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ArticleJournal of fish diseases2022

Pathology and virulence of Edwardsiella tarda, Edwardsiella piscicida, and Edwardsiella anguillarum in channel (Ictalurus punctatus), blue (Ictalurus furcatus), and channel × blue hybrid catfish.

Abigail R Armwood, Matt J Griffin, Bradley M Richardson, David J Wise, Cynthia Ware, Alvin C Camus

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Article in Journal of fish diseases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Abigail R ArmwoodDepartment of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5695-6875
Matt J GriffinDepartment of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA.
Bradley M RichardsonWarmwater Aquaculture Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA.
David J WiseThad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA.
Cynthia WareThad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA.
Alvin C CamusDepartment of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6783-1509
Delta Air Lines (United States) · USUniversity of Georgia · USAgricultural Research Service · US

Funding

Agricultural Research ServiceCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State UniversityCollege of Veterinary Medicine, University of GeorgiaMississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Mississippi State Universityunited states department of agriculutureUniversity of Georgia
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the mid-2010s, Edwardsiella tarda was reaffiliated into three discrete taxa (E. anguillarum, E. piscicida, and E. tarda), obscuring previous descriptions of E. tarda-induced pathology in fish. To clarify ambiguity regarding the pathology of E. tarda, E. piscicida, and E. anguillarum infections in US farm-raised catfish, channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), blue catfish (I. furcatus), and channel × blue catfish hybrids were challenged with comparable doses of each bacterium. The most severe pathology and mortality occurred in fish challenged with E. piscicida, supporting previous reports of increased pathogenicity in commercially important ictalurids, while E. anguillarum and E. tarda warrant only minimal concern. Acute pathologic lesions among bacterial species were predominantly necrotizing and characteristic of gram-negative sepsis but became progressively granulomatous over time. After 100 days, survivors were exposed to the approximate median lethal doses of E. piscicida and E. ictaluri, revealing some cross-protective effects among E. piscicida, E. anguillarum, and E. ictaluri. In contrast, no fish that survived E. tarda challenge demonstrated any protection against E. piscicida or E. ictaluri. This work supports reports of increased susceptibility of channel, blue, and hybrid catfish to E. piscicida, while highlighting potential cross-protective affects among fish associated Edwardsiella spp.

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CatfishesEdwardsiellaEnterobacteriaceae InfectionsFish DiseasesIctaluridaeAnimalsEdwardsiella ictaluriEdwardsiella tardaVirulencecatfishEdwardsiella anguillarumEdwardsiella piscicidaEdwardsiella tardahistopathology

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PMID35880718
PMCPMC9796362
OpenAlexW4288038358

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