Lightner DV; Lewis DH2010-02-152010-02-151975http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/22791-A disease syndrome of penaeid shrimp characterized by the presence of a septicemic phase is described. Mortality due to the disease in infected shrimp populations typically ranged from 10 to 50%, but occasionally reached 100%. Vibrio alginolyticus, Vibrio anguillarum, and an Aeromonas species were isolated from moribund hatchery-reared white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) and brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) and from wild white, brown, and pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum). Each of these organisms were found to be pathogenic to shrimp when administered by intramuscular injection57 Medicine & Biology;Aeromonas;Aquaculture;Bacterial diseases;Fish diseases;Fisheries;Galveston;Marine;Mortality;Pathology;Penaeus;Penaeus aztecus;Penaeus duorarum;Penaeus setiferus;Population;Populations;Septicemia;Shrimp;Shrimps;Texas;United States;Vibrio;Vibrio alginolyticus;Vibrio anguillarum;West Galveston Bay;Report