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Video: The Simplest, Or Protozoal Infections In Amphibians
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Description: Protozoa are ubiquitous. The type of protozoa unites about 30 thousand species. Of these, 7 thousand are parasitic forms.
Aquatic amphibians are susceptible to infections caused by protozoa - trichodina (Trichodina - round ciliated protozoa), bones (Costia necatrix), oodiniums (Oodinium) and suvoys (Vorticella - ciliates). The common toad is often parasitized by Pleistophora myotrophica, which causes skeletal muscle disease. Amoebiasis in amphibians is caused by the parasitic amoeba Entamoeba ranarum. Isospora lieberkuhni parasitizes in frog kidneys, thereby causing coccidiosis.
Reasons: dirty water, poor quality feed, poor living conditions.
Symptoms: skin irritation and darkening, profuse mucus production, enteritis, liquid and mucous feces, blood in the feces, regurgitation of food.
Histological section of a bud of a Mississippi clouded frog
(Rana sevosa) tadpole infected with the protozoa Perkinsus
Diagnostics: microbiological and immunochemical research methods.
Treatment: salt baths (2.5% solution for 2 hours). For more resistant organisms, formalin or copper sulfate (used to treat fish) is used. For amoebiasis, in the initial stages of the disease, Flagil is used.
Literature:
1. S. V. Kudryavtsev, V. E. Frolov, A. V. Korolev "Terrarium and its inhabitants", Publishing house "Forest industry", Moscow, 1991
2. Rubricon. Small Medical Encyclopedia
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