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dc.contributor.authorde la Peña, Leobert D.
dc.contributor.authorNakai, Toshihiro
dc.contributor.authorMuroga, Kiyokuni
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-15T09:05:34Z
dc.date.available2013-11-15T09:05:34Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.identifier.citationDe la Peña, L. D., Nakai, T., & Muroga, K. (1998). Experimental infection of kuruma prawn (Penaeus japonicus) with Vibrio penaeicida. The Israeli Journal of Aquaculture-Bamidgeh, 50(3), 128-133.en
dc.identifier.issn0792-156X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10862/1736
dc.description.abstractTo estimate the portal of entry of Vibrio penaeicida in kuruma prawn (Penaeus japonicus), immersion and oral infection experiments were conducted with pre-treated and intact prawns. In immersion challenge, V. penaeicida produced 30% mortality in the shell-removed group at both 108 and 107 CFU/ml doses while in the eye-cut group, mortalities were 44% and 13% at 108 and 107 CFU/ml, respectively. In the intact group, 10% mortality was observed at 108 CFU/ml and no mortality at 107 CFU/ml after two weeks. The pathogen produced high mortalities in the orally incubated group, the median lethal dose (LD50) being 103-104 CFU/animal. In the groups given V. penaeicida-inoculated kuruma prawn meat and V. penaeicida-contaminated commercial pellets, mortalities within 60 days were 10% and 20%, respectively. These results suggest that the main portal of entry of V. penaeicida is the gastro-intestinal tract although the cuticle (epidermis) or wounds can also be portals.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe Society of Israeli Aquaculture and Marine Biotechnologyen
dc.subjectPenaeus japonicusen
dc.subjectKuruma prawnen
dc.titleExperimental infection of kuruma prawn (Penaeus japonicus) with Vibrio penaeicidaen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.citation.volume50
dc.citation.issue3
dc.citation.spage128
dc.citation.epage133
dc.citation.journalTitleThe Israeli Journal of Aquaculture-Bamidgehen
dc.subject.asfaaetiologyen
dc.subject.asfadisease controlen
dc.subject.asfafish diseasesen
dc.subject.asfainfectious diseasesen
dc.subject.asfaprawn cultureen
dc.subject.scientificNameVibrio penaeicidaen


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