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    Shark and ray diseases

    The conclusion we got from the dead sharks was that they was under stress after 1000km transport with not the best water quality and carring some shewanella bakteria in the intestine after "bad foodfish" after the transfer to the new tank(100m3) with an other quality of water new stress and a...
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    Shark and ray diseases

    BT reef sharks To end up the story about the 2 dead BT reef sharks in sweden. The female that arrived at the same time but has been eating al the time is still well. 3 more small BT sharks has been bought and so far no problem. (By misstake a have 2 replyes ) Regards from sweden
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    Shark and ray diseases

    Hello Steve the female died 2 dayes after she had doxycycline 100mg to 8 Kg shark. and now i have got lab results- please take a look and give me a hint Blacktipped Shark diseas ?? in Sweden Now have I got the results from pathology and bacteriology of the 2 dead BT sharks The male shark...
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    Shark and ray diseases

    Hello Steve I can get Amikacin injection solution 250mg/ml pH 4.5 What do you suggest as dose /Kg to sharks. regards from Sweden
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    Shark and ray diseases

    Hello Steve I do not get (neomycin,Kanamycin) as ordinary recipe drugs in Sweden, but I can try to get it as a license drug if it will be useful for sharks/fish, but this will take time before authorities has made there paperwork. But I can get Tobramycin,Gentamicin,Amikacin and Netilmicin in...
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    Shark and ray diseases

    Continue about Black tipped reef sharks I got the diagnose Pseudomonas infection sensitive to tetracycline from lab on the dead male shark. I put in 100mg Docycycline each other day on the female that had started to eat. After 2 days when it was time to medicate again she did not eat and the...
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    Shark and ray diseases

    BT reef sharks Thank you for your advice. I look forward to learn about bloodsampling from sharks. The female shark that had not ben eating tock the doxycyklin prepared food yeserday and she is today feling well as far as the owner could se. Your rekomendation to read Journal of...
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    Shark and ray diseases

    BT reefsharks Hello Steve The reason to feeding every 2 days is that the owner does not think that the shark will eat every day. I thought that as with oxytetrcyklin where you can rise the dose and length the time between, you will have a accepted result but not ideal. I did the medication to...
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    Something is not right in my tank

    Shallowreef Try microwave to thaw out frozen food, but have the food in onetime doses and lern how to program your micoown to Thaw and not boil ( to long time or to hig enegi and you boil the frozen food from inside and it will look like an small explosion) This is a fast way to thaw small...
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    Something is not right in my tank

    Try microwave to thaw out frozen food, but have the food in onetime doses and lern how to program your micoown to Thaw and not boil ( to long time or to hig enegi and you boil the frozen food from inside and it will look like an small explosion) This is a fast way to thaw small amounts of...
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    Shark and ray diseases

    Hello Steve do you know how to calculate the bodyweight on a swimming shark in this case 1 m BT reef shark I got information know from the owner that the shark weight is 7-8 Kg bodyweiht and she did start to eat after the salinity was slowly rising- and I´m no going to give her Doxycycline 100...
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    Shark and ray diseases

    BT reef sharks Laboratory results has confirmed your thoughts about infection Orhit was diagnosed with an abscesses and muscle fiber damage in hart and bodymuscles and damage in kidneys. Pseudomonas, and Enterobakteriase sensitive to Tetracycline and Gentamycin has been found. The death of...
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    Shark and ray diseases

    Hello The diskussion about parasites was a telephone diskussion betwen the owner and someone in holland - No parasites has ben found as far as I know. And the salinity was lowerd from this rekomendation from holland. I have advised him after your hint to raise the salinity to 1,024 We have...
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    Shark and ray diseases

    More about those Blacktipped reef sharks food and environment Lifesupport system: Display tank 75 000 liter of water * Proteinskimmer (70 000 l/h) * 4 biological sandfilters (25 000 l/h each) * 3 UV sterilisation units (10 000 l/h each) * Denitrifikation filter Above this * Extra pumps...
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    Shark and ray diseases

    Hello steve The tank is around 75000 liter .the owner had heard from the salesman of the sharks that a way to treat parasite problem was to lower the salinity, I have told him to raise it to 1,024 again. I will return to you with feading scedule and I hope I will have more bakteriologi answers...
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    Shark and ray diseases

    Hello Steve The BT reef sharks are around 1 m and are swimming in a 75 m3 tank. The tank keeper belive that they are feed up in tank perhaps in holland before delivery. About eating schedule, will I return when I have the English namnes on the food. I said no parasites as I did not see any but...
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    Shark and ray diseases

    I´m a vet who is trying to help a newstarted public sharkaquarium keeper. He got 3 Blacktipped reef sharks one month ago 1 male 2 females. The male one did eat wery well for 2 weeks stopped eating and found dead next morning. 3 different bakteria is growing pseudomonas and something more.(not...
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