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Lake Michigan Has Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Disease
Trout from Lake Michigan likely VHS positive
May 24, 2007
Mike Staggs, (608) 267-0796
MADISON – A brown trout that died in Lake Michigan and washed ashore near the Kewaunee/ Algoma area has preliminarily tested positive for viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS, a new fish disease that was found earlier this month in fish from the Lake Winnebago System.
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/news/r...kup.asp?id=562
Infected Trout from NY
Rainbow Trout
FYI this is interesting --> Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) is historically a disease of farmed rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in fresh water in continental Europe.
Rainbow Trout with Swollen Stomaches and PopEye
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