Table 1.

Prevalence of Aeromonas species among naturally infected (diseased) and apparent healthy Clarias gariepinus

Aeromonas species	Number infected (%) of the diseased Clarias gariepinus (440)	Number infected (%) of the healthy Clarias gariepinus (200)
Aeromonas caviae	63 (14.3) ^a	17 (8.5) ^b
Aeromonas dhakensis	18 (4.1) ^a	5 (2.5) ^a
Aeromonas enteropelogenes	9 (2.0) ^a	3 (1.5) ^a
Aeromonas hydrophila	37 (8.4) ^a	15 (7.5) ^a
Aeromonas veronii	53 (12.0) ^a	10 (5.0) ^b
Total	180 (40.9) ^a	50 (25.0) ^b

Different letters across rows indicate significance (P < 0.05)