Efficacy of salt to control leech infestation in ornamental pleco fish
International Journal of Development Research
Efficacy of salt to control leech infestation in ornamental pleco fish
Received 03rd October, 2019; Received in revised form 04th November, 2019; Accepted 16th December, 2019; Published online 31st January, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Rudã F. B. Santos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This study evaluated the efficacy of formalin and sodium chloride bathing to control leech in freshwater ornamental Peckoltia oligospila loricariid fish through blood parameters. This experiment was conducted by using a completely randomized design in three aspects (control, 250mg/L formalin short bath, and 15g/L NaCl short bath for 15 minutes) and four replicates. Water quality, blood parameters and glucose were evaluated. NaCl showed the best results to control parasites. There was no significant difference related to blood parameters. NaCl treatment promoted parasites control over Peckoltia oligospila without changes in hematological parameters.
