Koi Health & Disease
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  • Newly revised with 45 page appendix
  • Over 100 different treatments itemized.
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The index will give you a clear picture of all the information covered in the book. We don't use baby-talk in this book, but you will find that the book is easily understood by any hobbyist with the intention to learn fish health.
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Testimonials From Readers of The Book

"EXCELLENT FOR BEGINNERS...Without sacrificing plenty of depth where needed... a Koi keeper's bible!" - S.G., Ontario

"I received your book last week and have almost completely read it cover-to-cover. I'm very impressed with its content and the excellent balance between practical and technical information. If more Koi keepers owned this book, I'm sure there would be many more healthy Koi swimming today!" - Shooterdog

"I'm very happy with "THE BOOK" A better book doesn't exist in Belgium. ---- Greetings!" - M. Demol 

"By the way, your book has proved invaluable to me, I never deviate from it. And I always have great results. Thanks" - Labrador Bill

TO: DOC JOHNSON - "Thanks for writing such an informative, easy to read book. It truly is my Koi care bible, I appreciate your easy going sense of humor and style of writing. Keep up the great work--love the web site!" Patti Brewer


"I received your books yesterday and was very impressed.....I think you filled a big void in the community...You brought much needed information together in easily an understandable format with a generous array of photographs. Nice job!"
~Bob Bianchi


"Dr. Johnson - I have learned more from you book, and your web site in the past few months than I had previously in my 30 year love affair with Koi."
J. Maxwell, M.D.


"I want to thank Dr. Johnson for all of his help and information he shares in both this Web site and in an outstanding and invaluable book which I think anyone that cares about their Koi should have. Thanks again!" Mark D. Stevenson


"Hi Doc, I just finished reading the book for the first time...Its was nice to get a book on a specific topic compared to all the others I have that gloss over everything in brief; just giving you enough information to get into trouble. Thanks! "
Mark B.


"Dr. Johnson, I received the book today. Wow! This will keep me busy for some time. It's very in depth."
Regards,
~Steve Gray
Austin Pond Society / Texas Koi and Fancy Goldfish Society /Lone Star Koi Club

"I have read the book cover to cover three times now and used up a highlight pen. Anyone that has bought one koi should have this book before they buy number two!"
~David Hester


"I wanted to tell you that within about 3 weeks after receiving your book, I used some of the techniques you describe to save two fish that I surely would have lost. One is a 16 inch yamabuki ogon...not a show winner but very valuable to me because she was given to me by a customer with the promise that I take care of her because the customer could no longer keep her. Well worth the price of the book already!"
Thanks.
T.D.Thompson


"Amazing. I am by no means an expert at koi keeping, but I do know a little. Or at least enough to know that it would take me a lifetime at least to discover this much, not to mention incredibly accurate information. I don't really know what to say except congratulations. Spectacular!"
~Dave R.


"While I haven't had time to do more than a quick read, I must say I am impressed with the content."
~P. Winn, Ontario Canada


"I collect show quality Imported Goldfish. Even though the information in your book and video is addressed to keeping KOI, I use some of your methods on my newly arrived imported Goldfish before I introduce them to my collection, your methods work well."
~ Rick Hess


"I recently purchased a copy of your book from Aquatic Eco-Systems. I was a little shocked at the thickness of the book, versus the price. *Then* I read it. Not a wasted word. I have several books costing four times what I paid for yours, but I would give up any and all of them before I'd let go of yours. Well done!"
~Mike S. [Maryland]


"Finally got the book on Tuesday (in good condition too) and I must say that although it might have cost me a whopping $63 for it, I think it is worth every cent. No other book gives so much description about Ulcer disease and now I'm actually confident in treating Ulcer cases. Koi dealers in Singapore always precribe some "yellow powder", (tetracycline I think) or oxolinic acid/formalin solution for ulcer and it doesn't seem to work at all." Simon Ng, England

The Index of The Book

As much as I would like to, I cannot provide all the book's information on-line. Partly because you can't easily bring your computer to pond side, and partly because there's just too much information and pictures. Still, the Web site is designed to give enough information to SAVE KOI LIVES. If you've appreciated the site, look at all you could learn by purchasing the book.

Acetic Acid 101
Acriflavine    101
Aeromonas  47,48,49,51,56,59
Air Sac 114, 115
Algae  29-30,55
Alka-Seltzer   107
Ambiphrya 89
Amikacin 70
Ammonia    8-11,17
Anatomy 73 - 74, 114
Anesthesia     102 - 108
Anorexia 72
Antibiotics    66,71,76,100
Argent    132
Argulus     45,46, 87
Arsenic     22-23, 82
Ascorbic Acid   See Vit. C
Azactam    67, 70
Baths    76-101
Baytril     47, 52, 67, 70
Behavior   126
Benzocaine   107
Biopsy    111- 112
Bloaters   51, 57
Branchiurians   45-46
Broken Backs  20,25, 87
Buffers    8,11
Camallanus 83
Carp Pox   64,65, 124
Cestodes 83
Chilodinella     32, 59, 77
Chloramine-T   101
Chloramphenicol  66, 70,75
Chlorine    19-20, 126
Clorox 121
Cold    16,54,59,68,135
Columnaris 48, 49, 90, 121
Copper   38 - 40, 87
Coppersafe 88
Costia    33, 59, 77
Crustacea - See Lernea &  Argulus
Cycle  12, 14-15
Cystic Kidneys  103
Cytophaga 48
Dactylogyrus    41-42
Dechlorinator   19 - 20, 97
Dexamethasone  17, 68, 108
Diflubenzuron  See Dimilin
Dimilin 87, 99
Dips   100
Droncit  See Praziquantel
Dropsy    50 - 53
Edwardsiella   49
Egg Impaction  103
Eldrin 82
Electrocution   20-22
Entubation 71 - 75
Enrofloxacin   75
EnviroReps 123
Epistylis     33 - 34
Exotoxins 56
Fatty Liver     25-26, 114
Feeds    See Zeigler & Romet
Fenbendazole 75
Filtration    19,20,77,117-118
Finquel     107
Flagyl     35
Flavobacterium     60
Flexobacter    48,49, 121
Flukes   41-44,54,90,125
Formalin     83 - 84
Fungus 33,34, 63, 90
Furans  76, 101
Furazone   99, 100, 122
Furunculosis   (see Ulcer)
Gall Bladder 114
Gentamicin 68, 70
Gills 48, 112, 115
Glacial Acetic Acid 101
Gold Kist 76
Gyrodactylus   41 - 42
Heat    16, 63
Hexamita   34 - 35
Hidden Page 134 1/2
Hormones 127
Hospitals    23 -24, 63
Hydrogen Peroxide   11, 84,101
Hydrogen Sulfide 18-19, 82, 91
Hydrometer    82
Ice 135
Ichthyobodo  33, 59, 77
Ichthyophthirius 35 - 37
Importation   118
Induced Spawning 127
Injection  61,66,106,108
IM 69
IP 61,69
IV 69, 108
Iodine 80, 101
Isoflurane 102, 103, 107
Japanese Import Disease 59, 118
Krill 126, 134 1/2
Lernea    46, 87
Liver 114
Lumber   22
Lymphocystis   64, 124
Malachite Green   99
Malathion  44, 85 -87
Methylene Blue  99, 100
Metronidazole    35
Microscopy 60,109-111,121
Mitraspora cyprini 53 
MS-222   107
Mycobacteria   49,50-53,60
Mystery Page 1341/2
Naladixic Acid 75
Necropsy   113, 115
Nitrate   12,18
Nitrifiers 129
Nitrite   12-13,17,123
Nitrobacter   12,14-15,127
Nitrofurazone  75
Nitrosomonas   12,14-15,127
Nutrition 25-26,54, 63
Oil of Cloves  102, 107
Oodinium 37 - 40
Opinions 134 1/2
Oral Cavity 73
Organophosphates25,44, 85 -87
Orogastric tube 71 - 75
Oxolinic Acid 75, 76
Oxygen   11,16,83,84,94
OxyKlear 127
Panolog 62, 101
pH   8, 13,
Pine-cone    See Dropsy
Piscicola 89
Plants    27 - 29, 79
Potassium permanganate    
64, 88 - 99, 101
Praziquantel    99
Pressure treated lumber - See Lumber
Pseudomonas   48,49
Quarantine  23 -24, 118
Quinine HCl 101
Quinaldine  107
Resources  2,3,119,132-134
Retail Losses   117 - 125
Retailers    117
Rhabdovirus 47, 65, 114
Romet Feed 62, 76
Rotenone 91
Salt 
34, 36,41, 53, 77-83
Salt Dips 100
Sand Filters 127
Saprolegnia    48,49, 90
Scoliosis    20,25, 87
Scraping   111-112
SeaTest   81
Sepsis 56
Shipping Specimens 116
Shock   17,68
Skin Scraping   111
Skin   31
Slime coat    31-32,78,84
Sodium Chloride - See Salt
Springflo 121
Starvation 72
Streptococcus   49
Stress
8,9,16,34,37, 52,54,56,58 etc etc.
Sudden Death 124
Surgery 102 - 108
Suture 105
Superbugs 127
Temperature  16,54,59,63,83
Tetracycline 75, 99
Tinctures    62, 101
Topicals    100-101
Total Alkalinity 88
Training  126
Trematodes    41 - 45
Trends   127-129
Trichlorfon - See Organophosphates & Malathion  Trichodina   40-41,121
Trimethoprim Sulfas75,100
Tripartiella    40, 121
Tuberculosis   See Mycobacteriosis
Tubing 71 - 75
Tumors    51, 57, 103
Ulcer 
47,54-55,58-63
UltraViolet Sterilizer 30,121,129
Viruses  64
Vitamin C 27, 54Weighing   65
Winter 135
Winterizing 135
Wintertime 135
YPS 80, 82
Zeigler Bros. 76, 123
Zeolites   10
 Table of Contents - Navigating the Book
 How To Use This Book & The "Ten Commandments" of Koi Keeping  5-7
 Basics of Koi Health  
 The Water Quality Parameters  8 - 13
 The Cycle - Nature's Water Quality Manager  14 - 15
 Disease Conditions Related To Living In Water  16-22
 Husbandry & Quarantine  23-25
 Nutrition and Nutritional Conditions  25-26
 Plants & Algae  27-30
 Skin Physiology  31
 Pathogens  
 Microscopic Parasites-  
Chilodinella, Costia, Epistylis, Ich, Oodinium, Flukes.		  32-45
Macroscopic Parasites - Lernea, Argulus  45 - 46
 Bacterial Invaders -
Aeromonas, Flexobacter, Pseudomonas, Mycobacteria.		  47 - 50
 Bacterial Infections - Dropsy, Bloater & Ulcer Disease  50 - 63
 Fungal Infections - Saprolegniasis - Branchiomyces  63
 Viral Infections - Lymphocystis, Carp Pox & Rhabdovirus  64 - 65
 Chemotherapy  65
 Injectables/Injection Tecbnique  66 - 70
 Oral Medications - Entubation  71 - 76
 Water Treatments- Salt, Formalin, Hydrogen Peroxide, Malathion, Copper, Potassium permanganate.  76-99
 Dips & Topicals - Trimethoprim Sulfa, Furazone Green  100 - 101
 Special Section - Anesthesia & Surgery in Koi  102 - 108
 Special Section - Microscopy - Biopsy - Autopsy  109-117
 Special Section - Tips for Koi Retail & Importation  117-125
 Special Section - Koi Behavior  126
 Special Section - Koi Trends - Industry Notes  127 - 129
 Special Section - Superbugs - Fact Or Fiction?  129-132
 Special Section - Resources - Industry Leads So Good, They Will Flat Pop Your Eyes Out  132-134
 Special Section - WINTERizing Koi  135 - 139
 INDEX - Comprehensive keyword search  140
 Appendix A - Bubble Bead Filtration  
Appendix B - NuFlor Injectable  
Appendix C - Ceftiofur and Amikacin Injectable  
Appendix D - Koi Health at Shows  
Appendix E - Same Bacteria - Different Symptoms?  
Appendix F - Treatment of Salt Resistant Costia  
 Appendix G - Important Closing Comments  

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