Aquatic Animal Health
Aquatic Animal Health
The fish disease program 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.
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Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) - FHP
Fish Diseases - Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD)
Koi (Cyprinus carpio koi) - FHP
Species Studied - Koi ( Cyprinus carpio koi)
Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) - FHP
Species Studied - Yellow Perch ( Perca flavescens)
Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Species Studied - Chinook Salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Histopathology of Selected Parasitic Salmonid Diseases: A Color Atlas
A collection of 77 photomicrographs compiled by the late William T. Yasutake, USGS Western Fisheries Research Center, Scientist Emeritus. Individual plates may be downloaded below.
Partners
For more than five decades the WFRC has worked with partners to provide research findings to managers of aquatic resources. Those partners form a network of clients, colleagues, co-investigators, and customers. Our partners include numerous clients in other DOI agencies such as the FWS, the BOR, and the NPS. But there is much more--we have partners in other federal agencies, state agencies, and...