Mycobacteriosis in Zebrafish Colonies

Mycobacteriosis in birds.

Avian mycobacteriosis is an important disease which affects companion, captive exotic, wild and domestic birds. The disease is most commonly caused by Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium genavense. Lesions are typically found in the liver and gastrointestinal tract, although many other organ systems can potentially be affected. The authors review those species of Mycobacterium reported to aff...

Mycobacteriosis in Fish

1 This document is Fact Sheet VM-96, one of a series from the Veterinary Medicine-Large Animal Clinical Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. First published: January 1, 1999. Reviewed: August 2002. Please visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu. 2 Ruth Francis-Floyd, DVM, Extension Veterinaria...

Mycobacteriosis in fishes: a review.

Mycobacterium species have long been recognised as a significant source of morbidity and mortality in finfish aquaculture, as well as in wild finfishes. Mycobacteria infecting fishes also include zoonotic pathogens that can cause protracted illness, especially in immunocompromised individuals. Several basic aspects of mycobacterial pathobiology in aquatic animals remain poorly understood, altho...

Mycobacteriosis in the compromised host.

The studies of rare genetic defects, the preliminary results of population-based studies, being validated by the experimental immunocompromised animal models and the current observations accumulated in immunocompromised patients with mycobacterial diseases provide us with insights into the importance of the macrophage activation pathway in controlling human infection with pathogenic and non pat...

Mycobacteriosis (tuberculosis) of Fishes