Outbreak of polycystic liver in red hybrid tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.) x Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters)

• Main Authors: Salihin, Mohamad Ismail, Abdullah, Siti Zahrah, Saad, Mohamad Zamri, Azmai, Mohamad Noor Amal, Mansor, Nur Nazifah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japanese Society of Fish Pathology 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53471/1/Outbreak%20of%20polycystic%20liver%20in%20red%20hybrid%20tilapia%2C%20Oreochromis%20niloticus%20%28L.%29%20x%20Oreochromis%20mossambicus%20%28Peters%29.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53471/; https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsfp/51/Special-issue/51_S36/_article

Polycystic lesions have been reported in many different fish species. This paper reports for the first time a case of polycystic lesions in the liver of tilapia. A group of 700 tilapia juveniles of approximately 50 g was obtained from a hatchery in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. When they were between 1...