1. Trematodes
1. Causes and symptoms of fluke infection
After trematodes infect turtles , mainly parasitic in the liver, pancreas and intestines of turtles. The main symptoms of tortoise infection with flukes are: loss of appetite or abstinence, indigestion, diarrhea, blood in the stool, mucus in feces, and edema. The diagnosis can usually be confirmed by examining the feces of the infected turtle.
2. Control methods
1. Carry out deworming treatment. Use praziquantel tablets to deworm the tortoise, the daily dosage is: 5 ~ 10ml/500g tortoise body, continuous feeding for three days is a course of treatment. For severely infected turtles, a course of treatment should be given after one month of medication. Or you can also use albendazole tablets for deworming, each dose is: 5ml/500g turtle body, continuous medication for one week.
2. Supplement proper nutrition and regulate stomach. For the tortoise after taking deworming medicine, it is necessary to adjust its diet structure, keep its diet diverse, and feed it an appropriate amount of Jianwei Xiaoshi tablets to promote digestion, and at the same time, it can also be supplemented with appropriate amount of vitamins and trace elements.
II. Protozoa
Causes and symptoms of protozoal infection
1. Etiology Symptoms
The protozoa infected by turtles are mostly amoeba, which mainly live in the intestines of the turtles. The main symptoms of protozoa infection in turtles are: passing watery or mucus-like feces, and the feces are mixed with food that has not been fully digested. The parasitic infection can be confirmed by testing the feces of the affected turtle.
2. Prevention and control methods
Bacterial enteritis disease is often caused by tortoise infection with protozoa, so the treatment of protozoal infection should also take into account the treatment Bacterial infection disease, combine the two conditions with medication.
(1) Anti-bacterial infection. The turtles can be fed gentamicin sulfate soluble powder or injected with gentamicin sulfate, amoxicillin and other drugs to resist bacterial infection.
(2) Deworming treatment. Feed the tortoise with metronidazole or tinidazole for deworming, each dose of 10mg/500g of the tortoise body. Or you can inject drugs to deworm, such as injecting metronidazole into the abdomen of the turtle.
(3) Nursing. During the period of helping tortoise deworming, you can feed it with digestible food, and supplement the feeding with an appropriate amount of 3%-5% glucose solution. In addition, pay attention to keeping the turtle’s feeding temperature at 28-32°C and suitable humidity. You can also supplement the right amount of electrolysis and multi-dimensional to the tortoise to increase the disease resistance of the tortoise.
Reminder: After discovering that a turtle is infected with parasites, you can isolate the turtle as soon as possible, clean and disinfect the original breeding environment, and then determine the parasitic infection of the turtle Symptomatic treatment of the type of worm.
