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Posts: 1245 Location: Madtown, WI | OK, the attached pic is a zoom in on Brads 46 incher from my other post. I have seen these type soars before, and I think there was a post on it some time ago but I can't remember what the cause was and how bad is it for the muskie?? Any one know?? Cory Attachments ----------------  muskie warts.JPG (4KB - 102 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 1764 Location: Ogden, Ut | Cory, It is likely Lymphocystis, but it would take a tissue sample and subsequent observation by a trained fish pathologist to confirm that. Here's what the Introduction to Fish Health Management book has to say about it: Lymphocystis is a chronic viral disease of fish that is seldom fatal. The virus attacks the connective tissue cells of the host, stimulating these cells to undergo rapid and abnormal growth. Infected cells often exhibit 50,000 - 100,000 fold increases in size. The virus is easily transmitted between fish of different species. There is general agreement that the lesions are persistent and commonly remain for several months or up to a year or more. After this time the fish recover with few, if any, lasting effects of the disease. On the other hand, if it's the early stages of Esocid Lymphosarcoma, that's usually terminal. But from the pictures that I can find of that, it's usually one big tumor that metastesizes (sp) rather than a bunch of small ones. It could be lots of things, but it's probably not rabies  Kent | ||
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