Beware of four diseases in raising money turtles

In the process of raising money turtles, due to the deterioration of pond water, high stocking density, mixed culture of large and small turtles, improper bait, freezing injury and summer injury and other reasons, the turtles often get sick or die. In this paper, the four diseases that are easy to occur and the prevention and treatment methods are introduced as follows:

1. Red neck disease

Symptoms: the disease mostly occurs in the plum rain season. The diseased tortoise has red spots on the abdomen, swollen throat and neck, elongated neck that cannot be retracted, 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, and soon dies.

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 or oxytetracycline, 150000 IU per kilogram of tortoise should be injected at the base of the foot.

Water mildew

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. All turtle ponds are replaced with fresh water, and sterilized with 0.04% salt and 0.04% baking soda; sprinkle with 3 g / m3 of trimethoprim throughout the pond.

Third, turtle rotten skin disease

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 10 g / m3 sulfonamides or antibiotics for 48 hours. The disease occurred 2 ~ 3 times a week and could be cured in 1 month. Using 0.4 g / m3 turtle clean medicine bath every 2 weeks can prevent the turtles from biting each other and causing skin rot.

4. Mucor mycosis

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. The disease can occur all the year round, but it is the most popular from April to June.

Prevention and treatment: ① thoroughly disinfects the turtle pond with quicklime, which often keeps the pond water tender green, which can reduce the occurrence of the disease. ② can be bathed with 150g / m3 leukoplakia for 15 hours. when all the leukoplakia of the diseased turtle body falls off, drain the liquid and put it back into the fresh water to the culture level.