- coldwater disease
- infection of aquarium fish by Flavobacterium psychrophilum; symptoms include lumps or cottonlike lesions on the skin and gills with ulceration, necrosis, and hemorrhage. Called also peduncle d.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
coldwater disease
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Disease in ornamental fish — Ornamental fish kept in aquariums are susceptible to numerous diseases. The study of fish diseases has remained a rudimentary branch of veterinary medicine.[citation needed] Due to their generally small size and the low cost of replacing diseased … Wikipedia
low temperature disease — coldwater disease (a bacterial disease of juvenile and yolk sac fry of salmonids caused by Cytophaga psychrophila (or Flexibacter psychrophilus). It occurs at temperatures below 10°C and is an external and systemic disease with lesions on the… … Dictionary of ichthyology
peduncle disease — coldwater disease (a bacterial disease of juvenile and yolk sac fry of salmonids caused by Cytophaga psychrophila (or Flexibacter psychrophilus). It occurs at temperatures below 10°C and is an external and systemic disease with lesions on the… … Dictionary of ichthyology
coldwater Vibrio — a disease of farmed Atlantic salmon among others caused by certain Vibrio species active at temperatures below 10°C and producing muscular and myocardial degeneration. Red or bloody streaks appear on the body and fins and can lead to fin and tail … Dictionary of ichthyology
peduncle disease — coldwater d … Medical dictionary
Hitra disease — a disease of farmed Atlantic salmon among others caused by certain Vibrio species active at temperatures below 10°C and producing muscular and myocardial degeneration. Red or bloody streaks appear on the body and fins and can lead to fin and tail … Dictionary of ichthyology
myxobacteriosis — a disease of fish caused by any member of the Myxobacteria, e.g. coldwater disease, columnaris disease, fin rot, peduncle disease, etc … Dictionary of ichthyology
piscine tuberculosis — myxobacteriosis (a disease of fish caused by any member of the Myxobacteria, e.g. coldwater disease, columnaris disease, fin rot, peduncle disease, etc.) … Dictionary of ichthyology
Flavobacterium psychrophilum — a species that prefers cold water and causes coldwater disease in fish. Called also Cytophaga psychrophila and Flexibacter psychrophilus … Medical dictionary
