KHV in Texas

[luke frisbee]

Don't know how real this is but it was sent to me by someone that i trust:

First Report of Koi herpesvirus in Texas. G. M. Southard and L.T. Fries

Koi herpesvirus (KHV) was detected in a common carp, _Cyprinus
carpio_, collected from a fish kill during May 2006 at Twin Buttes
Reservoir near San Angelo, Texas. Also known as carp nephritis and
gill necrosis virus (CNGV), KHV is highly contagious, infects both
common carp and ornamental koi carp, and can result in high mortality rates.

Biologists from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)
investigated the kill and estimated 500 dead common carp along a 1-km
segment of shoreline, which converts to thousands of dead fish in the
reservoir. Surface water temperature was 22C and dissolved oxygen
measured 9.2 mg/L. One moribund fish was collected and shipped to
the Southeastern Cooperative Fish Disease Project at Auburn
University where KHV DNA was detected using the polymerase chain
reaction (PCR). A concomitant _Flavobacterium columnare_ infection
was also observed, and it is unclear what role the virus played in
the fish kill. This is the 1st known report of KHV in the state, and
the virus has the potential to affect wild populations as well as
TPWD hatcheries, which use koi carp as a forage for some species of
captive brood stock.

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Greg Southard
Fish Health Inspector (AFS-FHS)
Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.
A. E. Wood Laboratory
San Marcos, Texas 78666 USA
<greg.southard@tpwd.state.tx.us>

[luke frisbee]

BTW that is a few hundred miles from brett, so no worry there.

[mitten]

Or, plenty of worry there for some of Fishkeeper's livelihood. See the last line? Hopefully this doesn't take away feed and bait sales that Brett counts on. (Yes, kids, the big bad man sells cute little fishies for big fish to eat.) Betcha it ends up giving him more rules to live by. That should cheer him up.

Mickey the windowman