Coral Reef Aquarium Husbandry and Health

Lehmann, Wade

doi:10.1002/9780470960806.ch4

Invertebrate Medicine 2011

DOI: 10.1002/9780470960806.ch4

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Coral Reef Aquarium Husbandry and Health

Wade Lehmann

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“…Eradication of these copepods from corals is difficult because few chemotherapeutics have proven both efficacious against infesting copepods and safe to the host. The medications commonly used-such as ivermectin, milbemycin oxime, and lufenuron-are ones that inhibit neurologic functions specific to narrow groups of invertebrates (Carl 2008;Lehmann 2012;Lewbart 2013). Dips in Lugol's iodine have also been suggested to combat T. acroporanus (Bartlett 2013); however, there are no published reports attesting to the efficacy of this treatment.…”

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Effect of an Otic Milbemycin Oxime Formulation on Tegastes acroporanus Infesting Corals

Christie

Raines

2016

J Aqua Anim Hlth

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The copepod Tegastes acroporanus is a notorious pest of captive corals in the genus Acropora. In recent years, infestations of T. acroporanus have become widespread among public aquaria and coral propagation facilities and have been largely controlled with the extra-label use of milbemycin oxime formulations (Carl 2008). Many of these drug formulations (which were intended for dogs) have been discontinued by their manufacturers in favor of multidrug products, many of which are unsuitable for corals, forcing experimentation with alternatives. This report provides the first data on populations of T. acroporanus treated with milbemycin oxime and documents the first known use of an otic solution, MilbeMite Otic (Novartis Animal Health U.S., Greensboro, North Carolina), against copepods on live corals. MilbeMite Otic was found to be soluble in seawater and successful at eradicating T. acroporanus in a large exhibit over the course of 6-h waterborne baths (n = 12) at 0.167 µg/L. The resident population of T. acroporanus was also quantified before each treatment to provide the first estimates of coral parasite burden in response to the application of a waterborne chemotherapeutic agent. Received November 19, 2015; accepted June 7, 2016 Published online October 24, 2016.

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Effect of an Otic Milbemycin Oxime Formulation on Tegastes acroporanus Infesting Corals

Christie

Raines

2016

J Aqua Anim Hlth

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Coral Reef Aquarium Husbandry and Health

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Effect of an Otic Milbemycin Oxime Formulation on Tegastes acroporanus Infesting Corals

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