Septicemic Infection Suspect In Jenkins' Whipray Pateobatis jenkinsii (Annandale, 1909): A Case Report

Rifky Rizkiantino; Ridzki M.F. Binol

doi:10.22146/jsv.48850

Septicemic Infection Suspect In Jenkins' Whipray Pateobatis jenkinsii (Annandale, 1909): A Case Report

https://doi.org/10.22146/jsv.48850

Rifky Rizkiantino^(1*), Ridzki M.F. Binol⁽²⁾

(1) Medical Microbiology Study Program, Graduate School of IPB University
(2) Jakarta Aquarium
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

A wild-captive male Jenkins' whipray was found dead in a quarantine tank with a clinical sign before death in the form of decreased appetite for a week. The treatment history was oral administration of enrofloxacin antibiotic tablets. The therapy period lasts for ten days. The last treatment was the administration of Hepavit® (liver extract) and intramuscular injection of enrofloxacin antibiotic. One day before the death, blood was collected and then examined for the hematocrit and some parameters of chemical blood. The results of blood examination were found a decrease in blood urea nitrogen (BUN), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels, increased glucose level, decreased total protein and albumin levels, and increased globulin level. Anatomical pathology examination was found lesions on the tail, around the eyes, and claspers. Hemorrhagic lesions were found in the mucous layer of the esophagus, stomach, and spiral colon. The blood clot was found under the tunica layer of testicular organs. The liver is damaged by showing a non-homogeneous coloration, organ thickening, congestion, and fragile consistency. Based on the results of the blood examination and was supported by the results of the anatomical pathology examination after death, it is suspected that the fish died due to the condition of septicemia infection during the previous few weeks.

Keywords

Elasmobranchs; Jenkins' whipray; Pateobatis jenkinsii; septicemia

Full Text:

PDF

References

Annandale, N. (1909). Report on the fishes taken by the Bengal fisheries steamer "Golden Crown" Part I, Batoidei. Memoirs of the Indian Museum. 2:1-60.

Bach, R., Chen, P.K. and Chapman, G.B. (1978). Changes in the spleen of channel catfish Ichtalurus punctatus Rafinesque induced by infection with Aeromonas hydrophila. J. Fish Dis. 1:205-218.

Brito, F.M.M., da Silva Claudiano, G., Yunis, J., Mundim, A.V., Tavares-Dias, M., Viadanna, P.H.O., de Moraes, J.R.E. and de Moraes, F.R. (2015). Hematology, biochemical profile and thyroid hormones of four species of freshwater stingrays of the genus Potamotrygon. Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci. 52 (3):249-256.

Busher, J.T. (1990). Serum albumin dan globulin. Walker HK, Hall WD, Hurst JW, editors. In: Clinical Methods: The History, Physical, and Laboratory Examination. 3rd ed. Butterworth Publishers, Boston. pp. 497-498.

Cain, D.K., Harms, C.A. and Segars, A. (2004). Plasma biochemistry reference values of wild-caught southern stingrays (Dasyatis americana). J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 35 (4):471-476.

Dixon, B.A., Yamashita, J. and Evelyn, F. (1990). Antibiotic resistance of Aeromonas spp. isolated from tropical fish imported from Singapore. J. Aquat. Anim. Health. 2:295-297.

Esteve, C., Biosca, E.G. and Amaro, C. (1993). Virulence of Aeromonas hydrophila and some other bacteria isolated from European ells Anguilla anguilla reared in freshwater. Dis. Aquat. Organ. 16:15-20.

Ferreira, C.M., Field, C.L. and Tuttle, A.D. (2010). Hematological and plasma biochemical parameters of aquarium-maintained cownose rays. J. Aquat. Anim. Health. 22:123-128.

Hazen, T.C., Fliermans, R.P., Hirsch, R.P. and Esch, G.W. (1978). Prevalence and distribution of Aeromonas hydrophila in the United State. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 36:731-738.

Huizinga, H.W., Esch, G.W., Hazen, T.C. (1979). Histopathology of red sore disease (Aeromonas hydrophila) in naturally and experimentally infected largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede). J. Fish Dis. 2:263-277.

Irianto, A. (2005). Patologi Ikan Teleostei. Gadjah Mada University Press, Yogyakarta.

[IUCN] International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. (2016). Jenkins' whipray (Pateobatis jenkinsii). https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161744/104229717. Retrieved on July 28, 2019.

Larsen, J.L. and Jensen, N.J. (1977). An Aeromonas implicated in ulcer disease of the cod (Gadus morhua). Nord. Vet. Med. 29:1999-211.

Matsumoto, M., Fahmi, B.M. and White, W.T. (2016). Pateobatis jenkinsii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T161744A104229717. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T161744A104229717.en. Retrieved on July 28, 2019.

Noga, E.J. (2010). Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment. 2nd ed. Blackwell Publishing, Iowa. pp. 112, 185-186.

Pollerspöck, J. and Straube, N. (2009). Pateobatis jenkinsii (Annandale, 1909). https://shark-references.com/species/view/Pateobatis-jenkinsii. Retrieved on July 28, 2019.

Shotts, E.B., Vanderwork, V.L. and Cambell, L.N. (1976). Occurrence of R factor associated with Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from aquarium fish and waters. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 33:736-740.

Stoskops, M., Anderson, D.P., Beleau, M.H. and et al. (2010). Fish Medicine Volume I 2nd Ed. ART Sciences LLC, North Carolina. pp. 230, 259.

Toranzo, A.E., Baya, A.M., Romalde, J.L. and Hetrick, F.M. (1989). Association of Aeromonas sobria with mortalities of adult gizzard shad, Dorosama capedianum LeSueur. J. Fish Dis. 12:439-448.

Woese, C.R. and Fox, G.E. (1977). Phylogenetic structure of the prokaryotic domain: The primary kingdoms. PNAS USA. 74 (11):5088–5090.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22146/jsv.48850