Isolation and Characterization of Vibrio species from fish
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2011
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Abstract
The members of the genus Vibrio have been frequently defined as opportunistic
and potential pathogenic bacteria of the tropical waters. In India the incidence of V.
parahaemolyticus causing food poisoning due to the consumption of contaminated
seafoods was reported to be doubled in the last 5 years. V. parahaemolyticus is a
foodborne pathogen that naturally inhabits coastal waters and is the main causative agent
of human gastrointestinal illness associated with raw seafood consumption. It has one of
the shortest generation times of any bacterium and the common symptoms are diarrhoea
which is watery, mucoid or bloody, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, fever and
general fatigue. Therefore, the present study was undertaken with the objective to isolate
and characterize the Vibrio spp. from raw fishes intended for the human consumption
available in the retail fish market in and around Anand, Gujarat.
The total of 155 fish samples collected from different ecosystem viz. marine
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Veterinary Public Health, Study