Colin McDermott, VMD, offers a visual guide to recognizing several types of fish diseases. Veterinary care is often complicated by owners missing early signs of illness and seeking veterinary care later in the course of disease.
Many diseases of fish are subtle until the infection or pathologic process is more advanced.
Source: Clinician’s Brief, December 2018. Link.
Because of the risk for human exposure through water and the possible dumping of wastewater after therapeutic treatment, judicious use of antibiotics and antiparasitic medication is recommended.