Tuesday, 21 July 2020

PRO/AH/EDR> Lactococcus garvieae - USA: (CA) emerging fish pathogen

Other Animal Disease -- United States
California will kill 3.2 million trout to stop the outbreak of a bacterial infection threatening hatcheries, wildlife officials said Monday [20 Jul 2020].
The trout, which are used to stock waterways for recreational fishing, are in 2 hatcheries in the Owens Valley in the eastern Sierra and one hatchery in the Mojave Desert city of Victorville, northeast of Los Angeles.
Fish at the hatcheries have been infected with _Lactococcus garvieae_, which is similar to streptococcus, wildlife

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7598471&promed&0

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