Vibrio Species Isolated from Farmed Fish in Basra City in Iraq

Salmonella species isolated from animal feed in Iraq.

Of 700 animal feed samples, 32 (4.5%) harbored Salmonella. The highest percentage of contamination was found in sheep feed and local protein. A total of 17 Salmonella serotypes were identified. The most frequent serotypes were Salmonella meleagridis. S. bornum, S. montevideo, and S. drypool. S. bornum was isolated for the first time in Iraq and from both local feed and its ingredients. The comm...

Seroepidemiology of selected zoonotic infections in Basra region of Iraq.

A community-based seroepidemiological study was made of 4 common zoonotic infections (brucellosis, hydatidosis, toxoplasmosis and visceral leishmaniasis) in 3 areas (rural, urban and suburban semirural) in Basra governorate, southern Iraq. The prevalence of brucellosis was higher in the suburban semirural area (29.3%) than the rural and urban areas. The prevalence of hydatidosis (19.0%-35.5%) a...

Welfare in farmed fish

institutes located in Tromsø, Narvik and Alta. The Norut Group has 220 employees whose applied research and development encompasses a wide variety of interdisciplinary fields. Each subsidiary institute has a specific research emphasis, but common to all is activity centered around the polar and Barents regions. Fiskeriforskning (Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture Research) conduct...

Characterization of antibiotic resistance in Vibrio spp. isolated from farmed marine shrimps (Penaeus monodon).

A total of 83 Vibrio isolates from farmed marine shrimps (Penaeus monodon) were tested for the presence of class 1, 2 and 3 integrons, SXT constin and tetracycline resistance-encoding genes. Mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining regions (QRDRs) of the gyrA and parC genes were determined in fluoroquinolone-resistant Vibrio strains (n=17). Five isolates were found to carry class 1 int...

Bacteria Isolated from Diseased Wild and Farmed Marine Fish in Greece