Main Ref: | 193 |
Disease type: | Viral diseases |
Disease name: | Cauliflower Disease |
Other names: | Stomatopapillomatosis; Lymphocystis-infection |
Caus. agent: | Lymphocystis sp. |
Group: |
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: | Labrynthfishes, Cichlids, Glassfish, Monodactylus, Scatophagus, Badis, Koi Carp, Sunfishes and many other Perciformes and Bony fishes or Teleostei. Ref.48502. | |
Symptoms: | Starts with a few spots which look like Ich. Cauliflower-like tumor with prevalence on the head and other parts of the body and fins. (Ref. 41805). The initial stage of the disease may look-like Whitespot, but it is not as contagious as Whitespot. Some of the fish may be infected and the others may not. The white cysts develops in a large clumps in a few weeks with a diameter up to 0.5 cm. Ref. 48502. | |
Treatments: | Chininsulfat baths 60 mg/l. If only the fins are infected, scraping off or cutting away the affected parts is a good treatment. Sometimes the disease cures spontaneously after a period of time, with exception to serious infections. Coper sulphate (Dose: Stock-solution: 4 gm/1 liter, 20 ml/100 l or 4 drops/liter) and water changes have proven at times to be useful. Ref. 41085. | |
Prophylaxis: | Remove infected fish, do not feed raw food. Regular water change. Avoid stress. Ref. 48502. | |
Remarks: | This tumors have been developed because viruses have penetrated the into the epidermal cells and caused them to take abnormally large dimensions (giant cells). Ref. 41805. | |
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