"Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS" wrote:
> Geoff wrote:
> >>>Do you have any idea what to do to eradicate tapeworms in a bowfin?
> Are other fish this heavily parasitized?<<<
>
> Jan writes:
> see below - Scott wrote about potential tapeworm treatments. I have never
> treated fish for internal parasites.
> My impression (from Aho et al., 1991) is that bowfin are unusual for their
> parasite loads. In terms of species richness and numbers, they are more
> comparable to aquatic birds. I suspect that the parasite loads are highly
> variable, too. Bowfin that we collected from the identical pool a year
> earlier have shown good growth and survival and no (external) evidence of
> tapeworms.
>
> Scott wrote reviously:
> On the killitalk list about a month & a half ago Flubendazole was
> recommended to remove hydra from tanks. It evidentally is much safer to work
> with than formulin. It was also more effective against the hydra. Another
> correspondent also noted that it was effective against the wasting syndrome
> associated with Heximita protozoa.
>
> Another felt that a closely related drug fenbendazole was effective against
> Camellanus worms.
>
> They suggested that absorption through the
> gills, gut or similar mechanism was providing the hobbyist with a usable
> treatment for internal paracites.
>
> Flubendazole is also known as Panacur and is available from small animal
> vets. (I can hear jokes now about short little DVMs.)
>
> Pathologist Barry Cooper chimed in that Flubendazole was not an
> antibiotic,but an anthelmintic. The drugs in that group are often used to
> treat internal diseases in animals. Flubendazole is one of the more water
> soluable of the group.
>
> Witnesses said that in hydra treatment that it took out the hydra. Fry and
> snails continued unharmed.
>
> If a person knew that their bowfin or other fish was plagued with tapeworms,
> would this stuff help?
>
> All the best!
>
> Scott
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