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Fish Body Cavity
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Symptoms
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Cause
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Treatment and Links
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A). The body cavity is filled with
fluid, which often simply runs out when the abdominal wall is
cut open |
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The fish is affected with abdominal dropsy |
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If both eyes are swollen, or
you see damage to the lateral line, this is dropsy and is hard
to cure. Try raising the temp up to 84 degrees fahrenheit.
Treatment: Doxycycline/Kanamycin
combo treatment for up to 2 weeks. |
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B). The fluid in the body cavity is
viscous, the organs are atrophied and the intestine is glassy |
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This specimen is also affected by abdominal
dropsy |
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If both eyes are swollen, or
you see damage to the lateral line, this is dropsy and is hard
to cure. Try raising the temp up to 84 degrees fahrenheit.
Treatment:
Doxycycline/Kanamycin combo
treatment for up to 2 weeks. |
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C). Worms have penetrated into the
body cavity |
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Various worms can penetrate the
intestinal wall. Usually, however, only Camallanus and
Acanthocephalans are seen. |
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Camallanus worms are hard to
kill. Levamisol will not kill them. If the worms are spotted early on, treat with
Paracide-D in the food
& De-los in the water.
This works well. |
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D). There is allot of
blood in the body cavity due to hemorrhages from the internal
organs |
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Phenol and Ammonia toxicity can
cause hemorrhages. Bacterial diseases like Furunculosis
and Fibriosis also can lead to hemorrhages |
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For toxicity (poisoning) change the
water several times. For Furunculosis or Fibriosis, treat
with
Furazolidone Powder -or-Oxytetracycline. |
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E). Light or dark cysts
appear on the organs |
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Encapsulated worm larvae
(Capillaria), or sporozoan and tubercular cysts can be involved |
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For worm larvae, treat with:
Paracide-D For tubercular cysts, there is
no suitable treatment known. |
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F). After the side of
the body is lifted up, you can see how the turgid anterior gut
has displaced the liver to the side |
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The fish has intestinal blockage.
You can see undigested food in the intestine |
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Treat with:
Paracide-X. Feed the fish with vitamin enriched foods.
Do not feed any pellet types of food. |
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