Visceral mycosis in Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha) due to Sporobolomyces salmonicolor

Vet Pathol. 1996 Mar;33(2):238-41. doi: 10.1177/030098589603300216.

Abstract

One-month-old Chinook salmon fry from a cold-water hatchery were presented live for euthanasia and necropsy. Gross lesions were emaciation in 90% of the fry and ascites and increased cutaneous pigmentation in the remaining 10%. A cause for the emaciation was not determined. Histologically, the fry with ascites and increased pigmentation had visceral mycosis with aerocystitis, myositis, peritonitis, and dermatitis. Sporobolomyces salmonicolor, a rare human pathogen, was isolated and identified in tissue sections from affected fry.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Fish Diseases / microbiology*
  • Fish Diseases / pathology
  • Mycoses / complications
  • Mycoses / microbiology
  • Mycoses / pathology
  • Mycoses / veterinary*
  • Salmon / microbiology*
  • Yeasts / isolation & purification*