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| Nicolas, Jean-louis; Basuyaux, Olivier; Mazurie, Joseph; Thebault, Anne. |
| Since 1997, mass mortality of the abalone Haliotis tuberculata L. has occurred in the natural environment along the French coast. The outbreak of disease started on the south coast of Brittany near Concarneau in 1997, then spread to the north of Brittany (in 1998) and the west coast of Normandy (Golfe de St. Malo in 1999). Between 60 and 80% of the abalone died. In 1999, mortality also affected a land-based abalone farm in Normandy during the summer. At this farm, a Vibrio sp. was isolated in abundance from abalone that had just died. The disease was experimentally reproduced by inoculation or by introducing the pathogen into the surrounding water. This vibrio, identified by genotypic and phenotypic characters, is related to V carchariae. It is similar to... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Pathogenicity; Bacterial epizootic; Vibrio carchariae; Haliotis tuberculata. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2002/publication-2795.pdf |
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