Fish & Wildlife Disease: Wild Fish Diseases Active
USGS fish disease research is focused on developing advanced tools for rapid disease detection and control. USGS scientists are improving our understanding of the factors controlling the epidemiology of aquatic animal diseases and the impact of disease on wild fish populations. Our scientists are also investigating the effects of warming waters, drought, and invasive species on fish disease dynamics.
Wild Fish Disease Research
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Recent publications (2020-2022) related to USGS fish disease research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS fish disease publications is available from the button below.
Long-term shedding from fully convalesced individuals indicates that Pacific herring are a reservoir for viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus
Differential susceptibility of Yukon River and Salish Sea stocks of Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha to ichthyophoniasis
Virulence and infectivity of UC, MD and L strains of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) in four populations of Columbia River Basin Chinook salmon
Exploration of the 2016 Yellowstone River fish kill and proliferative kidney disease in wild fish populations
Phylogeographic genetic diversity in the white sucker hepatitis B Virus across the Great Lakes Region and Alberta, Canada
Development of a suite of functional immune assays and initial assessment of their utility in wild smallmouth bass health assessments
Pacific herring Clupea pallasii are not susceptible to vibriosis from Vibrio anguillarum or V. ordalii under laboratory conditions
Comparison of anadromous and landlocked Atlantic salmon genomes reveals signatures of parallel and relaxed selection across the northern hemisphere
Mass mortality in freshwater mussels (Actinonaias pectorosa) in the Clinch River, USA, linked to a novel densovirus
A fishery after the decline: The Susquehanna River Smallmouth Bass story
Possible control of acute outbreaks of a marine fungal pathogen by nominally herbivorous tropical reef fish
Climate’s cascading effects on disease, predation, and hatching success in Anaxyrus canorus, the threatened Yosemite toad
USGS fish disease research is focused on developing advanced tools for rapid disease detection and control. USGS scientists are improving our understanding of the factors controlling the epidemiology of aquatic animal diseases and the impact of disease on wild fish populations. Our scientists are also investigating the effects of warming waters, drought, and invasive species on fish disease dynamics.
Wild Fish Disease Research
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Recent publications (2020-2022) related to USGS fish disease research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS fish disease publications is available from the button below.