Control of fungal infections in aquaculture
AssigneeHoffmann-La Roche Inc.
InventorsDieter Hofmann, Walter Rehm
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Abstract
A method of controlling fungal infections of animals in aquaculture caused by the genus Fusarium spp. involves applying as a fungicidal or fungistatic agent a compound of formula ##STR1## wherein n signifies 0 or 1 and either X signifies oxygen and R methyl or X signifies methylene and R hydrogen, or a salt thereof to the animals in aquaculture. The invention also concerns a fungicidal or fungistatic feed usable in such method.
Claims16
A method for controlling a fungal infection in fish and crustacea caused by the genus Fusarium spp., comprising applying to the fish or crustacea a compound of the formula ##STR4## wherein n is 0 or 1 and X is oxygen and R methyl, or X is methylene and R hydrogen, or a salt thereof, its racemates, and isomers, in an amount which is effective as a fungicidal or fungistatic agent.
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