Then I guess it depends how stressed they were and how long it took to
batter their way through from breeder to wholesaler and holding before
shipping out.
Regards,
Bruce.
Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
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> From: Adrian R. Tappin <atappin at ecn.net.au>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] Disease
> Date: Tuesday, 10 February 1998 5:46
>
> At 19:22 8/02/98 -0500, Denise wrote:
> >Yes, DVM is Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and I work for a tropical fish
> >wholesaler in the U.S.
> >
> >_Mycobacterium_ is widely spread here too among many tropical fishes and
> >others. There was an incident last summer in which a red drum
re-stocking
> >program had a small percentage of fish infected with mycobacteriosis.
The
> >media had a field day intimating that there was a significant chance for
> >human infection from such a disease. Not that it can't happen, for it
can,
> >though the zoonotic potential is quite low. Those of us in the business
now
> >use the term nontuberculous mycobacteriosis instead of "fish TB."
>
> All live fish coming into Australia have to go through a 2 week
quarantine
> period. However according to a reliable source many of these fish are
coming
> out of these quarantine establishments grossly infected with
mycobacteria. A
> percentage of them die in the retailers tanks and the rest are sold to
the
> unsuspecting public. I would hazard a guess that if samples were taken
from
> retail pet stores that most of them would return a positive test for
> mycobacteria.
>
> Adrian.
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