Fish and Aquatic Organism Health
USGS research investigates pathogens and other environmental factors that affect aquatic organism health to support the management, conservation, and restoration of aquatic species. Aquatic organism health is one of the Fisheries: Aquatic and Endangered Resources(FAER) program's research goals.
Human Dimensions
National Fish Health Laboratories
Aquatic Ecosystem Stressors
- Comparison of the Bacterial Flora and Parasite Infestations of Healthy and Diseased Imperiled Freshwater Mussels from Seasonal Mussel Dieoffs in the Tennessee River (White wartyback pearly mussel) (LSC)
- Diseases of Coral and Coral Reef Fishes (Algae, Anemones, Bivalves, Coral, Echinoderms, Fireworms, Mollusks, Pathogenic microbes, Plants, Protists, Tunicates, Snails, Sponges) (LSC)
Detection, Transmission, and Immunology
Aquatic Animal Drugs and Treatments
- Disease Model (Channel catfish, Flavobacterium columnare/Columnaris disease, Rainbow trout, Walleye, Yellow perch) (UMESC)
- Hydrogen Peroxide (Channel catfish, Finfish, Flavobacterium branchiophilum, Flavobacterium columnare, Salmonines, Saprolegniasis)
(UMESC)
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Microscopic whirling disease parasite Myxobolus cerebralis
In the Spotlight
First New Waterborne Aquaculture Drug in 20 Years Approved: Twelve years of rigorous research by USGS scientists helped lead to the approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the first waterborne drug for fish diseases in more than 20 years ...more
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Detection of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus.
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Recently the USGS released a national database that reports on endocrine and reproductive conditions in two species of fish. This is the first national database of endocrine information for fish collected in U.S. streams and rivers. The information in the report provides a vital national basis for comparison that will be used by scientists studying endocrine disruption at sites across the country. The database includes information on sex steroid hormones, vitellogenin - an egg protein that indicates exposure to estrogenic substances when found in male fish - and reproductive stage for common carp and largemouth bass. Data summaries are provided by reproductive season across a wide geographic scale. Check out the database, or contact Steve Goodbred.
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