Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)
Résumé
A case of mycobacterial infection in silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum) is described in the present work. An adult male silver arowana exhibited granulomas in the liver and spleen with acid-fast bacilli identified as Mycobacteria fortuitum. To our knowledge this is the first report of mycobacterial infection in this fish species.