Fish medicine Infectious Disease

What are the two blood filtering organs

Kidney and spleen

What are the majority of bacterial infections in fish aquariums

Secondary bacteria

Flavobacteria/Tenacibaculum maritimum primary or secondary

primary

Francisella noatunesis primary or secondary

Primary

Streptococcus primary or secondary

primary

Vibrio primary or secondary

primary

Mycobacteria primary or secondary

Primary

Chloramine t immersion can be used for

Foodfish

Freshwater fish with flavobacterium in gills

Hydrogen peroxide immersion can be used for

Foodfish

Freshwater salmonids with flavobacterium branchiophilum

Cool freshwater fish with flavobacterium columnare

What are the drugs used for Aquarium fish only

Oxytetracycline, aminoglycoside, erythromycin

Why is Francisella noatunesis and mycobacteriosis difficult to treat in infected fish?

intracellular infections result in granuloma formation

What management is best for opportunistic bacterial pathogens in an aquarium setting

husbandry

What management is best for primary bacterial pathogens in an aquarium setting

Biosecurity