China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (11): 4612-4620.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2023.11.029

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Pathogenic Analysis on Gill Rot Disease in Goldfish Caused by Mixed Infection of Low Virulent of Flavobacterium columnare and Trichodina spp.

WANG Xiaoliang, CAO Huan, WANG Shu, ZHANG Wen, WANG Jingbo, LYU Xiaonan, WANG Peng, XU Lipu   

  1. Beijing Aquatic Product Technology Promotion Department, Beijing 100176, China
  • Received:2023-05-13 Online:2023-11-05 Published:2023-10-27

Abstract: 【Objective】 The experiment was aimed to confirm the pathogen of gill rot disease in a goldfish farm in Beijing.【Method】 The moribund goldfishes with clinical symptoms were collected, and wet mount of gill tissue were prepared for observing parasites and fungal hypha.Liver, kidney, spleen and gill tissues were collected to detect Goldfish hematopoietic necrosis virus (GFHNV).At the same time, the pathogenic bacteria were isolated from the gill, and the morphological characteristics, physical and chemical characteristics, taxonomic status and drug sensitivity of the pathogenic bacteria were analyzed.The experiments of artificial infection of pathogenic bacteria were carried out by the methods of gill tissue scratch soaking and non-scratch soaking.【Result】 There was a small amount of trichomyces parasitica on the gill filaments of naturally occurring fish, no fungal hypha was observed, and GFHNV nucleic acid test was negative.A large number of rhizoid colonies were isolated from gill tissue.The strain was Gram-negative longobacterium, with a body size of (0.5-0.7) μm×(4-8) μm.It was positive for oxidase and catalase, degraded gelatin and chondroitin sulfate, produced hydrogen sulfide, and did not fermentation glucose and other sugar alcohols.The phylogenetic tree constructed based on 16S rDNA sequence was polymerized with Flavobacterium columnare.The isolated bacteria was identified as Flavobacterium columnare, genotype Ⅰ.All groups of goldfish soaked in scratches experienced death, and the symptoms were similar to those of the naturally infected fish.No death occurred in scratch control group and non-scratch soaking group.The calculated median lethal dose (LD50) of the bacteria to the goldfish was 8.8×106 CFU, which was a mild strain.The bacterium was sensitive to enrofloxacin, doxycycline hydrochloride and sulfonamides, but not to the other antimicrobials tested.【Conclusion】 The weakly virulent strains of Flavobacterium columnare isolated in this study could cause gill tissue damage and death in goldfish.Based on practical production, many goldfish had been infected with a small amount of Trichodina spp., causing gill tissue damage but no deaths.It was determined that this chronic and low mortality rate of goldfish gill rot disease was caused by a mixed infection of Trichodina spp.and weakly virulent strains of Flavobacterium columnare, and the secondary infection of weakly virulent strains of Flavobacterium columnare was the main cause of goldfish death.

Key words: goldfish; gill rot disease; Flavobacterium columnare; drug sensitivity

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