Prolonged hypo‐salinity to control Neobenedenia spp. monogenean infection in large display aquaria

Autor:	Whitney Daniel, Christopher Matthews, Shane M. Boylan
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Salinity Veterinary medicine biology Parasite Control General Medicine Saline water biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause law.invention Fish Diseases law Infestation Quarantine medicine Animals Animals Zoo Animal Science and Zoology Trematoda Stenohaline Neobenedenia
Zdroj:	Zoo Biology. 40:584-587
ISSN:	1098-2361 0733-3188
DOI:	10.1002/zoo.21633
Popis:	The majority of public aquaria have at least one very large tank (>370,000 liters, 100,000 gallons) as part of their collection. The large water volumes can make treatment difficult when pathogens escape quarantine or cross contamination occurs. The cost and methods of dispersion of chemotherapeutics to control infectious agents (bacterial, protozoal, or metazoan) can be prohibitive in large volumes. Currently there are few treatments for stenohaline monogeneans in large aquaria that are efficacious, safe, and affordable. This case demonstrates the safety and efficacy of a decade long use of prolonged hyposalinity that replaced the repeated use of copper and organophosphate treatments to control a Neobenedenia spp. monogenean infestation. The use of prolonged 20 ppt saline water is safe for a list of species traditionally listed as stenohaline which makes altering salinity a useful tool in treating parasites with restricted saline tolerances.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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