Resumo -O objetivo deste trabalho foi isolar o agente causador da doença-da-perna-vermelha em girinos de Rana catesbeiana em fase de transformação. Coletaram-se 20 girinos, na fase G4, apresentando prostração, anorexia, pele ressecada, pernas posteriores hemorrágicas e natação errática. Amostras do coração, fígado e partes da perna foram inoculadas em meio de cultura ágar triptona de soja e ágar sangue, a 25°C, por 48 horas. Aeromonas hydrophila foi a principal causa do surto de mortalidade. A fim de avaliar o efeito dessa bactéria nos girinos, realizou-se inoculação por via oral e intraperitoneal de 10 6 unidades formadoras de colônia por mililitro, e verificou-se o aparecimento de petéquias hemorrágicas na boca e nos órgãos internos.Termos para indexação: Rana catesbeiana, infecção.
Isolation of Aeromonas hydrophila in bullfrog tadpoles in the transformation stageAbstract -This work aimed to isolate the pathogen responsible for red-leg disease in tadpoles of Rana catesbeiana in their transformation stage. Twenty animals in G4 stage were collected presenting prostration, anorexia, desiccated skin, hemorragic legs and erratic swimming. The bacteria were isolated from samples of heart, liver and legs on tryptone soy agar and blood agar at 25°C for 48 hours. Aeromonas hydrophila was the main responsible for mortality. To evaluate the effect of bacterium, the tadpoles were orally and intraperitoneally infected with 10 6 CFU mL -1 . The appearance of haemorrhagic petechiae on the mouth and internal organs were verified.
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