Quote Originally Posted by flybyferns View Post
Hi All,
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Here is some current/ additional “Red Leg Disease” info I keep in a folder on my desk top : to remind myself that --prevention is the best defense! : I am no expert !. However I believe the cause for this is still quite controversial.

Yes, the frog dies of an opportunistic bacterial infection due to a suppressed immune system. Actually a bacterial infection that results is secondary to the red leg disease. ( “ accompanies the disease” ). Identification of an exact pathogen (there is more than one that can causes the infection ) would have to be exact for successful treatment, which is rare. Aeromonas hydrophyla is actually a parasite.
Unfortunately, by the time symptoms are noticed. It has become systemic.
First of all, when quoting scientific articles like that, please add the source, otherwise it's frankly quite useless. As far as I know, a 5 year old could have wrote that. Or even worse, me!
Second of all, Aeromonas hydrophyla might be a parasite, but that does not mean it's not a bacteria. Not sure how it's relevant though?

All the information about red-leg disease I can find bascially claims that, like I said earlier, it's a name for an bacterial infection often caused by the Aeromonas genus. Now, I don't know if that's enough to call it an actually disease, symptom, syndrome or whatnot, but it sums up red-leg disease as far as I'm concerned. Just make sure the frogs are overall healthy and unstressed, and it will not likely happen to your frogs.

Lastly, I feel that we've strayed quite a lot from the topic. I feel that if we should continue this discussion, it should be done in a new topic(or continued via PM).
Also, I THINK it's safe to say that the frog in the OP did not die from red-leg disease. But once again, I am no vet.