[Coral-List] report on treatment that stops SCTLD disease in Pillar Coral

Douglas Fenner douglasfennertassi at gmail.com
Wed Oct 27 21:03:18 UTC 2021


Yes, the report I pointed to was about how they had rescued pieces of
pillar coral colonies, and where they were infected used antibiotic paste
to stop the infection from killing them.  It sounded like they used the
antibiotics in the paste to concentrate it on the diseased coral and hold
it there instead of having it diffuse off into the water.  That should
limit the amount in the water.  And it was just in the aquarium.
Cheers, Doug

On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 3:12 AM KEVEN REED <reedkc at comcast.net> wrote:

> Dear Doug & Coral-listers,
>
> Since widespread use or overuse of antibiotics has led to bacterial
> resistance (mutation) in human hosts, I wonder if NOAA's team working in
> this arena intends for the purposeful use of anti-bacterial agents to be
> deployed more in the aquarium setting (rescued coral colonies "hospital
> rehabilitation") or broadly on our stony coral reefs?
>
> I saw that Cheryl Woodley was listed as POC on your link and hope she or
> others in her coral pathogens research group, or perhaps some of the
> speakers from the veterinarian sponsored (Davis-Thompson DVM Foundation)
> Coral Diseases virtual conference from February of this year, as well as
> the many other Zoom meetings we've all been attending, might inform all
> coral-listers about the considerations brain-stormed before applying
> anti-bacterial medicines broadly in the near shore marine environment.
>
> Respectfully,
> Keven
>
> Keven Reed, O.D.
> mobile: 904-505-7277
> Fleming Island, FL 32003
>
> > On 10/26/2021 7:02 PM Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I just spotted this:
> >
> > Researchers stop tissue loss disease in rescued Pillar Coral
> >
> > The page includes a short video, text (which is so light it was hard for
> me
> > to read), and a link to the report which can be downloaded
> >
> >
> https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/researchers-stop-tissue-loss-disease-in-rescued-pillar-coral-video/
> >
> > Hint: they used antibiotics
> > Cheers, Doug
> >
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