This lab instruction, led by world-renown fish vet and expert Dr. Erik Johnson (author of: “Koi Health and Disease”) and the University of Georgia's Vicky Vaughan (Director of SPF Aquaculture Center in Athens, Georgia) instructed and familiarized attendees on how to properly identify and diagnose a variety of koi and goldfish parasites, diseases and ailments. 

“While only a licensed veterinarian can professionally diagnose, prescribe or render treatments for another person’s fish health problems, attending this course taught us the ‘Best Practices’ available for identifying illnesses, diseases and harmful parasites that affect koi and goldfish and informed us of the ‘Best Treatments’ available to help treat those various conditions.  Since we will be selling koi and goldfish at our new retail location in the Mendon Greenhouse, the knowledge passed on from Dr. Johnson and Ms. Vaughan will assist us with properly retailing fish, including the instituting of an examination and quarantine process for all new fish” said Frost.  “It will also allow us to intelligently recommend certain treatments and medications to any fish owners whose fish may be experiencing some of these health problems.”

 

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