bacterial disease agents. Pages 69-67 in R. Stickney, editor. Encyclopedia of aquaculture. Wiley, New York.
11. Hawke, J. P., and R. L. Thune. 1992. Systemic isolation and antimicrobial susceptibility of Cytophaga columnaris from commercially reared channel catfish. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 4:109-113.
12. Kiryu, Y., J. D. Shields, W. K. Vogelbein, D. E. Zwerner, and H. Kator. 2002. Induction of skin ulcers in Atlantic menhaden by injection and aqueous exposure to the zoospores of Aphanomyces invadans. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 14:11-24.
13. Lee, S. B., and J. W. Taylor. 1990. Isolation of DNA from fungal mycelia and single spores. Pages 282-287 in M. A. Innes, D. H. Gelfand, J. J. Sninsky, and T. J. White, editors. PCR protocols: a guide to methods and applications. Academic Press, San Diego, California.
14. Lilley, J. H., R. B. Callinan, S. Chinabut, S. Kanchanakhan, I. H. McRae, and M. J. Phillips. 1998. Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) technical handbook. Aquatic Animal Health Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand.
15. Lilley, J. H., and R. J. Roberts. 1997. Pathogenicity and culture studies comparing the Aphanomyces involved in epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) with other similar fungi. Journal of Fish Diseases 20: 135-144.
16. Luna, L. G., editor. 1968. Manual for histologic staining methods of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 3rd edition. McGraw Hill, New York.
17. McGarey, D. J., T. K. Beatty, V. A. Alberts, D. TeStrake, and D. V. Lim. 1990. Investigations of potential microbial pathogens associated with ulcerative disease syndrome (UDS) of Florida fish. Pages 65-75 in F. O. Perkins and T. C. Cheng, editors. Pathology in marine science. Academic Press, San Diego, California.
18. Noga, E. J., and M. J. Dykstra. 1986. Oomycete fungi associated with ulcerative mycosis in menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus. Journal of Fish Diseases 9:47-53.
19. Sammut, J., I. White, and M. D. Melville. 1996. Acidification of an estuarine tributary in eastern Australia due to drainage of acid sulfate soils. Marine and Freshwater Research 47:669-684.
20. Thoesen, J. C., editor. 1994. Suggested procedures for the detection and identification of certain finfish and shellfish pathogens, 4th edition. American Fisheries Society, Fish Health Section, Bethesda, Maryland.
21. Tucker, C. S., and E. H. Robinson, editors. 1990. Channel catfish farming handbook. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
22. Vogelbein, W. K., J. D. Shields, L. W. Haas, K. S. Reece, and D. E. Zwerner. 2001. Skin ulcers in estuarine fishes: a comparative pathological evaluation of wild and laboratory-exposed fish. Environmental Health Perspectives 109(Supplement 5):687-693.
23. White, T. J., T. Bruns, and S. Lee. 1990. Amplification and direct sequencing of fungal ribosomal RNA genes for phylogenetics. Pages 315-322 in M. A. Innis, D. H. Gelfand, J. J. Sninsky, and T. J. White, editors. PCR protocols: a guide to methods and applications. Academic Press, San Diego, California.
24. Willoughby, L. G., R. J. Roberts, and S. Chinabut. 1995. Aphanomyces invaderis sp. nov., the fungal pathogen of freshwater tropical fish affected by epizootic ulcerative syndrome. Journal of Fish Diseases 18: 273-275.