Using Of Garra rufa for Treatment of Fin Rot in Goldfish (Carassius auratus)

doi:10.15406/jamb.2015.03.00054

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Aquaculture & Marine Biology

Short Communication Volume 3 Issue 1

Using Of Garra rufa for Treatment of Fin Rot in Goldfish (Carassius auratus)

Calin Decebal Cojocaru,²

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Clementina Luisa Cojocaru¹

¹Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnology, Section of Aquaculture, University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine of Banat, Romania
²Department of Aquatic Pathology Laboratory, National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority, Romania

Correspondence: Calin Decebal Cojocaru, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnology, Section of Aquaculture, University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine of Banat, Timi?oara, King Mihai I of Romania, Romania

Received: October 23, 2015 | Published: October 29, 2015

Citation: Cojocaru CL, Cojocaru CD (2015) Ciguatera, an Emerging Human Poisoning in Europe. J Aquac Mar Biol 3(1): 00054. DOI: 10.15406/jamb.2015.03.00054

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Abstract

Garra rufahas been used to treat fin necrosis in goldfish. Sick fish were reared in the same tank with Garra rufawhich was able to eat necrotic tissue of the fins and goldfish healed.

Keywords: Garra rufa;Goldfish; Fin rot; Fish; Flavobacterium; Gyrodactylus

Introduction

Garra rufa is a small Cyprinidae fish used to treat psoriazis in humans (www.fishbase.org) because of it is able to eat affected tissues.

Aims

Taking into account this information we tried to see if this fish can be used to treat fin rot in fish. Fin rot is a polifactorial disease, but Flavobacterium and Gyrodactylus are recognised to have the major role (Ferguson, 2006).

Materials and methods

6 naturally infected goldfish with fin rot caused by Flavobacterium sp. and Gyrodactylus sp. diagnosed by direct microscopy were introduced in an aquarium. 2 fish were separated by a glass placed inside. 6 specimens of Garra rufa were introduced with 2 separated goldfish and 4 goldfish remained isolated, without Garra rufa [1,2].

Results

After 3 days, necrosis started to disappear and eroded fins started to rise because of consuming the necrotic tissues of goldfish reared in the same tank with Garra rufa. Necrosis worsened in the other 4 untreated goldfish.