Windrow composting as an effective method to dispose of large numbers of fish
Biological Information and Technology Notes
98-013
99-032/FH/AE/LSC
By: L.C.I. Tabb, C. E. Starliper, E. B. Shotts Jr., J. Everson, and A.W. Palmisano
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Abstract
During July 1998, at the USGS Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, West Virginia, an epizootic occurred in 16-month-old Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). The cause ofmortality was diagnosed as furunculosis, a serious disease in salmonid fishes caused by the bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida. The fish were being maintained as part ofongoing research and were held in uncovered 30-m-Iong concrete raceways, each supplied with about 757 L per minute of 12 ?C pathogen-free spring water. The means by which the fish became infected could not be determined, and there was no recent history offurunculosis in the hatchery system.
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Tabb, L., Starliper, C.E., Shotts, E.B., Everson, J., and Palmisano, A., 1998, Windrow composting as an effective method to dispose of large numbers of fish: Biological Information and Technology Notes 98-013, 3 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/a98013.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Unnumbered Series |
| Title | Windrow composting as an effective method to dispose of large numbers of fish |
| Series title | Biological Information and Technology Notes |
| Series number | 98-013 |
| DOI | 10.3133/a98013 |
| Year Published | 1998 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division |
| Contributing office(s) | Leetown Science Center |
| Description | 3 p. |