Disease control of soft-shelled turtle

Soft-shelled turtles have great adaptability and strong resistance, and diseases rarely occur in culture and production, but diseases will also occur if they are not properly managed. Common soft-shelled turtle diseases are:

Red neck disease

The pathogen is Monospora aerogenes. The main symptoms are loss of appetite, dullness, redness, swelling and congestion of the neck, elongation but not retraction, red spots on the abdomen, sometimes floating on the surface, sometimes prostrate in the sand. When the condition is serious, the mouth and nose bleeds, the intestinal tract is inflamed and rotten, the whole body is red and swollen, the eyes are cloudy, white and blind, hepatosplenomegaly, and soon die.

Prevention and cure method: ① strictly forbids the water containing ammonia to flow into the turtle pond, always pay attention to keep the water quality clean, do not mix in the diseased turtle, and pay more attention to disease prevention when the water temperature drops. ② was fed with oxytetracycline, chloramphenicol, chloramphenicol and other antibiotics or sulfonamides, and the dosage was 0 per kilogram of soft-shelled turtle on the first day. 2 grams, halved from the second day to the fifth day. ③ vaccine was made from diseased tissues of diseased soft-shelled turtles and mixed with bait or intraperitoneal injection.

Rotten skin disease

It is caused by monosporium infection, which is caused by the necrosis of skin tissue around the injured site after the soft-shelled turtle is injured and infected with bacteria in the pond. Diseased soft-shelled turtle limbs, neck, tail, skirt and other places of skin corruption, erosion and necrosis, the formation of ulcers. In severe cases, the skin of the limbs rotts, the claws fall off, the bones are exposed, the muscles and bones of the neck are also exposed, and the skirt fester.

Prevention and treatment methods: when diseased soft-shelled turtle is found in ①, it should be isolated and treated in time, and the diseased soft-shelled turtle should be washed with sulfonamides or antibiotics of 100ppm for 48 hours. The size of ② is raised separately so as not to fight for food and get hurt by fighting with each other and be infected by bacteria. ③ found the disease and replaced it with fresh water to change the water quality.

White spot disease

The disease is also known as Mucor. Pathogen is a kind of mold of algal order, Mucor family and Mucor. Spots appeared in the limbs and skirt of the diseased soft-shelled turtle, which only appeared on the edge of the skirt in the early stage, and gradually expanded in the later stage, forming white spots, resulting in epidermis necrosis and partial ulcer. Soft-shelled turtles cultured in running ponds and circulating tanks are particularly vulnerable to the disease. Diving into the dirt and bruised skin can be the gateway to mold infection. When mold parasites to the throat, it can affect breathing and die, but death is rare.

Prevention and treatment: the disease has a trend of rapid reproduction in running water; in fertilizer and water, mold growth is inhibited by competition from other bacteria, and the incidence is relatively mild, so do not use antibiotics. To thoroughly clear the pond disinfection, often fertilize, so that the pond water to maintain a certain degree of fatness; to be careful operation to prevent soft-shelled turtle body injury; disease, you can use sulfonamide ointment to wipe the affected part of the soft-shelled turtle body to prevent the disease.

Hemorrhagic disease

The pathogen of the disease may be a virus. Diseased soft-shelled turtle abdominal nail covered with erythema and bleeding spots, dorsal nail fester proliferation, festering bleeding, throat inner wall bleeding and necrosis; in severe cases, intestinal bleeding and mucosal ulcers were obvious, kidney and liver also appeared blood morbid. The disease is highly contagious and often dies in batches.

Prevention and treatment: when the disease is found, the diseased soft-shelled turtle should be isolated immediately, oral sulfonamides and antibiotics, or rub the affected area with antibiotics, which has a certain curative effect. The treatment is still under study.

In addition, the enemies of soft-shelled turtles are ants, rodents, snakes and some birds. Ants can harm young soft-shelled turtles and hatch eggs. Rats and snakes often harm young and even adult soft-shelled turtles.