Effect of Nifurpirinol against Diseases Caused by Bacteria and Protozoa in Hobby Fishes: Part 1

Bathing effects of nifurpirinol on the intramuscular infection with Aeromonas liquefaciens in goldfish, carp and metynnis and on artificially injured skin and fins in metynnis were investigated.On the aeromonas infection nifurpirinol was effective by bathing at 1 ppm for 510 minutes or at 0.025ppm for seven consecutive days.After injuring the mortality of the fish treated with nifurpirinol by bathing at 0.05 ppm for twenty consecutive days was less than that of untreated control.