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: peter.unmack at ASU.Edu
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] NFA Breeding Program
> Date: Saturday, 14 February 1998 0:47
>
> On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Bruce Hansen wrote:
>
> > I didn't see anywhere there what precautions are being maintained to
> > prevent diseases acquired during captivity being passed on to fry and
then
> > back to the environment in those species where this as allowed to
happen.
>
> My impression is that this is handled by fisheries since all NFA fish go
> to them first for some time before they get released. I have no idea
> what kind of vetinary controls they have in place. Also too, disease
> problems in these fish in captivity are pretty rare unless they are fed a
> lot of wild caught live foods, especially during summer. The most common
> food is frozen carp fillets. Typically during warm weather feeding is
> decreased in an attempt to avoid problems 'cause this is when the fish
> are normally most environmentally stressed. This doesn't excuse
> controls/caution, but at least risks are lower.
>
> Peter