[env-trinity] Fw: Sick chinook in upper KR

[Tom Stokely]

Folks,

Scott Foott is the guru of fish pathology for the US Fish and Wildlife
Service.  This is his report on what they've found in dead juvenile Chinook
from the Klamath River.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Scott_Foott at r1.fws.gov>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 10:17 AM
Subject: Sick chinook in upper KR


> Eight histological samples of moribund juvenile Chinook , collected near
> Kinsman Creek (Klamath R.) in mid-May,  were submitted by the Arcata FWO
to
> the Fish Health Center last week.  Examination of the tissues show that
> ceratomyxosis and kidney disease caused by Parvicapusla were prevalent in
> over half of the samples.  The Center is currently performing a health
> monitoring project in the lower Klamath River.  Please contact me or Ken
> Nichols with any questions.
>
> J. Scott Foott
> U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
> CA-NV Fish Health Center
> 24411 Coleman Hatchery Road , Anderson CA 96007
> Phone  530-365-4271      Scott_Foott at fws.gov
> Fax       530-365-7150
>
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