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A useful summary of the range and life-cycles of the important metazoan ectoparasites of finfish was provided by Southgate (1993). A majority of them are treated with formalin or sodium chloride and virtually the only ones for which specific drug regimens have been developed are the sea-lice, which despite their name are not insects but copepods. The important species are Lepeophtheirus salmonis, the salmon louse, and the related Caligus spp. Another group of copepods, the freshwater fish lice, Argulus spp., which includes the carp louse, can be controlled by the same range of parasiticides with the exception of hydrogen peroxide. The active ingredients of these drugs are for the most part insecticides.
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Treves-Brown, K.M. (2000). Ectoparasiticides. In: Applied Fish Pharmacology. Aquaculture, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0761-9_14
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