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

Other Animal Disease -- United StatesCalifornia 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, Read more [...]