KHV at Momotaro

[dick benbow]

Many years ago in the pacific Northwest, A hamburger chain had a run in with E-coli bacteria. The news media covered the case in great detail because it involved a child.

In conversations with a county worker involved, I said that i imagined this would end this chain and how sad etc. That everyone else would go elsewhere. He voluntered he would eat at this place, which surprised me and I asked why. And he said you should see all the cautions they have in place, I can't imagine this ever happening again.

Today this chain is highly sucessful.

I offer this so that our viewers may have a better prospective on the situation.

[Koiphenator]

Sad to be sure.


http://www.momotaro-koi.org/english/
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[Nancy M.]

KHV Information from Momotaro Koi Farm
We are sad to report that our farm, Momotaro Koi Farm, has been infected by KHV. We would like to apologize to all of our dealers and customers who have been inconvenienced by this setback. We know that this news will sadden many people from all over the world who look forward to visiting our farm and caring for our koi.
Throughout the year we have had monthly KHV tests on random koi from our farm done by the Okayama Prefecture Ministry of Fisheries. These check-ups are a law in Okayama Prefecture. Throughout this spring and summer we did not experience koi health problems different from past years. We first experienced signs of a problem with our September Auction Nisai on Sunday October 2. After trying many different medications and treatments we decided that a KHV test was necessary. On Wednesday October 5th, a PCR test showed that these Nisai were indeed infected with KHV.
After the auction many koi were bowled and photographed by koi dealers from all over the world and Japan for their websites and individual customers. During this time, nets and koi bowls were mixed without discretion by many people including our staff. At that time, no koi had any external, discernable problems. It is our fault that these koi were put at such risk.
In the days following the auction, many koi were moved in and out of the auction house ponds. None were mixed directly with customer’s koi, but all ponds could have had possible contaminations with nets, sock nets, or water splashing. Some Tosai were moved out of this house after culling for future growing in another koi house. Within the same infected house, some Nisai were retained and moved elsewhere to be grown and sold in the future.
Since our first positive KHV test we have also found KHV in 2 other koi houses. We are continuing tests everyday as well as manipulating water temperatures to try to bring out any KHV infected koi. Today, the Prefectural Ministry of Fisheries came here for a second time to assess the situation and suggest action. We are beginning to euthanize all koi in infected koi houses, and will continue to euthanize koi until we are satisfied that our farm and facilities are 100% KHV free. We are working with the authorities to ensure all proper methods are followed.
KHV is a problem that the whole koi world needs to know about. We will continue to test our koi, clean our facilities, and support our koi dealers during these difficult times. We are unsure of when or how we were infected, as it is very difficult for a large farm like ours to pinpoint the initiator of a virus like this, but we do have a few ideas. Our main focus now is preventing further spread and doing proper cleanup. We will give more updates as things progress in the following weeks.
Again, we would like to express our deepest regrets that this has happened. Our greatest satisfaction to making people happy with our koi, and unfortunately this malady will temporarily disallow us from doing that. Please look forward to a great future with beautiful, healthy Momotaro koi.

[allWet]

A sad situation to be sure, but one they will surely overcome.

[aquitori]

Have to give them props, they came out before rumors started to fly...

[luke frisbee]

Quote: Originally Posted by dick benbow Many years ago in the pacific Northwest, A hamburger chain had a run in with E-coli bacteria. The news media covered the case in great detail because it involved a child. In conversations with a county worker involved, I said that i imagined this would end this chain and how sad etc. That everyone else would go elsewhere. He voluntered he would eat at this place, which surprised me and I asked why. And he said you should see all the cautions they have in place, I can't imagine this ever happening again. Today this chain is highly sucessful. I offer this so that our viewers may have a better prospective on the situation.

Dick post #25..and my first post on this thread dealing with the quality of a person isn't if he has bad events in his life but how he handles those events

[111whalen]

I guess we all need reminders:isolate new fish, be careful where you buy, BE HONEST ABOUT DISEASE PROBLEMS, support AKCA work as well as those of the Japenese, watch your pond carefully, talk with many people...What did I forget? I hope we get a handle on this or we are all in for lots of disappointment. I hope all the koi dealers and breeders in Japan the best.

Mark

[aquitori]

As of now do we know which green house were affected?

[luke frisbee]

the words nissai and auction house have been mentioned if that helps....

[cocoyboy]

I too send my deepest regrets for the Momotaro company, and hope that this episode becomes resolved soon. I am in hopes for a nisai Momotaro kohaku myself. I also pray that no one here in the states gets infected by this poisen. I can't imagine loosing all my fish to this disease! Even though it does, the love of the hobby is way too overpowering to quit. These trials and trivalations happen in other forms besides KHV, and is another hands on trainning for this hobby. I am still new to this sport, but I can see that QT is an important step before introduction of your new addition. I will make my contribution to help research KHV, in hopes someday we can come up with a remedy to this.

Peace