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XB-ART-26807
Rev Cubana Med Trop 1989 Jan 01;412:208-13.
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[Aeromonas hydrophila. Infection in Xenopus laevis].

Bravo Fariñas L , Monté Boada RJ , Cuéllar Pérez R , Dumas Valdivieso SC .


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Aeromonas hydrophila caused severe disease in a group of 50 Xenopus leavis three weeks after being transferred from their laboratory conditions. The first clinical signs observed were marked pallor, petechiae, lethargy, anorexia, and edema. The duration of the disease was about 48 days, during which 4 animals acquired the disease and 10 died. The study of the bacteriology of the skin and skeletal muscles showed at necropsy subcutaneous edema, hemorrhage, and ascitis. Aeromonas hydrophila was isolated in 14 of the 50 animals studied.

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