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Journal Article 
Unusual morphopathological features in a case of fish tuberculosis 
Gomez, S 
1998 
Yes 
Journal of Fish Diseases
ISSN: 0140-7775
EISSN: 1365-2761 
21 
3 
237-239 
Fish tuberculosis is a systemic infectious disease, usually chronic, caused by organisms of the genus Mycobacterium. The condition has been reported in both marine and freshwater fish in the natural environment, intensive culture systems and aquaria. A white cloud mountain minnow, Tanichthys albonubes L., maintained in a freshwater aquarium that had shown signs of abdominal swelling for several weeks was killed and fixed in 10% formalin solution for histopathological study. Paraffin wax embedded sections were stained by the haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and Ziehl Neelsen (ZN) methods. Immunohistological staining was carried out using the avidin-biotin-peroxidase (ABC) method by using a polyclonal anti-Mycobacterium bovis (BCG strain) antiserum. 
White cloud mountain minnow; fish tuberculosis; Oceanic Abstracts; Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Immunohistochemistry; Therapy; Mycobacterium; Disease detection; Tanichthys albonubes; Disseminated infection; Pathogenic bacteria; fish diseases; Histopathology; Tuberculosis; Q1 08182:Methods and instruments; O 1050:Vertebrates, Urochordates and Cephalochordates; J 02862:Infection