Isolation and Identification of Fish Infected with Bacteria in Some Farms of Babylon in Iraq

Fisheries is one of the main sectors on which some countries are increasingly dependent. Filling the food gap is an important resource in the agricultural resource base, but it is one of the neighborhoods affected by the agricultural activities. The bacterial disease agents were isolated from aquac...

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Main Authors: Zaid Basim Hameed Alftlawy, Faiza Kadhim Emran, Alaa K. H. Al-Khalaf
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Published: University of Baghdad 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://jih.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/j/article/view/3624
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author Zaid Basim Hameed Alftlawy
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description Fisheries is one of the main sectors on which some countries are increasingly dependent. Filling the food gap is an important resource in the agricultural resource base, but it is one of the neighborhoods affected by the agricultural activities. The bacterial disease agents were isolated from aquaculture in the Babylon governorate, Iraq, during December 2021 to the end of October 2022. A total of 65 specimens of Cyprinus carpio were infected (53%). Four bacterial diseases were diagnosed by clinical signs that appeared from severe infections of external and internal organs (fin rot, dropsy, bacterial gill disease, and vibriosis). Bacteria were identified according to their morphological characterization and using the Vitek 2 system, and they include Aeromonas sobria, A. hydrophila, A. veronii, Streptococcus thoraltensis, Serratia ficaria, Serratia fonticola, Serratia odorifera, and Vibrio cholerae. The results of the current study showed that the emergence of diseases in fish farms may be related to stress factors that fish suffer from as a result of dryness and scarcity of water, water quality, or the possibility of bacteria transfer either from water to fish or vice versa, or by handling.
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spelling doaj-art-e5b626ccb9154e76ad7ebbf4a5cff0e52025-08-20T03:51:19ZengUniversity of BaghdadIbn Al-Haitham Journal for Pure and Applied Sciences1609-40422521-34072025-07-0138310.30526/38.3.3624Isolation and Identification of Fish Infected with Bacteria in Some Farms of Babylon in IraqZaid Basim Hameed Alftlawy0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6285-9289Faiza Kadhim Emran1https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9253-7202Alaa K. H. Al-Khalaf 2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7505-0078Department of Environmental Pollution,College of Environmental Sciences, Al-Qasim Green University, Babylon, Iraq.Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.Department of Environmental Pollution,College of Environmental Sciences, Al-Qasim Green University, Babylon, Iraq. Fisheries is one of the main sectors on which some countries are increasingly dependent. Filling the food gap is an important resource in the agricultural resource base, but it is one of the neighborhoods affected by the agricultural activities. The bacterial disease agents were isolated from aquaculture in the Babylon governorate, Iraq, during December 2021 to the end of October 2022. A total of 65 specimens of Cyprinus carpio were infected (53%). Four bacterial diseases were diagnosed by clinical signs that appeared from severe infections of external and internal organs (fin rot, dropsy, bacterial gill disease, and vibriosis). Bacteria were identified according to their morphological characterization and using the Vitek 2 system, and they include Aeromonas sobria, A. hydrophila, A. veronii, Streptococcus thoraltensis, Serratia ficaria, Serratia fonticola, Serratia odorifera, and Vibrio cholerae. The results of the current study showed that the emergence of diseases in fish farms may be related to stress factors that fish suffer from as a result of dryness and scarcity of water, water quality, or the possibility of bacteria transfer either from water to fish or vice versa, or by handling. https://jih.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/j/article/view/3624Vibrio sppCyprinus carpioFish pathogenVitek2Aeromonas spp.
spellingShingle Zaid Basim Hameed Alftlawy
Faiza Kadhim Emran
Alaa K. H. Al-Khalaf
Isolation and Identification of Fish Infected with Bacteria in Some Farms of Babylon in Iraq
Ibn Al-Haitham Journal for Pure and Applied Sciences
Vibrio spp
Cyprinus carpio
Fish pathogen
Vitek2
Aeromonas spp.
title Isolation and Identification of Fish Infected with Bacteria in Some Farms of Babylon in Iraq
title_full Isolation and Identification of Fish Infected with Bacteria in Some Farms of Babylon in Iraq
title_fullStr Isolation and Identification of Fish Infected with Bacteria in Some Farms of Babylon in Iraq
title_full_unstemmed Isolation and Identification of Fish Infected with Bacteria in Some Farms of Babylon in Iraq
title_short Isolation and Identification of Fish Infected with Bacteria in Some Farms of Babylon in Iraq
title_sort isolation and identification of fish infected with bacteria in some farms of babylon in iraq
topic Vibrio spp
Cyprinus carpio
Fish pathogen
Vitek2
Aeromonas spp.
url https://jih.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/j/article/view/3624
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