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sera guide - Healthy pond fish

49 9.3 sera med Professional Tremazol Observation The fish scrub themselves and become apa- thetic. Cloudy skin and small, motile worms on the skin (partially visible with the naked eye, otherwise detectable with a magnifier; mostly smaller than 1 mm). Diagnosis: Skin flukes / Gyrodactylidea Observation Breathing becomes stronger every day until the fish stay under the surface panting; sometimes one-sided breathing; one or both gill lids closed or spread open; small flukes usually sized less than 1 mm sit on the gills (possibly visible on a sedated fish with a magnifier); fish scrub themselves at the gill lid. Tapeworms (Cestoda) live in the intestines of their hosts where they withdraw important nutrients from the pre-digested nutrition pulp. The infected fish become emaciated and suffer from deficiency symptoms. The worms attach to the intestinal wall with their front end, which often leads to irritations and secondary infections. Small fish may suffer from ileus. Diagnosis: Gill flukes / Dactylogyridea see also page 32 see also page 32 Gyrodactylidea Gill filaments with Dactylogyrus infestation Observation Emaciation, loss of appetite, gelatinous fish waste; sometimes so-called proglottides (whitish, tape-shaped worm segments) can be found constricted in the fish waste, or the worm end hangs out of the anus of the infected fish. Diagnosis: Tapeworms / Cestoda Tapeworms Professional