Studies on saprolegniasis among cultured mullet fingerlings

ABSTRACT

In this work, two mullet species, Mugil cephalus and Mugil capito fingerlings naturally infected with saprolegnia were examined and controlled. Saprolegnia parasitica was isolated from the characteristic brownish cotton wool like lesions covering the body surface and penetrating into some internal organs. The infection trials with isolated Saprolegnia parasitica in apparently healthy mullet spp. via skin scarification revealed the same clinical signs and postmortem lesions. For controlling this serious disease, proper management and treatment by bathing the diseased mullet fingerlings in sodium chloride solution were used