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Tuberculosis is becoming a more common disease in recent years, and is an especially serious disease. By the time symptoms appear, the goldfish has already been harboring this internal infection for some time. It is very contageous, and in some cases, it is also transmittable and dangerous to humans. A goldfish may exhibit wasting or other loss of weight for no apparent reason. A tubercular goldfish has a normal appetite, but as internal organs become damaged by the disease, the goldfish slowly loses weight to the point where the goldfish's head will appear arrow headed or too big for the body.
If a nodule forms under the goldfish's eye, it may protrude, causing pop-eye. These nodules on other parts of the body develop into ulcers.
The utmost care must be given to prevent the spread of this disease to humans or to other goldfish. Unfortunately, tuberculosis is a very difficult to treat disease, and is most often fatal.
To treat this disease we recommend; Injectible antibiotics by your veterinarian or water borne antibiotics via entubation.
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