An outbreak of <i><scp>S</scp>treptococcus agalactiae</i> infection in cage‐cultured golden pompano, <i><scp>T</scp>rachinotus blochii</i> (<scp>L</scp>acépède), in <scp>M</scp>alaysia

Amal, Mohammad Noor Azmai; Zamri‐Saad, Mohd; Iftikhar, Asma; Siti-Zahrah, A.; Aziel, S; Fahmi, Syafrizal

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2761.2012.01443.x

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“…Associated aquaculture losses from S. agalactiae have been estimated at US$10 million in the USA with US$100 million globally. S. agalactiae epizootics have also been reported in other cultured fish species including “ya‐fish” ( Schizothorax prenanti) cultured in earthen ponds in China, in seabream ( Sparus auratus) from Kuwait, silver pomfret ( Pampus argenteus) used in foot spa pedicures, golden pomfret/pompano ( Trachinotus blochii) cage‐cultured in Malaysia and Singapore, and barcoo grunter ( Scortum barcoo) cultured in China (Amal et al., ; Chong et al., ; Duremdez et al., ; Evans et al., ; Geng et al., ; Liu et al., ).…”

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Epizootics of Streptococcus agalactiae infection in captive rays from Queensland, Australia

Bowater¹,

Dennis

Blyde

et al. 2017

Journal of Fish Diseases

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The aim of this study was to describe two epizootics of high mortalities from infection with Streptococcus agalactiae, occurring in captive rays held in a marine display aquarium in south-east Queensland, Australia, in 2009 and 2010. Five different species of rays were affected, including mangrove whiprays (Himantura granulata), estuary rays (Dasyatis fluviorum), eastern shovelnose rays (Aptychotrema rostrata), white-spotted eagle rays (Aetobatus narinari) and blue-spotted mask rays (Neotrygon kuhlii). This report describes the history of both epizootics including collection, quarantine and husbandry of rays, the disease epizootics, clinico-pathological features of the disease, antimicrobial therapy, autogenous vaccine production, and laboratory studies including clinical and histopathology, bacteriology, PCR, molecular serotyping and sequencing of the bacterium S. agalactiae.

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Epizootics of Streptococcus agalactiae infection in captive rays from Queensland, Australia

Bowater¹,

Dennis

Blyde

et al. 2017

Journal of Fish Diseases

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“…agalactiae from our previous studies were used in this study (Amal et al . ,b, , ; Zamri‐Saad et al . ).…”

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Molecular characterization ofStreptococcus agalactiaestrains isolated from fishes in Malaysia

Amal

Zamri‐Saad

Siti-Zahrah³

et al. 2013

J Appl Microbiol

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Aims: The aim of this study was to characterize Streptococcus agalactiae strains that were isolated from fishes in Malaysia using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR (REP-PCR) techniques. Methods and Results: A total of 181 strains of Strep. agalactiae isolated from red hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) and golden pompano (Trachinotus blochii) were characterized using RAPD and REP-PCR techniques. Both the fingerprinting techniques generated reproducible band patterns, differing in the number and molecular mass amplicons. The RAPD technique displayed greater discriminatory power by its production of more complex binding pattern and divided all the strains into 13 groups, compared to 9 by REP-PCR technique. Both techniques showed the availability to differentiate the genetic profiles of the strains according to their geographical location of origin. Three strains of Strep. agalactiae that were recovered from golden pompano showed a genetic dissimilarity from the strains isolated from red hybrid tilapia, while the strain of ATCC 27956 that recovered from bovine displayed a unique profile for both methods. Conclusions: Both techniques possess excellent discriminative capabilities and can be used as a rapid means of comparing Strep. agalactiae strains for future epidemiological investigation. Significance and Impact of the Study: Framework as the guideline in traceability of this disease and in the search for potential local vaccine candidates for streptococcosis in this country.

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“…Clinical findings and post‐mortem analysis results were similar to those reported by Amal et al . (). It is not known why the other fish species being cocultured did not succumb to disease.…”

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Streptococcus agalactiae outbreaks in cultured golden pomfret, Trachinotus blochii (Lacépède), in Singapore

Chong

Wong

Lee

et al. 2016

Journal of Fish Diseases

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An outbreak of Streptococcus agalactiae infection in cage‐cultured golden pompano, Trachinotus blochii (Lacépède), in Malaysia

Cited by 50 publications

References 7 publications

Epizootics of Streptococcus agalactiae infection in captive rays from Queensland, Australia

Epizootics of Streptococcus agalactiae infection in captive rays from Queensland, Australia

Molecular characterization ofStreptococcus agalactiaestrains isolated from fishes in Malaysia

Streptococcus agalactiae outbreaks in cultured golden pomfret, Trachinotus blochii (Lacépède), in Singapore

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