It never ends......

[seahorsedreams]

2 of my home grown boys ended up having myco. None of the other horses were ever infected. Sorry to hear about the diagnosis.

[Sea~Horse~Whisperer]

Here is a link to the pathology report if you want to see the pictures. I'm not sure if the link will work since you have to be a paid member to see it from the site.

WARNING.....Not for the weak at heart or stomach. If you do not want see the insides of a seahorse, do NOT look.

http://forum.seahorse.org/index.php?...0&#entry308162

Angie

[Whoyah]

I am asked to login when I click on the link. Must need to be a member.

[Sea~Horse~Whisperer]

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Switch to: Linear+ Labdoc Oct 2 2006, 07:09 AM Post #1


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Weight: 11.8gm
Length: 9.5 cm
Snout: 4.0 cm
Body: 3.7 cm
Gender: Male
Species: H. erectus (CB?)

Thread: Bubble On Snout Med. Resistant
History:


Culture Results: Specimen lost in mail, not done
Sensitivity:

Anatomic Findings: Post mortem autolysis

Microscopic Findings: Numerous bacterial rods in liver and kidney. Degenerated parasitic worm in abdomen. Larval worms vs. protozoan in swim bladder. Fungal hyphae in biopsy of snout lesion. rare mycobacteria in snout lesion.

Cause of Death: Fungus and mycobacteria

[Sea~Horse~Whisperer]

Swim bladder with organisms. Due to the specimen getting lost in the mail much of the detail is lost. These could be larval worms or a protozoan such as uronema. The last pic shows a partially degenerate worm adjacent to the kidney.

[seahorsedreams]

I am asked to login when I click on the link. Must need to be a member.

Actually, you need to be a paid member to view the pathology forum. I have literally made artwork out of some of Marty's stains (Marty is the pathologist who performs the necropsies).

[seahorsedreams]

Okay, are you typing the same as me? I totally haven't read what you said before my post :-)

[Sea~Horse~Whisperer]

A biopsy was sent snail mail from the lesion and when I ran it, it's filled with fungi. The last two pics show the fungi which is septate and branches at 90 degree angles. If it were from a human I would identify it as consistent with Aspergillus species. According to "Systemic Pathology of Fish" by Ferguson it does occur in fish. The first pic shows a rare mycobacteria (red rod in center, 1000x) that were also found in this lesion. It's difficult to say which occured first, the fungi or the mycobacteria or whether they appeared simultaneously

[seahorsedreams]

Your horse was suppose to be CB, right?

[Sea~Horse~Whisperer]

I want to give credit where credit is due. All of the above information is off of the seahorse.org site. All of the stains and work were done my Marty (labdoc) I'm not sure if I'm allowed to copy and past things from the site, but I thought it would be ok as long as I gave credit to Marty and seahorse.org. I wouldn't do it if it was not MY seahorse we were discussing. I wanted to post it here because there were so many people here that were pulling for him to get better.

With all that was wrong with him, I don't believe I could have saved him no matter what I did. I was treating for bacterial infections and fungi, but I just couldn't cure both at the same time. Myco is a bad one and I personally don't know if anyone has had a seahorse recover from it. I'm not saying it hasn't happened, I'm just stating that I don't know of anyone.

Angie