MonkeyMonk86
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A while ago I posted this link:
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f17/what-disease-killed-him-318636.html
I was determined to find the cause of the false julii " Ebola" looking death. Today, I spoke with my daughter in vet school and she told me it sounded just like VHS, which is most common in the wild caught and in the fisheries. After looking at the photos of fish with VHS.
https://www.google.com/search?q=fis...Ifo8AHp4IDgCg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=320&bih=470
And reading about the disease, I'm sure that VHS is the disease that was killing my "julii". The causative virus is novirhabdovirus
Vermont Fish & Wildlife
"Fish infected with VHS may exhibit minor external hemorrhaging in the form of red pin-point spots or larger patches, particularly around the head. However, some infected fish may not exhibit any external signs at all. Internally, organs often display multiple hemorrhages, particularly in the liver, spleen, intestines and swim bladder. Sick fish often appear lethargic, swim in circles, or lie motionless just below the water surface. Although not all infected fish develop the disease, they can be carriers and have the ability to spread the disease to other." ....
"The virus can persist in water in an infective state without a fish host for up to 14 days. It has also been documented that the virus is not always killed by freezing infected fish. In a hatchery or fish holding facility, transfer of the VHS virus on contaminated surfaces of gear and equipment presents a substantial hazard."...
"Healthy fish can also be infected when they eat an infected fish. Infected fish and water can easily spread the virus if they are released into a new water body. It is important that anglers, boaters and other water users do not move fish and water from one waterbody to another."
I'm posting this as a new thread b/c no one (to my knowledge) has posted about VHS and since it showed up in my newly purchased false julii, it's out there in the fish we are buying, too....
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_hemorrhagic_septicemia
"There may also be a nervous form of the disease where fish are constantly flashing and showing abnormal behaviour.[41]"
Here is a google page with more VHS links:
https://www.google.com/search?q=fis...=cAIfVMrRK-Gu8AHqlIHgBw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAA&dpr=2
Currently, (to my knowledge at this time) there is no treatment. It effects both fresh and marine fish.
(Friend of Bill W., One day at a time)
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f17/what-disease-killed-him-318636.html
I was determined to find the cause of the false julii " Ebola" looking death. Today, I spoke with my daughter in vet school and she told me it sounded just like VHS, which is most common in the wild caught and in the fisheries. After looking at the photos of fish with VHS.
https://www.google.com/search?q=fis...Ifo8AHp4IDgCg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=320&bih=470
And reading about the disease, I'm sure that VHS is the disease that was killing my "julii". The causative virus is novirhabdovirus
Vermont Fish & Wildlife
"Fish infected with VHS may exhibit minor external hemorrhaging in the form of red pin-point spots or larger patches, particularly around the head. However, some infected fish may not exhibit any external signs at all. Internally, organs often display multiple hemorrhages, particularly in the liver, spleen, intestines and swim bladder. Sick fish often appear lethargic, swim in circles, or lie motionless just below the water surface. Although not all infected fish develop the disease, they can be carriers and have the ability to spread the disease to other." ....
"The virus can persist in water in an infective state without a fish host for up to 14 days. It has also been documented that the virus is not always killed by freezing infected fish. In a hatchery or fish holding facility, transfer of the VHS virus on contaminated surfaces of gear and equipment presents a substantial hazard."...
"Healthy fish can also be infected when they eat an infected fish. Infected fish and water can easily spread the virus if they are released into a new water body. It is important that anglers, boaters and other water users do not move fish and water from one waterbody to another."
I'm posting this as a new thread b/c no one (to my knowledge) has posted about VHS and since it showed up in my newly purchased false julii, it's out there in the fish we are buying, too....
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_hemorrhagic_septicemia
"There may also be a nervous form of the disease where fish are constantly flashing and showing abnormal behaviour.[41]"
Here is a google page with more VHS links:
https://www.google.com/search?q=fis...=cAIfVMrRK-Gu8AHqlIHgBw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAA&dpr=2
Currently, (to my knowledge at this time) there is no treatment. It effects both fresh and marine fish.
(Friend of Bill W., One day at a time)