| Main Ref: | 51 |
| Disease type: | Viral diseases |
| Disease name: | Swim-bladder Inflammation |
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| Caus. agent: | (to be filled) |
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| Part of body and/or behavior affected by disease: | ||
| Skins and/or fins | Belly | Swimming behavior |
| Gills | Anus | Other behavior |
| Eyes | Viscera Afflicted | Other symptoms |
| Fish affected: | Cyprinidae | |
| Symptoms: | Loss of weight and equilibrium, darkening, exophthalmus, distended abdomen, haemorrhages on the wall of the swim bladder containing yellow to red slime, one chamber becoming completely shrunken. | |
| Treatments: | Increasing the water temperature by a few degrees and soaking foodstuff in antibacterial drug (e.g. tetracycline) can sometimes improve the condition of the infected fish, although prognosis is not good (Ref. 41806). | |
| Prophylaxis: | Optimal environmental condition and appropriate diet. | |
| Remarks: | This disease is also a symptom of fish tuberculosis (Ref. 41806). | |
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