Shark diseases

[White Tiger]

What are the types of diseases a bamboo shark can acquire? What would be some of the treatment options for the diseases?

 

[Steven Pro]

There are a lot of diseases sharks can get. The most common is a bacterial infection, generally on the belly, caused by rough substrate and physical abrasions.

Do you have a copy of Scott Michael's "Aquarium Sharks & Rays"? There is an entire chapter on health issues.

 

[JHemdal]

I just got notification today that the Elasmobranch Husbandry Manual is online - people can download individual chapters. Remember though, this was written with public aquariums in mind, so there will not be "newbie warnings" such as, "Don't put a nurse shark in a 100 gallon tank). Still, the information may help some folks. Here is a link to the main page:

Elasmobranch Husbandry Manual

There is plenty of information about shark diseases in these chapters - one whole chapter is devloted to goiter in sharks!


Jay Hemdal

 

[White Tiger]

Thanks for the information!

 

[gnatophillum]

thanks for the link, i need it!