Main Ref: | 193 |
Disease type: | Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) |
Disease name: | Bothriocephalus Disease |
Other names: | Bothriocephalosis |
Caus. agent: | Bothriocephalus gowkongensis |
Group: |
Part of body and/or behavior affected by disease: | ||
Skins and/or fins | Belly | Swimming behavior |
Gills | Anus | Other behavior |
Eyes | Viscera Afflicted | Other symptoms |
Fish affected: | Cyprinidae | |
Symptoms: | Swollen belly, sluggish, swimming at surface, cease to feed, worms visible through intestine and s.t. perforation of the wall, length: > 80 or max. 320 mm(SCHAEP.)- > 150-200 mm (AMLACHER), width:1.2 or 4 mm, enlarged gall bladdder filled tightly. | |
Treatments: | Niclosamid 200 mg/kg for 1 day, 100 to 200 mg/kg next day. | |
Prophylaxis: | Disinfection using CaO. | |
Remarks: | ||
Mortality and seasonality | ||
Mortality: | ||
Seasonality: |
picture (BotrioD0.gif) by Möller, H. |
picture (BotrioD0.jpg) by Möller, H. |
picture (BotrioD1.gif) by Möller, H. |
picture (BotrioD2.gif) by Möller, H. |