Brazilian tortoise eye disease, what is brazilian tortoise eye disease

It is a white eye disease, which is generally caused by unclean water quality.

Give it eye drops with chloramphenicol eye drops** several times a day, as well as other ophthalmic topical anti-inflammatory eye drops.

At the same time, fasting and dry raising.

1. What is Brazilian turtle eye disease?

Brazilian tortoise eye disease, also known as shell spot disease, is a disease characterized by eye lesions. The disease usually occurs in reptiles such as turtles and turtles, but it can also occur in other animals.

The causative agent of Brazilian Turtle Eye Disease is the Brazilian Turtle Eye Disease virus, which is mainly transmitted through contact infection, digestive tract infection, and respiratory tract infection.

2. What are the symptoms of Brazilian turtle eye disease?

The main symptoms of Brazilian tortoise eye disease are yellowing of the color around the eyes**, the appearance of small yellow or white bumps on the eyes, and the bumps have a hard white or grayish-white scaly substance.

In addition, when an animal is infected, it can develop eye bruises, eye cysts, and cornatomas, which can lead to reduced vision and even blindness.

3. What are the best methods of Brazilian turtle eye disease?

There is no specific drug for Brazilian turtle eye disease, and the common means mainly include surgery and drugs.

Surgery** is mainly to remove the infected tissue through local exfoliation, cryoablation and laser cautery to reduce the degree of lesions, and then take drugs** to control the progression of the disease.

Drugs** are mainly used with some antiviral, antibiotic Zhengxin and immune enhancers, but the efficacy is not stable.

4. How to prevent the occurrence of tortoise eye disease in Brazil?

Prevention is the key, and for reptile lovers, the following precautions should be taken:

1. Check the reptilian eyes regularly and pay attention to whether there are any abnormal symptoms.

2. Strengthen the management of feeding environment and regular disinfection.

3. Avoid unnecessary contact with the source of infection to reduce the risk of infection.

4. Balanced nutrition, enhance the body immunity of reptiles, and prevent diseases.

Second, the turtle's ** and protection!

1) White eye disease.

**: Due to the high density of the turtle during artificial breeding, which causes trauma or deterioration of water quality, the juvenile and juvenile stages of the Brazilian turtle are more likely to be infected with white eye disease.

Symptoms: The eye of the sick turtle is inflamed and congested, gradually turning grayish white and swollen, the cornea and its surroundings are eroded due to inflammation, and the outside of the eye is covered by a layer of white discharge. After the onset of the disease, the turtle often rubs the eyes with the forelimbs, can not eat, and in severe cases, the eyes are blind, it is difficult to breathe, and the body is thin and dies.

Prevention and control methods Liang Lu: strengthen feeding management, focusing on disinfection. Strict disinfection of turtles and turtle water bodies and eating utensils; Strengthen the nutrients of turtle feed and enhance turtle disease resistance.

Sick turtles were soaked in 40 ppm erythromycin solution for 60 minutes; Apply chlortetracycline eye ointment to the eye area of the diseased turtle. It will be cured.

If Brazilian turtles have eye disease, most of them are white eye diseases, which are caused by pollution caused by unclean water quality in Brazilian turtles.

Here's how to fix it:

1. Take the turtle out of the water, place it in a dark place, let the membranous flow out of the eyes, and feed some animal liver to it.

2. Replace the polluted feeding water source.

3. Chloramphenicol eye drops, once to twice a day.

4. Penicillin is fed once or twice in 10,000 units per kilogram of turtle weight.

5. Use a cotton swab or a new brush tip dipped in 1% nitrofuracillin or 1% Lefnuer aqueous solution, and apply it to the eyes twice a day.

If the Brazilian turtle does not open its eyes, it may be due to white eye disease. White eye disease, also called swollen eye disease. It is mainly caused by excessive alkalinity of water quality, large changes in water temperature, malnutrition or local injuries and infections.

Symptoms: Mild people have inflamed and swollen eyes, cannot be opened, and have white rotten skin on the nose. In severe cases, there is a white okara-like and fluid discharge in the lower eyelids.

In the early stage, the turtle can still eat, and does not stop rubbing the eyes with its forelimbs, and in the later stage, it stops eating, and its body is light, and it is complicated by other diseases and dies. **: 1. Antibiotic eye ointment can be applied to light cases; Soaking in a solution of nitrofuracillin or furazolidone for 40 minutes has some effect.

In severe cases, intraocular secretions should be cleaned first, and then intraperitoneal injection of chloramramycin (chloramphenicol can also be used as an alternative), 10 mg per kilogram, and continuous medication should be prepared for 7 days in advance. Usually about 4 days after injection, the turtle's eyes can be half opened. Soaking with vitamin B and oxytetracycline solution also has a certain effect.

There is also a possibility that the turtle tank was not cleaned in time after feeding. Most of the turtles are fed meat or red blood insects, and if the water is not cleaned up in time, it will stink, and the eyes of the turtle will be infected if you destroy the land.