Isolation and diagnosis of mycobacteria species in local water fishes in Ninevah province

Autor: M A Hammad, H H Ali
Jazyk: Arabic<br />English
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 21-26 (2005)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1607-3894
2071-1255
DOI: 10.33899/ijvs.2005.37335
Popis: This study was conducted to isolate and diagnose mycobacteria species from local freshwater fish samples collected from different markers in Ninevah province. Seventy samples were examined by staining and study of cultural characteristic of colonial growth, two mycobacteria species were isolated from 10 (14.3%) samples, seven (10%) of them were M. fortuitum, while 3 (4.3%) were M. marinum from different species of fishes belongs to family Cyprinidae which includes the genus of Barbus, B. sharpeyi (2%), B. grypus (3%), B. xantnopterus (2%) and family siluridae includes the genus Silurus glanis (1%), and the genus of Carp, Cyprinus carpio (2%).
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