The main purpose of this study was to identify the pathogenic bacterial wich could be found in jundiá (native fish) raised in ponds. This work also verified the relationship between the length of fishes, weigth, sex and water temperature related the number of bacterias isolated. One hundred fish were caught between December of 1995 and October of 1996. The bacterial examination was made from the kidney and also from the external lesion when present. From the one hundred necropsied fish, 35 showed bacterial growth. Eleven different bacterial were identified: Plesiomonas shigelloides(15%), Aeromonas sp. (6%), Flavobacterium sp. (5%), Acinetobacter sp. (4%), Vibrio sp. (4%), Pseudomonas sp. (4%), Micrococcus sp. (3%), Staphylococcus sp. (3%), Edwardsiella tarda (3%), Yersinia ruckeri (2%) e Pasteurella sp. (1%). No correlation was found between fish lenght, weight, sex and water temperature related to the number of isolated bacterias. For the first time Yersinia ruckeri was found in a brazilian fish.
pathogenic bacterials; ictiopathology; "jundia"; infectious diseases
