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Freshwater ornamental fish
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Freshwater ornamental fish
- Author: Helen E. Roberts
- From: BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets
- Item: Chapter 19, pp 338 - 359
- DOI: 10.22233/9781905319909.19
- Copyright: © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
- Publication Date: January 2010
Abstract
This chapter provides the need-to-know information on freshwater ornamental fish:
- Biology
- Husbandry
- Handling and restraint
- Diagnostic approach
- Common conditions
- Supportive care
- Anaesthesia and analgesia
- Common surgical procedures
- Euthanasia
- Drug formulary.
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Fish commonly seen in practice: (a) goldfish (Carassius auratus); (b) koi (Cyprinus carpio); (c) betta (Betta splendens). © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Fish commonly seen in practice: (a) goldfish (Carassius auratus); (b) koi (Cyprinus carpio); (c) betta (Betta splendens).
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Pond netting may deter predators. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Pond netting may deter predators.
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Example components of a life-support system for an ornamental fish pond: (a) skimmer with submersible pump; (b) bead filter system; (c) external pump. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Example components of a life-support system for an ornamental fish pond: (a) skimmer with submersible pump; (b) bead filter system; (c) external pump.
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Capture techniques of koi: (a) netting the fish; (b) using a round net prior to transfer of the koi to a bowl. (c) the koi is transferred to a bowl using a sock net. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Capture techniques of koi: (a) netting the fish; (b) using a round net prior to transfer of the koi to a bowl. (c) the koi is transferred to a bowl using a sock net.
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Corneal damage can be shown using fluorescein dye. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Corneal damage can be shown using fluorescein dye.
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(a) This koi (kohaku) has a coelomic mass, which was investigated using radiography. (b) Lateral view. (c) Dorsoventral view. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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(a) This koi (kohaku) has a coelomic mass, which was investigated using radiography. (b) Lateral view. (c) Dorsoventral view.
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Venepuncture in a koi, lateral approach. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Venepuncture in a koi, lateral approach.
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A skin scrape performed on the ventral surface of a koi. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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A skin scrape performed on the ventral surface of a koi.
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Typical gill lesions associated with koi herpesvirus infection. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Typical gill lesions associated with koi herpesvirus infection.
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‘Dropsy’ in a koi. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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‘Dropsy’ in a koi.
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Septicaemia in a goldfish. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Septicaemia in a goldfish.
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Cutaneous ulcer in a koi. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Cutaneous ulcer in a koi.
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Severe head and lateral line erosion in an oscar (Astronotus ocellatus). © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Severe head and lateral line erosion in an oscar (Astronotus ocellatus).
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Intramuscular and intracoelomic injection sites. (Reproduced from BSAVA Manual of Ornamental Fish, 2nd edition.) © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Intramuscular and intracoelomic injection sites. (Reproduced from BSAVA Manual of Ornamental Fish, 2nd edition.)
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Assessing the severity of a heron injury in a koi. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Assessing the severity of a heron injury in a koi.
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Surgical removal of a mass from a bristlenose plecostomus (Ancistrus spp.). © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Surgical removal of a mass from a bristlenose plecostomus (Ancistrus spp.).
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(a) Traumatic eye injury. (b) Enucleation. (c) Immediate postoperative appearance. (d) Two weeks after operation. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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(a) Traumatic eye injury. (b) Enucleation. (c) Immediate postoperative appearance. (d) Two weeks after operation.