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Originally Posted by 23cardinal
Did they have another set back with the fungus with the long name?
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No, just being cautious for the next several years:
The hatchery traditionally raises brook, brown, and rainbow trout. Rainbow trout at the
hatchery demonstrated to be highly resistant to furunculosis. No rainbow trout showed
disease signs during the outbreak and the bacterium was never detectable in the
kidneys of these fish, despite being held downstream of affected fish. For the next
several years the hatchery will produce predominantly rainbow trout to avoid outbreaks
with the disease. This will also help to reduce bacterial numbers and to aid in
elimination of the bacterium. The stocking of predominantly rainbow trout for several
years was viewed as a positive for the fisheries program, because of angler success with
this species. It is important to note that rainbow trout are susceptible to infection, but
resistant to disease therefor they may still be carriers of the bacterium. Reintroduction
of larger numbers of brown trout will occur after a set time and may first start with
introducing brook or brown trout at the end of the system to serve as sentinels for the
bacterium. Monitoring of fish in the hatchery will also include skin and mucus
bacteriological cultures on TSA-CBB agar to determine if the bacterium is present on
asymptomatic fish.
The above from:
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/f...security15.pdf
