@article{3120,
author = "Hovhannes Zaven Naghashyan and Anush Rafik Hakobyan and Oleg Valery Shcherbakov and Arthur Ashot Martirosyan",
abstract = "The goal of current work was research of prevalence and detection of causes for Flavobacterium columnare infection at fish farms of Ararat Region. Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory research was conducted at “Eco Fish Trade”, “Bigama Fruit” and “Mary Fish” farms, as well as at the laboratory of the Department of Epidemiology and Parasitology, National Agrarian University of Armenia. Affected fish was researched by classic method for ichthyopathological examination. Laboratory diagnostics and identification of the disease was conducted by means of microscopic examination. Research demonstrated high prevalence of the disease in all species and age groups of fish grown in aquaculture of the region. The incidence of the fish Flavobacterium columnare infection at the fish farms of Ararat Region was rather high (49.0%). Disease incidence in young fish (1.5-6 months) was much higher (72.01%) than in adult fish (6 months to 1.5 years) (37.12%) that could be probably explained by higher susceptibility of young fish to various stressors. Presence of predisposing factors and economic relations between fish farms promote the further spreading of the disease in Armenia.   ",
issn = "23191473",
journal = "IJAIR",
keywords = "Flavobacterium Columnare Infection;Saprolegnia Infection;Fish;Pond;Fish Farm;Prevalence",
month = "November",
number = "3",
pages = "272-278",
title = "{P}revalence of {F}ish {F}lavobacterium {I}nfection at {P}ond {F}arms of {A}rarat {R}egion, {A}rmenia",
volume = "8",
year = "2019",
}