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How do you identify a parasite infection? Once you’ve identified an infestation what should be your next step?
Bernice Brewster
If a parasitic infection is suspected, you should take samples of mucus from several individual Koi and examine them under the microscope. If it is necessary to hunt around the slide sample, or there are just one or two parasites visible, treatment is unnecessary. On looking down the microscope, if you immediately see obvious numbers of any parasite, you should undertake treatment. Consider the use of a proprietary treatment, carefully following the manufacturer’s directions and always completing the course. Once the treatment is complete, it is advisable to randomly check mucus samples from the Koi to ensure it was successful. Be aware that infections of flukes and Trichodina are evidence of a hygiene problem. Their presence indicates a problem with the filter system, as these parasites thrive where there is minute organic material in suspension in
the water.
Thx for sharing ur ideas,i
Thx for sharing ur ideas,i also would like to add something,which can be helpful!
“There are two ways to practice health. Let things happen to you as they happen to you. Or, you can gain knowledge and try to understand what issues might effect your life and then take some action.”
Please note that it is extremely important to obtain an accurate diagnosis before trying to find a cure. Many diseases and conditions share common symptoms: if you treat yourself for the wrong illness or a specific symptom of a complex disease, you may delay legitimate treatment of a serious underlying problem. In other words, the greatest danger in self-treatment may be self-diagnosis. If you do not know what you really have, you can not treat it!
Preventation is better than cure,try to remember this,in this way one may have something in crdeit card because of not spending money on medicines or on treatments.
Now i wanna share something about its treatment...
Since there are many types of parasites, each with its own particular life cycle and pattern, a few generalizations may simplify the rationale behind the different treatment strategies.
First, one needs to understand that the parasite is a creature that depends on a host for survival, ergo its name. It leeches nutrients that the host needs in order to be healthy.
Second, the parasite invades a bodily structure and inflicts damage to that structure so healing requires both the elimination of the parasite and the regeneration or rejuvenation of the affected organs.
Thx for sharing ur ideas,i
I wanna share more about is because people should have knowledge about it...
BACTERIA, VIRUSES and FUNGUS (mold, yeasts) are ALL in the very broad parasite catagory. 70% of all parasites that can live in the human body are MICROSCOPIC - only 30% are visible to the naked eye. Its important to know about it,i didnt know about it before but i come to know when i was working on a project related to
dedicated servers
so one should have knowledge about it...
There are four classifications of parasites. 30% live in our digestive systems while the other 70% live all over our bodies including, the blood, and all organs including the brain and even in our eyes and sinus cavities. There are over 1,000 types of parasites in these four classes that can live in the human body.