Rapid and Simple Method for Detection of Yersinia ruckeri, the Causal Agent of Enteric Redmouth Disease

Yersinia ruckeri, the causative agent of enteric redmouth disease in fish

Enteric redmouth disease (ERM) is a serious septicemic bacterial disease of salmonid fish species. It is caused by Yersinia ruckeri, a Gram-negative rod-shaped enterobacterium. It has a wide host range, broad geographical distribution, and causes significant economic losses in the fish aquaculture industry. The disease gets its name from the subcutaneous hemorrhages, it can cause at the corners...

Detection and identification of virulent Yersinia ruckeri: the causative agent of enteric redmouth disease in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) cultured in Fars province, Iran

From the winter 2002 to spring 2006, 126 moribund rainbow trout with clinical signs of external body haemorrhages around and within the oral cavity were sampled from 10 rainbow trout farms situated in the northwest and west of Fars province, Iran and examined for the detection and identification of Yersinia ruckeri, the causative agent of enteric redmouth disease. Fish kidneys were cultured ase...

detection and identification of virulent yersinia ruckeri: the causative agent of enteric redmouth disease in rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) cultured in fars province, iran

from the winter 2002 to spring 2006, 126 moribund rainbow trout with clinical signs of external body haemorrhages around and within the oral cavity were sampled from 10 rainbow trout farms situated in the northwest and west of fars province, iran and examined for the detection and identification of yersinia ruckeri, the causative agent of enteric redmouth disease. fish kidneys were cultured ase...

Enteric Redmouth Disease of Salmonids

A Simple and Rapid Method for the Detection of HIV-1/HCV in Co-Infected Patients

  Background: Due to some limitations of serological methods in diagnosis of patients infected with HIV-1 (human immunodeficiency virus) and HCV (hepatitis C virus), it is profoundly important to use molecular methods for the detecting of these infectious agents. However, the most significant problems are the exorbitant cost of these methods and the need of a thermocycler which is an expensive...