RE: apisto with intestinal worms

[Ken Laidlaw <kl@roe.ac.uk>]

No, mine seemed fine and I don't remember losing any more with secondary
illness after the illness.  I can see the possibility of infection in the
gut due to the hole left by the worm though.
Ken.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon [mailto:svavev@hunterlink.net.au]
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 14:04
> To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
> Subject: Re: apisto with intestinal worms
> 
> 
> Thanks very much Ken, and everyone else who has responded so 
> quickly . I
> love this group !!! I do have one more question though - one 
> of my texts say
> that sometimes the treatment of nematodes can be worse than 
> the disease and
> the purgative effect of the medication can cause other 
> secondary infections
> and tissue damage ( caused by the hooked head section of the 
> worms ( the
> scolex if I remember rightly )). When you treated your fish 
> did they go
> straight back onto normal food or did you follow up with some 
> antibiotic in
> case of secondaty infections ?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Simon Voorwinde
> 
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