The main inoculation methods used for MIC determination in fish diseases ar
e described and limitations are stated. Many working groups in human and ve
terinary medicine have reviewed inoculum properties and methods of inoculat
ion. In susceptibility testing of aquaculture bacteria though, adaptations
have to be agreed and followed for consistent accurate and clinically relev
ant results. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.