“Disease Control Tools”, “Disease Ecology”, “Disease Surveillance”, and “Environmental Health”
“Disease Control Tools”, “Disease Ecology”, “Disease Surveillance”, and “Environmental Health”
Aquatic Animal Health Research
Specialized freshwater and marine biocontainment laboratories
Specialized freshwater and marine biocontainment laboratories
Peer reviewed and published science
Peer reviewed and published science
Fish Health Program (FHP)
The Fish Health Program conducts science focused on understanding the control, distribution and severity of infectious diseases affecting hatchery and wild fish. Our research projects are national and international in scope but have a major focus on fish health issues in the western landscapes of the Columbia River, Puget Sound and Klamath Basin.
Tribal Collaborations
Tribal Collaborations
The Fish Health Program has a strong commitment to respond to requests for research and technical support from Tribal fisheries agencies.
News
Institutional Biosafety Committee Meeting - April 22, 2024
Institutional Biosafety Committee Meeting - April 22, 2024
Something Fishy from the Western Fisheries Research Center – Winter 2023
Something Fishy from the Western Fisheries Research Center – Winter 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Paul Hershberger for Winning this Issue’s Photo Contest!
Congratulations to Dr. Paul Hershberger for Winning this Issue’s Photo Contest!
Publications
A new sturgeon herpesvirus from juvenile Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens displaying epithelial skin lesions
Herpesvirus infections of sturgeon pose a potential threat to sturgeon culture efforts worldwide. A new epitheliotropic herpesvirus named Acipenser herpesvirus 3 (AciHV-3) was detected in hatchery-reared Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens displaying skin lesions in central Canada. The growths were discovered in the fall, reached average prevalence levels of 0.2–40% and eventually...
Tire-derived transformation product 6PPD-quinone induces mortality and transcriptionally disrupts vascular permeability pathways in developing coho salmon
Urban stormwater runoff frequently contains the car tire transformation product 6PPD-quinone, which is highly toxic to juvenile and adult coho salmon (Onchorychus kisutch). However, it is currently unclear if embryonic stages are impacted. We addressed this by exposing developing coho salmon embryos starting at the eyed stage to three concentrations of 6PPD-quinone twice weekly until...
Susceptibility of Pallid Sturgeon to viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus genotype IVb
ObjectiveViral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) is an aquatic rhabdovirus causing severe disease in freshwater and saltwater fish species. The susceptibility of endangered Pallid Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus to VHSV genotype IVb (VHSV-IVb) infection was investigated.MethodsAn in vitro assessment using two Pallid Sturgeon cell lines derived from skin and spleen tissue and in vivo...
Science
Partners - FHP
For more than five decades the WFRC Fish Health Program has worked with partners to provide research findings to managers of aquatic resources. Those partners form a network of colleagues, co-investigators, and customers. Our partners include Department of the Interior bureaus, tribal and state fisheries agencies, other federal partners and the private sector.
Fish Health Program Lead Scientists and Areas of Expertise
Lead Scientists - Expertise
Species Studied by the Fish Health Program
List of species studied by the Fish Health Program. These species include bacteria, fish, parasites, and viruses. The list contains both common and scientific names. Descriptions of species and studies can be found under the "Related Science" tab.