Other exotics

Question 1

Septicemic cutaneous ulcerative disease (SCUD) in turtles

Answer 1

Citrobacter freundii –> treat with chloramphenicol

Question 2

Entamoeba spp.

Answer 2

GI signs + death in snakes housed with turtles –> treat with metronidazole

Question 3

Whirling disease (fish)

Answer 3

Myxobolus (Myxosoma cerebralis: myxosporean parasite of salmonid fish

Question 4

Ich (fish)

Answer 4

Protozoan parasite affecting the skin

Question 5

Gill rot (fish)

Answer 5

Branchiomyces spp: fungal infection

Question 6

Aeromonas salmonicida

Answer 6

Furunculosis of salmonids + goldfish and trout ulcer diseases + carp erythrodermatitis

Question 7

Enteric redmouth disease (fish)

Answer 7

Yersinia ruckeri

Question 8

Columnaris disease (fish)

Answer 8

Flexibacter columnaris: peduncle disease + fin rot + black patch necrosis + cotton wool disease