Cryptobia iubilans in Cichlids

Ruth Francis Floyd and Roy Yanong

Release Date: 3/6/2024

Agriculture

Abstract

After many years of diagnostics at the University of Florida and at other laboratories around the country, it appears that Cryptobia iubilans is not uncommon among cichlids, and that environmental and other factors determine the extent of disease.

About this Publication

This document is VM104, one of a series of the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date January 1999. Revised April 2002, September 2013, and February 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Ruth Francis Floyd, DVM, MS, Extension veterinarian, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences and professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences; and Roy Yanong, VMD, professor, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

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Ruth Francis-Floyd

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University of Florida

professor and UF/IFAS Extension veterinarian, UF College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program

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