TABLE 3

Frequency of Diseases and Parasites in Fishes and in Their Carrying Waters from Southeast Asia, South America, and from Domestic Production Facilities in Florida¹

Source of Fishes	Southeast Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Taiwan)	S. America (Columbia, Brazil, Peru, Guyana)	Florida
# families of examined fish	16	9	5
# fish genera	24	21	14
# fish species	31	29	24
# examined lots²	67	55	80
% bacteremic when received at lab	68	30	10
% fishes with parasites	61	67	68

¹Data from Gratzek et al. 1976; Shotts et al 1976; Shotts and Gratzek 1984.
²Each lot contained about 50 specimens.