Warm Water

Diseases

Name	Description
Enteric Septicaemia	Enteric Septicaemia (Edwardsella ictaluri) is considered, both biologically and economically, as the most important disease of farm-raised channel catfish, particularly in the USA. The acute disease is now commonly known as ESC but chronic infections are also known as “hole-in-the-head” disease.
Nocardia disease	A long-term and problematic bacterial infection of warm-water fish.
Streptococcosis	Caused by Streptococcus iniae (a Gram-positive, non-acid fast, non motile, oxidase positive, catalase negative, beta-haemolytic, coccus bacterium), this is one of the most serious diseases of warmwater fish. It is present in both marine and freshwater environments and has a global distribution. Cumulative mortality can be as high as 70%.
Vibriosis and Luminal Bacterial Disease	Caused by the bacterial pathogens belonging to the genus Vibrio and known to induce huge mortalty rates for commercial shrimp culture in Asia and Latin America