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Treatment in Gill Cover Curling of Arowana  

Kim Ji-Hyung (Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Park Geun-Mo (Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Kim Kyong-Yeon (Seoul Ocean Aquarium Co., LTD.)
Oh Tae-Youp (Seoul Ocean Aquarium Co., LTD.)
Gomez Dennis K (KRF Zoonotic Disease Priority Research Institute, Seoul National University)
Park Se-Chang (Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.24, no.1, 2007 , pp. 56-58 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was attempted to find appropriate surgery for gill cover curling disorder in arowana. Gill cover curling is a usual clinical findings in arowana, which often lead to death of the fish by dyspnea. Two different surgical methods were implemented in this study for gill cover by using cutting and incising fm-like fer two silver arowana. The surgery was identified to be successful since the fish healthily recovered. This experiment demonstrated that gill cover curling can be cured by using surgery.
Keywords
arowana; gill cover curling; cutting method; incising fan-like method;
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