Trout farming is a growing aquaculture industry in Mexico, with stock mainly supplied by the importation of eyed eggs. The aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of bacterial isolations in farmed rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss from Mexico. Sixty-five farms distributed among seven states of Mexico were included in the study. Individual samples from gills, liver, spleen, intestine, and kidney were obtained from 563 apparently healthy fish. In total, 371 bacterial isolates were recovered from sampled fish; isolates of the genera Aeromonas, Edwardsiella, Enterobacter, Escherichia, Klebsiella, Plesiomonas, Pseudomonas, and Yersinia were identified. Aeromonads were the most frequently isolated bacteria. Renibacterium salmoninarum was not isolated from any of the sampled fish. Our results showed the presence of bacteria that are potential pathogens of both rainbow trout and humans.
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