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Table 4

Disease of fry in fish hatcheries and drugs and chemicals used for treatment.

Disease Causative agent Chemicals and drugs with dose References
Parasitic disease      
Ichthyopthiriasis Ichthyopthirius multifiliis • Formalin bath: 200 ppm for 1 hr
• Sodium chloride bath: 2% solution
• Quick lime: 200 kg/ha
(Faruk and Anka, 2017; Hossain et al., 2013)
Trichodiniasis Trichodina sp. • Formalin bath: 250 ppm for 3–5 min
• Sodium chloride bath: 2–3% for 5 min
• Potassium permanganate bath: 0.1% for 30 to 45 s
(Faruk and Anka, 2017; Hossain et al., 2013)
Ichthyobodosis Ichthyobodo necatror • Formalin bath: 1:4000 for 15–30 min (Faruk and Anka, 2017)
Gill flukes Dactylogyrus spp. • Potassium permanganate bath (Faruk and Anka, 2017; Samad et al., 2014)
Skin flukes Gyrodactylus spp. • Potassium permanganate bath (Faruk and Anka, 2017; Samad et al., 2014)
Fish louse or Argulosis Argulus foliaceus • Dipterex: 0.2–0.3 ppm
• Sumithion: 0.8 mg/L in pond
• Potassium permanganate: 10 ppm for 5 h
• Pillar sulfan: 3ml/decimal
(Faruk and Anka, 2017; Samad et al., 2014; Sharif and Abdulla-Al-Asif, 2015; Hossain et al., 2013)
Anchor worm or Lernaeosis Lernae sp. • Potassium permanganate: 4 mg/L in pond
• Salt bath: 3% concentration
(Faruk and Anka, 2017; Samad et al., 2014)
Bacterial Disease      
Bacterial Infection Aeromonas, Pseudomonas, Vibrios and Flavobacterium • Aquamycine (Oxytetracycline HCL): 1–2 g/Kg feed (Alam and Rashid, 2014; Faruk and Anka, 2017)
Motile aeromonas septecemia (MAS) Aeromonas hydrophila • Oxytetracycline: 1 g/Kg feed (Hossain et al., 2013)
Streptococcosis Streptococcus iniae • Timsen aqua: 1g/4kg feed (Hossain et al., 2013)
Bacterial gill disease Flavobacterium sp. • Malachite green: 3ppm (Hossain et al., 2013)
Tail and fin rot Aeromonas sp.
Pseudomonas sp.
• Aquamycin (Oxytetracycline HCL) 1–2 g/kg feed
• Pillar sulfan: 3ml/decimal
(Samad et al., 2014; Alam and Rashid, 2014; Hossain et al., 2013)
Dropsy Pseudomonas sp. • Potassium permanganate Dip bath 2 ppm
• Forazine : 5g/ton feed
(Samad et al., 2014; Alam and Rashid, 2014; Hossain et al., 2013)
Fungal Disease      
Saprolegniasis Saprolegnia sp. • Malachite green: 2 ppm (Faruk and Anka, 2017; Hossain et al., 2013)
Epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) Aphanomyces invadans • Oxytetracycline: 1–2 g/kg feed
• KMnO4: 2 ppm
• Malachite green: 2 ppm
• Lime: 1kg/decimal
(Alam and Rashid, 2014; Faruk and Anka, 2017; Hossain et al., 2013)
Viral Disease      
WSSV White spot syndrome virus • Zeolite: 200–250 g/decimal Bleaching powder 2–3 ppm Dolomite: 150 g/decimal
• Lime: 0.5–1 kg/decimal
(Alam and Rashid, 2014; Hossain et al., 2013)
Infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus • Destroy the infected stock
• Rigorous cleaning followed by disinfection of all facilities and equipment
(Faruk and Anka, 2017)
Koi herpesvirus disease (KHVD) Koi herpesvirus • Destroy the infected stock
• Rigorous cleaning followed by disinfection of all facilities and equipment
(Faruk and Anka, 2017)

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