Roy
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Roy P. E. Yanong, VMD | Professor | Extension Veterinarian
Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory | Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences | School of Forest Resources and Conservation | University of Florida / IFAS
1408 24th St. SE, Ruskin, FL 33570 | 813-671-5230 x 104 | Fax: 813-671-5234 | rpy@ufl.edu
Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory: http://tal.ifas.ufl.edu | Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: http://sfrc.ufl.edu/fish/ |
Aquariumania podcast: http://petliferadio.com/aquariumania.html
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From: Gregory Lewbart [mailto:galewbar@ncsu.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 1:49 PM
To: Yanong, Roy P.E.
Cc: Carey Cottle Jr MD; Gregory A. Lewbart; drdan@avianandexotic.com; drexotic2@hotmail.com; VHC Exotic Medicine
Subject: Re: I would like to consult you regarding cryptobia infection in discus
Dear Dr. Cottle,
I'm sure both Dr. Johnson and I would be happy to try and help. I see cases through our Exotic Animal Medicine Service (EAMS) here at the CVM:
http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/vhc/vhwc/exotics/index.html
To make an appointment you can call 919-513-6999.
Dr. Dan runs a large exotic animal medicine practice and is an adjunct professor at the CVM:
http://avianandexotic.com/
Thanks Roy and best to all,
Greg
On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Yanong, Roy P.E. <rpy@ufl.edu> wrote:
Hey, Carey-
Sure, I’d love to help, but I think it would make more sense for you to be in touch with someone in NC. Dr. Greg Lewbart and Dr. Dan Johnson (both cc’d on this email), two veterinary colleagues of mine who have a lot of experience with fish medicine (they are both excellent clnicians!) should be able to help you out. Please let me know if/when they get in touch with you (or I’ll send a reminder (!)).
Greg and Dan-
Can one of you help Carey out? She’s more local to you.
Roy
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Roy P. E. Yanong, VMD | Professor | Extension Veterinarian
Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory | Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences | School of Forest Resources and Conservation | University of Florida / IFAS
1408 24th St. SE, Ruskin, FL 33570 | 813-671-5230 x 104 | Fax: 813-671-5234 | rpy@ufl.edu
Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory: http://tal.ifas.ufl.edu | Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: http://sfrc.ufl.edu/fish/ |
Aquariumania podcast: http://petliferadio.com/aquariumania.html
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From: Carey Cottle Jr MD [mailto:ccottle@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 12:13 PM
To: Yanong, Roy P.E.
Cc: ccottle@earthlink.net
Subject: I would like to consult you regarding cryptobia infection in discus
Dr. Yanong,
I’m in NC but would like to consult you and pay for your services in helping me with my discus. I’ve consulted a vet here, Dr. Sam Young but he’s not an expert in fish.
My discus have a chronic wasting disease. Three fish have been necropsied and I can send those reports to you if you wish. They show stomach and other areas of granulomas that were negative for acid fast staining. Dr. Wes Baumgartner suggested the most likely diagnosis was Cryptobia. I was able to ID cryptobia in a stool sample once I knew what to look for. I followed his suggestion to try dimetridazole (Emtryl) at 100mg/L. I put the 2 discus who’d stopped eating in a hospital tank and used the bath for 7 days with temps raised in the tank to 90F and pH lowered gradually to 4.0 for the antibacterial effect. Low pH does not kill Cryptobia, but the fish began eating again as soon as the pH dropped to 4.0. The Cryptobia is gone from the last 2 stool samples after the dimetridazole bath.
However, I now have another larger parasite in the stool sample. I don’t know what it is but it is about the size of a monogean. I would like to get you to id it for me. I can send a video is you are willing to help.
Thanks for your time,
Carey Cottle MD
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Gregory A. Lewbart MS, VMD, Dipl. ACZM
Professor of Aquatic Animal Medicine
North Carolina State University
College of Veterinary Medicine
1060 William Moore Drive
Raleigh, NC 27607
greg_lewbart@ncsu.edu
http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/vhc/vhwc/exotics/index.html
http://marinesci.ncsu.edu/
