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Trichodina |
Trichodina is one of the easiest protozoan parasites to detect under the microscope
as it is almost perfectly round with hundreds of hooks which resemble cilia found its periphery and it constantly rotates
as it moves through the mucus, causing tissues damage.
It attacks both skin and gill tissues of our Koi, and
can often cause more damage to gills than realized.
Classed as a warm water parasite, it can survive for some
time without a host. It causes vegetation of the skin giving rise to a grey white opaque appearance on the body of
infected Koi which exhibit the classic symptoms of flashing, rubbing and lethargy.
A magnification of 100 to
200 x is required to view this parasite.
Recommended treatments are Potassium Permanganate. |
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