Carp herpes virus is suspect in recent carp die-off at Pickerel Lake

  • A mass carp die off on Pickerel Lake in July prompted a Game, Fish & Parks investigation to the suspected cause. Carp herpies is the likely culprit, which is specific to Carp fish and is not the same as transferable herpies in humans. Reporter & Farmer \\ file photo
    A mass carp die off on Pickerel Lake in July prompted a Game, Fish & Parks investigation to the suspected cause. Carp herpies is the likely culprit, which is specific to Carp fish and is not the same as transferable herpies in humans. Reporter & Farmer \\ file photo
    With a recent major die-off of carp in Pickerel Lake, a disease known as Koi herpes-virus (KHV) is the suspected culprit.Todd Kaufman, fisheries biologist for South Dakota Department of Game Fish & Parks (GFP) in northeast South Dakota said though KHV has not been confirmed in wild common carp populations in northeast South Dakota, it is suspected in several common carp die offs in r...

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