Basic function of turtle medicine

There are many functions and effects of drugs used in soft-shelled turtles, but to sum up, they are mainly the following three aspects:

1. Inhibit or kill pathogens.

At present, most turtle drugs have the effect of killing and inhibiting pathogens, such as anti-bacterial drugs such as sulfonamides. Isthmus feeding, antibiotics and garlic, antifungal drugs such as salt, formalin, Chinese herbal medicine gallnut, calamus, anti-parasitic drugs such as copper sulfate, ammonia, potassium permanganate and so on. These drugs kill pathogens through indirect methods (such as sulfonamides, some antibiotics, etc.) or direct ways (such as potassium permanganate, copper sulfate, formalin, etc.).

2. Improve the culture environment.

They play their role mainly through the following three aspects:

(1) kill pathogens in water, such as bleach, chlorpromazine, trichloroisocyanuric acid, etc.

(2) improving the water quality and bottom quality of turtle ponds, such as quicklime and calcium peroxide, can increase the alkalinity and permeability of turtle ponds.

(3) purify the water quality of turtle pond, such as zeolite, photosynthetic bacteria, nitrifying bacteria and so on. Most of these drugs play a role in these three aspects indirectly or directly.

3. To enhance the disease resistance of soft-shelled turtle. The functions of these drugs are shown in the following three aspects:

(1) to supplement the turtle with appropriate nutrients to make the metabolism of the soft-shelled turtle in the best condition, such as vitamins, etc.

(2) to stimulate the specific immune function of soft-shelled turtle, such as injection of vaccine, to make the soft-shelled turtle have specific resistance to a certain disease.

(3) to enhance the non-specific immune function of soft-shelled turtle, such as some immune activators, so as to mobilize the non-specific defense factors such as complement, lysozyme, C-reactive protein, interferon and ferritin to resist the disease.

The three effects of drugs used in soft-shelled turtles are not isolated, and one action of a certain drug can affect the other two effects, such as the resistance and killing of pathogens and the enhancement of resistance of soft-shelled turtles; conversely, only the coordination of drugs with multiple effects can finally achieve the goal of controlling and eliminating soft-shelled turtle disease.