Re: [RML] More on Mycobacteria

Bruce Hansen (bhansen at ozemail.com.au)
Sat, 9 Jan 1999 16:01:00 -1000

After looking at that page Adrian I don't think they showed the presence of
TB in the wild since the fish were maintained in aquaria before sacrifice,
or did I read it wrong?

Regards,
Bruce.

Bruce Hansen, A.N.G.F.A., Advancing Australian Aquatics.

Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Tappin <atappin at ecn.net.au>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Sunday, 10 January 1999 9:15
Subject: [RML] More on Mycobacteria

>Here is another "Fish Related" article of Mycobacteria:
>
>http://biodec.wustl.edu/~hrbek/aguatrR208.html#Tuberculosis
>
>Hers's an excerpt:
>
>"Pure cultures of acid-fast bacteria were obtained from the kidney of
>Cynolebias wolterstorffi and the liver of Cyn. adloffi respectively by
>Walford, and the importance of the outbreak is shown by the fact that it
>produced the death of some 129 individuals within a period of six weeks
>(Walford, 1964)."
>
>Adrian.
>
> Adrian R. Tappin
> "Home of the Rainbowfish"
> http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm
>
>