Antibacterial efficiency of panchagavya against pathogenic bacteria isolated from Oreochromis mossambicus
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Antibacterial efficiency of panchagavya against pathogenic bacteria isolated from Oreochromis mossambicus
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Panchagavya is a combo of five components derived from cow by products. Panchagavya not only enhance the microbes in the environment, it exhibits the synergistic effect. Bacterial pathogens associated with fish can be transmitted to human beings from the fish used as food or by handling the fish. The edible fish of Oreochromis mossambicus were processed for the isolation and identification of pathogenic bacteria by following biochemical and Gram staining reactions. Totally 8 bacterial species were identified such as K1 to K8 from fish sample as Pseudomonas facilis, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Pseudomonas vesicularis, Edwardsiella tarda, E. coli, Aeromonas hydrophilla, Streptococcus aureus and Vibrio sp. The objective of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity of panchagavya against the pathogenic bacteria isolated from Oreochromis mossambicus.
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