An outbreak of chlamydiosis in farmed Indopacific crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus)

Abstract

An outbreak of chlamydiosis was diagnosed in hatchling and juvenile Indopacific crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) on a crocodile farm in Papua New Guinea. The outbreak was characterised by high mortality with hepatitis and exudative conjunctivitis. The agent appears to have been introduced with live wild-caught crocodiles, which are purchased routinely by the farm. Rnproved quarantine procedures and treatment with tetracycline led to a rapid reduction of losses on the farm.