The aim of this study was to determine the presence of infectious agents by microbiological and histopathological studies in the neon tetra (Paracheirodon innesi), an Amazonian ornamental fish. A total of 168 fish were randomly collected from the aquarium of an ornamental fish retail collector in Iquitos, Peru. For the microbiological study, kidney and spleen samples were collected during the necropsy of 84 specimens, and bacteria were isolated in trypticase soy agar (TSA), Citophaga (AO) and Middlebrook 7H9, while identification was done through Gram staining and biochemical analysis. The histopathological study was conducted in the remaining 84 fish. Bacteria isolated were of genera Flavobacterium, Staphylococcus, Carnobacterium, Pseudomonas, Enterococcus, Bacillus and of the Enterobacteriaceae family. In gills was observed laminar hyperplasia, fusion of lamellae and Mixosporidia spore...

The aim of this study was the molecular characterization of segment 4 of the lake tilapia virus (TiLV) detected in farmed tilapia from the departments of Piura (Coast) and San Martín (Jungle) in an outbreak that occurred in 2017-2018. During this outbreak, 26 TiLV positive samples were obtained and five of them were selected. The diagnosis of these samples was carried out through a nested RT-PCR with primers directed to segment 3 and the PCR products were sequenced. For the amplification and analysis of segment 4 of the TiLV genome, an RT-PCR was performed where specific primers were designed. The sequencing was done by Macrogen (South Korea), by bidirectional sequencing using the automated Sanger method. The phylogenetic analysis was carried out from the aligned sequences by means of the Neighbor-Joining (NJ) method and the hypothetical protein characteristics of the gene was carried o...

The aim of this study was to determine the presence of infectious agents by microbiological and histopathological studies in the neon tetra (Paracheirodon innesi), an Amazonian ornamental fish. A total of 168 fish were randomly collected from the aquarium of an ornamental fish retail collector in Iquitos, Peru. For the microbiological study, kidney and spleen samples were collected during the necropsy of 84 specimens, and bacteria were isolated in trypticase soy agar (TSA), Citophaga (AO) and Middlebrook 7H9, while identification was done through Gram staining and biochemical analysis. The histopathological study was conducted in the remaining 84 fish. Bacteria isolated were of genera Flavobacterium, Staphylococcus, Carnobacterium, Pseudomonas, Enterococcus, Bacillus and of the Enterobacteriaceae family. In gills was observed laminar hyperplasia, fusion of lamellae and Mixosporidia spore...

The aim of this study was the molecular characterization of segment 4 of the lake tilapia virus (TiLV) detected in farmed tilapia from the departments of Piura (Coast) and San Martín (Jungle) in an outbreak that occurred in 2017-2018. During this outbreak, 26 TiLV positive samples were obtained and five of them were selected. The diagnosis of these samples was carried out through a nested RT-PCR with primers directed to segment 3 and the PCR products were sequenced. For the amplification and analysis of segment 4 of the TiLV genome, an RT-PCR was performed where specific primers were designed. The sequencing was done by Macrogen (South Korea), by bidirectional sequencing using the automated Sanger method. The phylogenetic analysis was carried out from the aligned sequences by means of the Neighbor-Joining (NJ) method and the hypothetical protein characteristics of the gene was carried o...