Isolation and identification of Aeromonas hydrophila from an outbreak of haemorrhagic septicemia in snakes.

Abstract

Aeromonas hydrophila was isolated during an outbreak of a fatal disease among snakes kept in the serpentarium of the Razi Institute. The organism was identified on the basis of morphological and biochemical properties, as well as pathogenicity for both warm blood and poikilothermic animals.