Gerald Bassleer presents a YouTube case study (case nr. 267) of a Pangio kuhlii (Kuhli loach) suffering from both a nematode infection and heavy secondary bacterial colonization. He describes external and internal findings: bacterial colonies on skin and in abdominal fluid, destroyed gill lamellae causing poor gas exchange, a nematode beside the intestine with gut hemorrhage, and enlarged spleen with vacuoles. He recommends treating both pathogens—an anthelmintic for the worm and antibiotics for the bacterial infection—and suggests supportive functional feed (Dr. Bassleer bifish food garlic), while promoting his books and Patreon for deeper learning.
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Case nr. 267
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Hello, Dear acrist, you selected this video because you want to see what is going wrong with this Pangioculi, a culi loach that is infected with a bacterial and a worm infection. I may be wrong. You can discuss this with my findings. You can put some comments about how I discuss fish diseases and how I try to teach you to use a microscope and to understand your findings and understand that you can apply a appropriate treatment depending on your findings. So I will show you my PowerPoint where I will show you what I found in this Pangyo coolie with a bacterial and a wound infection case 267. You can find more about fish diseases, about prevention, about diagnosis, about the use of medications. All available in my books and they are available in different languages. See the link below in the description. And we had at Pangio Culli Semingtus presented to us that became very skinny and they died. We checked the skin and we found a lot of bacteria here, covering the black parts here or big amounts colonies of bacteria that are affecting the fish. On the skin in the gills we found the gill lamellae which are gone on these gill arches here. So that means there is a very poor gas exchange. And the fish have a kind of gillmonia lac pneumonia by mankind. Well, they will die from this infection in the gills and internally. We found a nematode worm here next to the intestine, the gut. We see some bleeding parture in the gut which is not normal, it should be clear. And we found that some of the organs were not in good condition. Here we see parts of the liver and then we see here the spleen which is enlarged and has big open vacuoles. Well, this is not a good sign with the gut, with the worm and also with the organs that seems to be in bad shape. And then we checked also the abdominal fluid of this coulee lodge and you can see the amount of bacteria, all those black spots, also those black specks which are colonies of bacteria. Here are millions of bacteria that are affecting the fish and of course eventually killing the fish. So bacteria play a very important role for this koolie. So what can we do or suggest for treatment? Well, you will need to treat the bacterial infection and also the worm infection. Usually the bacterial infection is secondary, but you have to treat the worm. Infection weakens the fish, so it's more vulnerable or more susceptible to get bacterial infections. So do a combination of antibiotics with an anti worm like Prazikanthal that is possible. You can ask your fish doctor or your vet for advice and at the same time, you can help with a functional fish food like our Dr. Basler bifish food garlic that helps the fish to protect himself and to repair himself much faster during infections. My books help you to understand fish diseases, how to diagnose and how to treat and to become a more advanced expert. You want to learn more about diagnosing or how to diagnose a fish disease or you want to learn how to quarantine fish when they arrive? Go to my Patreon and be part of my study. So I thank you for watching and understanding this disease which I encountered on this coolie lodge. Take care. Bye bye.