Bass with intestinal parasites

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Bass with intestinal parasites #272422 10/25/11 09:52 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 90 Whitney, Texas L Lake Vilbig - Al Kohutek Lunker
Lake Vilbig - Al Kohutek Lunker L Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 90 Whitney, Texas	Many of our bass have a intestinal worm parasites. See photo (click on the link below). Anyone know what kind of parasite it is? How do they get inside the fish? Is there any way to control them? Someone told me that the worms indicate that our fish are stressed from over population. Is that true? If you know about these parasites, please comment. Thanks Al Kohutek www.lakevilbig.org Last edited by esshup; 10/25/11 11:14 AM. Reason: added picture

Re: Bass with intestinal parasites Lake Vilbig - Al Kohutek #272435 10/25/11 04:03 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 22,033 Likes: 483 Miss. E ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 22,033 Likes: 483 Miss.	See these. http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.ph...1&site_id=1 http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=92438#Post92438 archive on fish diseases

Re: Bass with intestinal parasites ewest #296436 06/20/12 03:20 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 90 Whitney, Texas L Lake Vilbig - Al Kohutek Lunker
Lake Vilbig - Al Kohutek Lunker L Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 90 Whitney, Texas	another picture

Re: Bass with intestinal parasites Lake Vilbig - Al Kohutek #296440 06/20/12 03:52 PM
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Shorty Lunker S Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,598 Likes: 37 Raymond, NE	Looks like some sort of nematode (roundworm) infection to me. contracaecum sp.? http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/fa/fa09100.pdf

Re: Bass with intestinal parasites Lake Vilbig - Al Kohutek #296443 06/20/12 04:31 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker
Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana	As disgusting as they appear many fish can tolerate parasites. If your fish are performing well as in feeding well and have good relative weights I believe you'll be O.K. If you eat any of these fish be sure to cook them thoroughly. No sushi! There is a treatment for intestinal parasites but it's more of a few fish at a time in a quarantine/treatment tank thing and it's only approved for ornamental fish. Not applicable for a pond treatment. Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 06/20/12 04:32 PM. If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.

Re: Bass with intestinal parasites Lake Vilbig - Al Kohutek #296448 06/20/12 06:13 PM
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FireIsHot Moderator Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5,578 Likes: 402 Bonanza TX	I know this won't help any, but this photo was taken May 26th of this year. I had this same issue last Spring, and it was gone in a matter of weeks. A few of the LMB did have worms in their stomach, and it was in only one area of my lake, and it was in the exact same place as the year before. This last weekend, there were no LMB with spots, and I had no dead fish. Found only 1 fish with worms. Weird deal to me too. AL