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. 2023 Sep 25;39(11):317. doi: 10.1007/s11274-023-03755-5

Table 1.

A summary of the country-wise division of various diseases in marine fish and their respective causative agents along with the antibiotics generally used for their treatment

Diseases Fish Species Effected Causative Microbes Antibiotics used for treatment Country References
Vibriosis Fin fish Salmon

V. alginolyticus

V. cholerae

V. fluvialis

V. hollisae

V. anguillarum

V. ordalii

V. parahaemolyticus

V. metschnikovii

Ampicillin

Carbenicillin

Kanamycin

Cefalothin

Italy

Turkey

Spain

Algeria

Laganà et al. (2011); Ibrahim et al. (2020); Arab et al. (2020)
Enteric red mouth disease (ERM) Salmonids Yersinia ruckeri

Erythromycin

Florfenicol

Sulfonamid

Trimetophrin

Turkey

France

Onuk et al. (2019); Ibrahim et al. (2020)
Furunculosis

Salmonid

Turbot

Aeromonas salmonicida

Sulfamerazine

Nalidixic acid

Oxytetracycline

Ampicillin

Amoxicillin,

Ephalothin

Erythromycin

Streptomycin

Sulfadiazine Trimethoprim

Gentamicin

Ofloxacin

Spain

Turkey

Italy

Coratia

Ortega et al. (2006); Onuk et al. (2019); Ibrahim et al. (2020)
Hemorrhagic septicemia Catfish Aeromonas veronii

Sulfamerazine

Nalidixic acid

Oxytetracycline

Ampicillin

Amoxicillin,

Ephalothin

Erythromycin

Streptomycin

Sulfadiazine Trimethoprim

Gentamicin

Ofloxacin

Spain

Turkey

Italy

Coratia

Ibrahim et al. (2020)
Rickettsial septicaemia Salmon Piscirickettsia salmonis

Tetracycline

Trimethoprim

Chloramphenicol

Sulfamethizole

Canada Rozas and Enríquez (2014); Shah et al. (2014); Saavedra et al. (2018)
Bacterial coldwater disease Salmonids

Flavobacterium

psychrophilum

Florfenicol

oxytetracycline, chloramine T

Turkey

Spain

Sekkin and Kum (2011); Saticioglu et al. (2018)
Bacterial kidney disease Salmonids Renibacterium salmoninarum Erythromycin

United States of America

Chile

Iceland

Japan

Sekkin and Kum (2011); Delghandi et al. (2020)