{"topic_id":"exotic_husbandry_fish_quarantine","category":"exotic-pet-husbandry","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_husbandry_fish_quarantine\ncategory: exotic-pet-husbandry\ntitle: \"Fish quarantine — 30-day minimum; dedicated equipment\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Fish husbandry/environment\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/fish.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 49\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Fish quarantine — 30-day minimum; dedicated equipment\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/fish\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-29\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Fish quarantine — 30-day minimum; dedicated equipment\n\nThe text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source (Merck Veterinary Manual).\n\n> Quarantine is strongly recommended for pet fish and certainly for animals intended for display in public aquaria. A 30-day period is the minimum time for quarantine, but longer periods may be necessary. Quarantined animals should be handled only when contact with all other animals is finished for the day.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/fish.txt` (first-hand professional veterinary reference, tag-stripped).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Quarantine is strongly recommended for pet fish and certainly for animals intended for display in public aquaria. A 30-day period is the minimum time for quarantine, but longer periods may be necessary. Quarantined animals should be handled only when contact with all other animals is finished for the day.`\n","sources":["exotic-pet-husbandry — Fish quarantine — 30-day minimum; dedicated equipment (retrieved 2026-07-29)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-husbandry","title":"Fish quarantine — 30-day minimum; dedicated equipment","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/fish","retrieved":"2026-07-29","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/fish.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/fish.txt","tokens_estimated":49,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}