Diseases of captive yellow seahorse Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, pot‐bellied seahorse Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson and weedy seadragon Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (Lacépède). Issue 5 (13th May 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: LePage, V; Young, J; Dutton, C J; Crawshaw, G; Paré, J A; Kummrow, M; McLelland, D J; Huber, P; Young, K; Russell, S; Al‐Hussinee, L; Lumsden, J S
• Is Part Of: Journal of fish diseases. Volume 38:Issue 5(2015:May)
• Page Start: 439
• Page End: 450
• Publication Date: 2014-05-13
• Subjects: Fishes -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 639.3
• DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12254
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-7775

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="jfd12254-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Seahorses, pipefish and seadragons are fish of the Family Syngnathidae. From 1998 to 2010, 172 syngnathid cases from the Toronto Zoo were submitted for post‐mortem diagnostics and retrospectively examined. Among the submitted species were yellow seahorses <italic>Hippocampus kuda</italic> Bleeker (<italic>n </italic>= 133), pot‐bellied seahorses <italic>Hippocampus abdominalis</italic> Lesson (<italic>n </italic>= 35) and weedy seadragons <italic>Phyllopteryx taeniolatus</italic> (Lacépède; <italic>n </italic>= 4). The three most common causes of morbidity and mortality in this population were bacterial dermatitis, bilaterally symmetrical myopathy and mycobacteriosis, accounting for 24%, 17% and 15% of cases, respectively. Inflammatory processes were the most common diagnoses, present in 117 cases. Seven neoplasms were diagnosed, environmental aetiologies were identified in 46 cases, and two congenital defects were identified.</p> </abstract>