Tuberculosis in marine tropical fishes in an aquarium.

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Skin, gill and visceral tubercle lesions were detected in marine tropical fish in an aquarium. Ninety-seven fish of 17 different genera were affected. The tubercles consisted of a wall of densely packed epithelioid cells and necrotic center packed with acid-fast bacilli identified as Mycobacterium marinum.

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Giavenni, R., Finazzi, M., Poli, G., & Grimaldi, E. (1980). Tuberculosis in marine tropical fishes in an aquarium. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 16(2), 161–168. https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-16.2.161

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