Prevention and treatment of common diseases of money tortoise

In the process of raising money turtles, due to the deterioration of pond water and high stocking density. Mixed culture of large and small turtles, improper baiting, freezing injury and summer injury and other causes often cause turtles to get sick or die.

1. Red neck disease

Pathogen: it is an infectious disease whose pathogen may be a virus or a kind of Aeromonas aerogenes.

Symptoms: the disease mostly occurs in the plum rain season. The diseased turtle has red spots on the abdomen, swollen throat and neck, elongated neck that cannot be retracted, slow movement, loss of appetite, and slow response. When the condition is serious, the mouth and nose bleeds, the intestinal tract is inflamed and eroded, the whole body is red and swollen, the eyes are cloudy, white and blind, and soon die.

Prevention and treatment: once the disease is found, it should be isolated and treated immediately, and the turtle pond should be disinfected with quicklime to replace new water; treated with antibiotics such as chlortetracycline, chloramphenicol or oxytetracycline, 150000 IU per kilogram of tortoise should be injected at the base of the foot. And use soft-shelled turtle healthy, with 1.5% proportion, mix and feed 3MUE for 5 days.

2. Water mildew

Pathogen: the pathogen is a fungus, the hyphae are white, soft, like white cotton wool.

Symptoms: at first, the diseased tortoise has loss of appetite, restlessness, emaciation and weakness. In severe cases, water mold parasites on the neck and limbs, web and back armour of the turtle. The shell is corroded, softened and thinned, so that it stops eating, moves slowly, and finally dies.

Prevention and treatment: when the disease is found, let the diseased turtles move on land and bask in the sun, so as to reduce the environmental conditions for the growth of water mold; change all the turtle ponds for new water, and disinfect and sterilize them with 0.04% salt and 0.04% baking soda; sprinkle with 3 g / m 3 trimethoprim throughout the pond.

3. Turtle rotten skin disease

Pathogen: the pathogen of the disease may be bacteria.

Symptoms: the naked eye can see the turtle limbs, neck, tail, skirt and other skin corruption, erosion and necrosis, serious limb skin rot, claws also fall off, bones exposed.

Prevention and treatment: the disease was isolated in time, and the turtle was washed with 10g / m3 (cubic meter) sulfonamides or antibiotics for 48 hours. The disease occurred for the first time. It can be cured three times a week and can be cured in one month. Using 0.4 g / m 3 soft-shelled turtle clean medicine bath every 2 weeks can prevent turtles from biting each other and skin rot.

4. Mucor mycosis

Pathogen: it is a common infectious disease. The pathogen is a kind of mold of the genus Mucor of the family Mucor.

Symptoms: spots appear in the limbs and skirts of the sick tortoise, which are shown at the edge in the early stage, and then gradually expand to form white spots, resulting in epidermis necrosis, partial disintegration, loss of appetite and restlessness. However, sick turtles die less, and when mold parasites to the throat, it can hinder breathing and die. The disease can occur all the year round, but it is the most prevalent from April to June.

Prevention and treatment:

(1) thoroughly disinfect the turtle pond with quicklime, often keep the pond water tender green, can reduce the occurrence of the disease.

(2) 150 g / m 3 white spot net can be used to bathe for 15 hours. when all the white spots of the diseased fish fall off, drain the liquid and put the fresh water back to the culture level.