Negative effects of malachite green and possibilities of its replacement in the treatment of fish eggs and fish: a review

E. Sudova, J. Machova, Z. Svobodova and T. Vesely
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E. Sudova: University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Vodnany, Czech Republic
J. Machova: University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Vodnany, Czech Republic
Z. Svobodova: University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Vodnany, Czech Republic
T. Vesely: Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic

Veterinární medicína, 2007, vol. 52, issue 12, 527-539

Abstract: Malachite green has been used as an effective compound to control external fungal and protozoan infections of fish since 1933 but it has never been registered as a veterinary drug for use in food fish because of its potential carcinogenicity, mutagenicity and teratogenicity in mammals. The present paper reviews negative side-effects of malachite green including its accumulation and persistence in fish that have been treated and describes other alternative substances for the treatment of fish and fish eggs.

Keywords: malachite green; fish baths; toxicity; accumulation; residues in fish; aquatic environment; protozoan ectoparasites; fungal infections (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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