Aeromonas species infections

J. PAUL DUFF

Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency Diseases of Wildlife Scheme (AHVLA DoWS), Great Britain Wildlife Disease Surveillance Partnership, Penrith, Cumbria, UK

Aeromonas spp. are Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria. Some species are saprophytic and free-living in fresh water. Aeromonas hydrophila is an opportunistic pathogen that on rare occasions causes disease in mammals, including wild mammals.