Re: apisto with intestinal worms - hold the phone !!!

["Simon" <svavev@hunterlink.net.au>]

Thanks again all - I have treated the tank with a tablet called para-cide by
Aqua Master ( 20mg trichlorphon ) and will wait and see tonight whether he
still has worms hanging from his anus. I'm on my way now to the vet to talk
to him about it too ! The plot indeed thickens ! Now Camallanus reproduce by
producing live young too ! Hope the levamisole just wipes em all out
regardless of reproductive preferences 8-). It may also be worth noting that
some of these worms are zoonotic - they will infect people too - and care
should be taken when worms are detected to prevent infection of oneself. The
most common means of infection seems to be by ingesting the fish - so don't
lick your fingers afterwards until you've washed your hands well !!! 8-).

Regards,

Simon Voorwinde

=========================================================
svavev@hunterlink.net.au
http://thecichlidtank.cjb.net
=========================================================
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Laidlaw" <kl@roe.ac.uk>
To: <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 12:47 AM
Subject: RE: apisto with intestinal worms - hold the phone !!!


> The plot thickens! Whatever my fish had they were visible out of the anus
of
> the fish.   In my tank they were introduced with a single pair of
> A.cacatuoides.  In a short time it seemed that virtually all the fish were
> infected in the tank so I do not think they require a specific
intermediate
> host.
>
> In my book, A Complete Guide to Fish Diseases by G. Schubert it says:
>
> "Camallanus.
> This worm lives in the posterier end of the fish rectum.  In some species
> the deep red worms can be seen protruding from the anus by several mm when
> the fish is still, but as soon as the fish begins to move the worms
quickly
> slip back inside..........
>
> Since Camallanus is livebearing, it's very small larvae can, with the aid
of
> a microscope, be observed in newly discharged feces.  Fishes that are
> severely affected suffer from emaciation and frequently curvature of the
> spine."
>
>
> On Capilliara:
> "The worms fix themselves to the intestinal wall and inflict considerable
> wounds through which parasites such as Spironucleus may easily penetrate
the
> abdominal cavity......
>
> Newly deposited feces will be found to contain the characteristic eggs
which
> look as though they have been sealed with champagne corks at either end."
>
> The book suggests trichlorfon at 1.5mg/l but not all fishes tolerate this
> concentration.
>
> Ken.
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com.
> For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help,
> email apisto-request@listbox.com.
> Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List
Archives"!
>



-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com.
For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help,
email apisto-request@listbox.com.
Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!