SE Michigan - Fish from area lakes show no signs of virus

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SE Michigan - Fish from area lakes show no signs of virus

Post by Hamilton Reef » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:08 pm

Fish from area lakes show no signs of virus

The results of tests on fish pulled from area lakes are in and none indicated the presence of viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), a good sign for the county's inland lake waters.

Although Bud Lake has been confirmed to have fish infected with VHS, recent tests on the lake's fish came back negative. "I don't know what those results mean," Francis said. "We still classify it as a positive lake because the disease may still be present at very low levels, so we want to take precautions to make sure we don't spread the disease.

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