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Tubercular Lesions in Two Spanish Cyprinodontid fishes

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A histopathological study of tubercular lesions in Lebias (=Aphanius) ibera and Valencia hispanica (Cyprinodontidae) was carried out using conventional acid-fast staining and immunohistochemical methods. The clinical signs in diseased fish comprised exophthalmos, emaciation and melanosis. Examination of stained sections revealed a systemic granulomatous process associated with positive Zielh–Neelsen bacilli in the lesions. The immunohistochemical staining was positive in all cases and the mycobacterial antigen was detected in affected organs.

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Gómez, S. Tubercular Lesions in Two Spanish Cyprinodontid fishes. Aquarium Sciences and Conservation 3, 321–324 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013128813810

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