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0 Replies | 1,496 Views | | Progress on Vaccine for 'Ich,' Bane of Fish Farms and Home Aquarium Hobbyists | |
Aug 27, 2010 - 8:48 AM - by Frankie | 
ScienceDaily (Aug. 26, 2010) — Tests of the potential vaccine against "Ich" ― the dreaded "white-spot" disease that plagues fish in commercial fish farms, public aquariums, pet fish retail outlets, and home aquariums ― are raising hopes for finally controlling the disease, scientists reported at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
"Outbreaks of the parasitic disease caused by Ichthyophthirius (Ich) can result in losses of 50-100 percent of fish," Dehai Xu, Ph.D., said in presenting the results. "The disease is very common, and almost every home fish hobbyist has encountered it. Once the parasite infects fish, and starts growing in the skin, fins, and gills, there is no really effective treatment. Ich causes losses estimated at $50 million annually. It would be much better to prevent the disease."
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Progress on vaccine for 'Ich,' bane of fish farms and home aquarium hobbyists | |
6 Replies | 138 Views | | Do your civic duty: Eat this fish! | |
Aug 12, 2010 - 2:05 PM - by Frankie |
Article provided by: smkndrgn142 
The federal government has thrown its weight behind plans to field a novel weapon – the American appetite – in a bid to halt the spread of the voracious and invasive lionfish.
Like Tribbles proliferating in the holds of the Starship Enterprise, lionfish have spread throughout the Caribbean and along the Atlantic Coast in recent years, most recently invading critical reef habitat off the Florida Keys.
The non-native fish, with their "manes" of venom-tipped spines, have no natural predators in these waters. They eat indiscriminately — consuming some 56 species of fish and many invertebrate species — and reproduce rapidly.
For more: Do your civic duty: Eat this fish! - U.S. news - Environment - msnbc.com | |
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