Aquatic Animal Health

The fish disease program at the WFRC includes a mix of basic and applied science focused on understanding the factors that control the distribution and severity of infectious diseases affecting both hatchery and wild fish. Aquatic health research includes work in virology, bacteriology, immunology, histology, molecular biology/genetics, fish pathogen ecology, epidemiology, and evolution, and genetics. We continue to develop methods and tools to understand the spread of disease in fish and help inform managers.

Browse Aquatic Animal Health science related to:

• Anadromous Fish

• Anthropogenic Effects

• Bacteriology

• Disease Data and Information Management

• Disease Investigation

• Disease Risk Assessment

• Disease Surveillance

• Early Detection Rapid Response

• Ecological Stressors

• Ecosystems

• Environmental Monitoring

• Epidemiology

• Evaluation of Disease Control Efforts

• Fish

• Fish Ecology

• Fish Health and Disease

• Genetics and Genomics

• Histology

• Immunology

• Marine Fish Health

• Microbiology

• Molecular Biology

• Parasitology

• Pathogen Discovery

• Pathogenesis

• Population Dynamics

• Predictive Modeling

• Quantitative Modeling

• Threatened and Endangered Species

• Virology

Filter Total Items: 44

Topics(topics)

Topics

Date published: July 18, 2018

Status: Active

Erythrocytic Necrosis Virus (ENV) - MMFS

Fish Virus

Erythrocytic Necrosis Virus (ENV)

Contacts: Paul Hershberger, Ph.D.

Attribution: Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest, Western Fisheries Research Center, Marrowstone Marine Field Station (MMFS)

Date published: July 17, 2018

Status: Active

Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - MMFS

Species Studied

Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Contacts: Paul Hershberger, Ph.D.

Attribution: Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest, Western Fisheries Research Center, Marrowstone Marine Field Station (MMFS)

Date published: July 17, 2018

Status: Active

Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) - MMFS

Species Studied

Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii)

Contacts: Paul Hershberger, Ph.D.

Attribution: Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest, Western Fisheries Research Center, Marrowstone Marine Field Station (MMFS)

Date published: July 17, 2018

Status: Active

Pacific Halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) - MMFS

Species Studied

Pacific Halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)

Contacts: Paul Hershberger, Ph.D.

Attribution: Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest, Western Fisheries Research Center, Marrowstone Marine Field Station (MMFS)

Date published: July 12, 2018

Status: Active

Research on Emerging Viruses of Salmonids - FHP

At the request of the State of Washington, the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Western Fisheries Research Center has been providing technical advice and conducting research regarding the emergence of IHNV in the watersheds of coastal Washington State.

Contacts: Maureen K Purcell, Ph.D.

Attribution: Ecosystems, Fish & Wildlife Disease, Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest, Western Fisheries Research Center, Fish Health Program (FHP)

Date published: July 12, 2018

Status: Active

Reference Laboratory Service - FHP

The Fish Health Section provides reference laboratory services to identify viral pathogens submitted by staff from the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) fish health laboratory.

Contacts: Gael Kurath, Ph.D.

Attribution: Ecosystems, Fish & Wildlife Disease, Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest, Western Fisheries Research Center, Fish Health Program (FHP)

Date published: July 12, 2018

Status: Active

Emerging Viruses - FHP

Fish Diseases

Emerging Viruses

Contacts: Maureen K Purcell, Ph.D., Gael Kurath, Ph.D.

Attribution: Ecosystems, Fish & Wildlife Disease, Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest, Western Fisheries Research Center, Fish Health Program (FHP), Marrowstone Marine Field Station (MMFS)

Date published: July 12, 2018

Status: Active

Nucleospora Salmonis - FHP

Fish Diseases

Nucleospora Salmonis

Contacts: Maureen K Purcell, Ph.D.

Attribution: Ecosystems, Fish & Wildlife Disease, Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest, Western Fisheries Research Center, Fish Health Program (FHP)

Date published: July 12, 2018

Status: Completed

Whirling Disease - FHP

Fish Diseases

Whirling Disease

Contacts: Maureen K Purcell, Ph.D.

Attribution: Ecosystems, Fish & Wildlife Disease, Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest, Western Fisheries Research Center, Fish Health Program (FHP)

Date published: July 12, 2018

Status: Active

Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) - FHP

Fish Diseases

Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS)

Contacts: Gael Kurath, Ph.D.

Attribution: Ecosystems, Fish & Wildlife Disease, Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest, Western Fisheries Research Center, Fish Health Program (FHP), Marrowstone Marine Field Station (MMFS)

Date published: July 12, 2018

Status: Active

Spring Viremia of Carp (SVC) - FHP

Fish Diseases

Spring Viremia of Carp (SVC)

Contacts: Gael Kurath, Ph.D., Eveline (Evi) Emmenegger

Attribution: Ecosystems, Fish & Wildlife Disease, Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest, Western Fisheries Research Center, Fish Health Program (FHP)

Date published: July 12, 2018

Status: Active

Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis (IHN) - FHP

Fish Diseases

Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis (IHN)

Contacts: Gael Kurath, Ph.D.

Attribution: Ecosystems, Fish & Wildlife Disease, Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest, Western Fisheries Research Center, Fish Health Program (FHP)