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		Management of Hexamita in Ornamental Cichlids
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		Recipe for gelatinized food which can be used to deliver oral medication to ornamental fish. Ingredients: 6 oz Can of shrimp 2 oz Frozen spinach 1 oz Grated carrots 3 tbsp Baby cereal (dry) 2 tbsp Brewer's yeast 2 oz Unflavored gelatin 15 oz Water Optional ingredient: 1 tsp Liquid vitamins Procedure: Blend 5 oz of water with shrimp, spinach, carrots, baby cereal, brewer's yeast and vitamins. Boil remaining 10 oz of water. Add boiling water to gelatin in a bowl. Cool until gelatin mixture is hot but doesn't burn. Add contents of blender to partially cooled gelatin mixture, mix thoroughly. Add medication to cooled mixture. Pour into flat pan and refrigerate. Cut gelatinized mixture into cubes for feeding and store in freezer. -------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes 1. This document is VM 67, one of a series of the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Printed January 1994. Please visit the FAIRS Web site at http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu. 2. Ruth Francis-Floyd, assistant professor of aquaculture and fisheries; Peggy Reed, biological scientist; Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences and Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture; Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611. -------------------------------------------------------- The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function without regard to race color, sex, age, handicap, or national origin. For information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension Service office. Florida Cooperative Extension Service / Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences / University of Florida / Christine Taylor Waddill, Dean -------------------------------------------------------- Copyright Information This document is copyrighted by the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) for the people of the State of Florida. UF/IFAS retains all rights under all conventions, but permits free reproduction by all agents and offices of the Cooperative Extension Service and the people of the State of Florida. Permission is granted to others to use these materials in part or in full for educational purposes, provided that full credit is given to the UF/IFAS, citing the publication, its source, and date of publication. SimplyDiscus.com gratefully thanks the Florida Cooperative Extension Service for permission to use this article. Please visit them at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/

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