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Posted by caroline on May 18, 2005, 7:43 am
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"Elaine T" wrote
> caroline wrote:
>> We're looking up visceral TB, and wondering how it can only affect 1 fish
>> in what is effectively a closed tank. No new fish in over a year.
>>
>> So I guess we have to look at the internal bacterial infection route ?
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>> Do you agree?
>>
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> I agree on the bacterial infection route, although it is impossible to
> rule out TB. The fish is kind of short on symptoms for it, though. As
> for one fish contracting it without the others, the others may have some
> natural immunity.
>
> You'll notice from my other post that the IM injection cocktail contains
> doxycycline or minocycline (marketed as Maracyn-2). The Manual of Fish
> Health authors chose those antibiotics because they're good for killing
> Mycobacteria. The sulphafurazole is mostly for visceral Nocardia sp., a
> more common "clean tank" disease than TB which is thought to enter through
> wounds.
Thanks again Elaine ;o)
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