Authors : Ramdas R. Kamdi
Page Nos : 66-69
Description :
Present study tried to verify the occurrence of pathogenic microorganisms among the fresh water fishes (Clarius and Rohu spp.) and prawns, collected from Bengali camp fish market Chandrapur (MS), India. Most of the samples were found to be seriously contaminated with pathogenic bacteria ranging from 1.6×105 to 6.7×109 cfu/g. Fungal growth was also detected in all samples within a range of 1.3×104 - 3.8×106 propagules/g. The study of antibiogram illustrated a number of pathogenic isolates to be drug-resistant. Such a prevalence of pathogens including the antibiotic resistant ones among the studied fish samples may assert a severe public health menace.
