• Vibrio salmonicida, facultatively anaerobic motile rod bacteria and the causative agent  of  cold water vibriosis, affecting a number of farmed fish species.
• This disease affects mainly fish farms with  rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon.
• The disease occurs mainly in late autumn, winter or early spring.
• Characteristics of this disease, also known as hemorrhagic syndrome, are anemia and hemorrhages with a generalized septicemia, presenting large amounts of bacterial cells in the blood of sick or recently dead fish.

For more detailed information on Cold Water Vibriosis, visit the Disease Directory.