Diplomonad caused infection in aquarium fish in Serbia
Although commensals in digestive tract of a large number of fish species, diplomonads represent very significant opportunistic pathogens. For so far unknown reasons, they can proliferate uncontrollably and thus cause changes in the skin and internal organs in aquarium fish. The problem is c...
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| Format: | Article |
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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Veterinarski Glasnik |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-2457/2016/0350-24571604079M.pdf |
| Summary: | Although commensals in digestive tract of a large number of fish species,
diplomonads represent very significant opportunistic pathogens. For so far
unknown reasons, they can proliferate uncontrollably and thus cause changes
in the skin and internal organs in aquarium fish. The problem is confusion
over nomenclature of the two most important genera: Spironucleus i Hexamita.
Aquarium fish species in which there were diagnosed changes in the skin
caused by diplomonads were: Microgeophagus ramirezi, Apistogramma
cacatuoides, Apistogramma nijsseni, Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Pterophyllum
altum, Archocentrus nigrofasciatus, Pelvicachromis pulcher i Labidochromis
caruleus. The fish were treated with 250 mg tablets of metronizadole
dissolved in water, or metronizadole in a concentration of 6.6 mg per liter
of water. The treatment was successful in only 9 out of 45 treated fish. In
the others the symptoms reappeared after certain time. It is necessary to
determine the prevalence of the infection in aquarium fish in Serbia, and
also examine the success of the treatment with metronizadole applied in food
or even other possibilities of the treatment. |
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| ISSN: | 0350-2457 2406-0771 |