A new infectious disease of soft-shelled turtle (Trionyx sinensis) has been found in a few turtIe farms in recent years in Hunan. The disease has been named turtle furunculosis for the isolated and identified pathogenic bacterium aeromonas punctata supsp. Punctata is also the root cause of furunculosis in some fresh water fish. Two strains isolated from infection focus and internal organs of sick turtles Caused the same disease in healthy turtles, but no symptoms were found in turtles recovered from the ...
