VHS Not Spreading
State officials in Wisconsin have so far not found VHS in most of Wisconsin's thousands of waterways, after it was found for the first time this spring. The hemorrhagic septicemia virus, or VHS, was found in fish from the Lake Winnebago system in east central Wisconsin. State officials later found the virus in Lake Michigan.
Officials from the Department of Natural Resources said that they haven't detected VHS anywhere else. They have responded to or investigated 78 fish deaths and tested fish from around the state. The majority of fish deaths are from something other than VHS. The state Natural Resources Board passed emergency rules on the Lake Winnebago System and Lake Michigan aimed at halting the spread of the virus.
June 12, 2007 7:06 AM | Category: Fish