SPRING VIREMIA OF CARP

Authors

Winfried Ahne, Institut fur Zoologie und Hydrobiologie
Ken Wolf, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Date of this Version

1977

Comments

Published in FISH DISEASE LEAFLET 51 2-11 (1977)

Abstract

Dating back nearly SO years and possibly even to the Middle Ages, European pond culture of carp (Cyprinus carpio) and perhaps other cyprinid fishes has been plagued with a contagious disease of great importance. Variously known as infectious dropsy, infectious ascites, hemorrhagic septicemia, or rubella, the disease is probably the most serious cause of losses among these fishes; nearly sao reports have been published on the subject.