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Water pollution and diseases in fish (an epizootiologic survey).

Three watersheds, varying from highly polluted or moderately polluted to essentially pollution-free, were surveyed to determine the frequency of fish disease. Over a five year period, it was found that a relationship existed between the level of pollution and frequency of disease. The occurrence rates of microbial and oncogenic diseases increased similarly in relation to increases in pollution in the waters. Since the water systems studied provide recreational opportunities for man, it is suggested that catching and subsequent ingesting of diseased fish from these waters present a health hazard.

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Diseases of aquarium fish--4: treatment.

Prevention and treatment of aquarium fish diseases is described. A variety of husbandry factors may predispose to disease development and these should always be considered. Any treatment should first be tried on a small sample of fish as toxicity does vary between species.

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Diseases of aquarium fish--2: skin diseases.

Brief descriptions are given of the common skin diseases in aquarium fishes. Many of these diseases are secondary to poor water quality and aquarium conditions and this primary cause should always be considered.

Animals

Fish-eye disease. A new familial condition with massive corneal opacities and dyslipoproteinaemia.

A man and his three daughters had massive corneal opacities called in their home village "fish-eye disease" because of the resemblance of the eyes to those of boiled fish. The two living daughters had the same dyslipoproteinaemia, characterised by normal serum cholesterol but raised serum triglycerides, raised very-low-density lipoproteins, strikingly high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) triglycerides. LDL contained normal sized as well as abnormally large particles and a 90% reduction in the level of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) activity and the percentage of plasma cholesterol esters were normal, with excluded LCAT-deficiency. Normal electrophoretic mobility of HDL as well as other lipoprotein findings excluded Tangier disease. The clinical and laboratory abnormalities in fish-eye disease are atherosclerosis at old age, visual impairment, and dense corneal opacification. Fish-eye disease thus differs both clinically and in its lipoprotein abnormalities from LCAT-deficiency and Tangier disease.

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