Histological confirmation of epizootic ulcerative syndrome in two cyprinid species from Lake Liambezi, Zambezi Region, Namibia

McHugh, Kyle J; Smit, Nico J; Christison, Kevin W; Weyl, Olaf L F

Title: Histological confirmation of epizootic ulcerative syndrome in two cyprinid species from Lake Liambezi, Zambezi Region, Namibia
Creator: McHugh, Kyle J
Creator: Smit, Nico J
Creator: Christison, Kevin W
Creator: Weyl, Olaf L F
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2014
Date: 2014
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/443354
Identifier: vital:74110
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC160489
Description: Epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) is a fish disease caused by an infection of the oomycete, Aphanomyces invadans. During a fish biodiversity assessment of Lake Liambezi, Zambezi Region, Namibia, in August 2011, two Barbus haasianus and three Barbus unitaeniatus with circular ulcerative skin lesions were collected. Lake Liambezi receives inflow from the Zambezi, Chobe and Linyanti rivers. The presence of EUS in the two species was confirmed histologically by: a loss of epidermis at the site of the lesion; hyphae visible deep into the muscle layer with an associated granulomatous inflammatory reaction; and muscle fibre degeneration visible with associated penetrating hyphae. This paper provides further histological confirmation of EUS from Lake Liambezi and the first record of the disease in B. haasianus.
Format: 5 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: African Zoology
Relation: McHugh, K.J., Smit, N.J., Christison, K.W. and Weyl, O.L., 2014. Histological confirmation of epizootic ulcerative syndrome in two cyprinid species from Lake Liambezi, Zambezi Region, Namibia. African Zoology, 49(2), pp.311-316
Relation: African Zoology volume 49 number 2 311 316 2014 2224-073X
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