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Over the past month, thousands of bloody and wounded dead fish have washed up on the shores of three lakes within an hour’s drive of each other in northeastern Kansas. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism has been investigating the situation and sent tissue samples to a lab to determine the cause.
“It’s been going on for so long we don’t have an accurate count,” said Doug Nygren, Fisheries Division Director for KDWPT. “The most likely suspect is the Koi Herpesvirus.”
The most dead fish have been found at Pomona Lake, outside of Vassar, Kansas, but Clinton Lake and the Hillsdale Reservoir have also been impacted. Since fish of all sizes are dying, and since only common carp are affected, KDWPT has ruled out the possibility that the die-offs are due to oxygen depletion or environmental causes.
The lab will take 2-3 weeks to test the samples before KDWPT will know whether the disease is responsible.
“There are some other diseases that they’re going to be checking for and there’s a possibility that that it may come back inconclusive and they may not have an answer for us at all,” Nygren said.
Courtesy of kansas.com
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