When rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (mean weight, 4.3 g ) were injected with 100 p1 of anti-infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) rainbow trout immune serum (IHNV neutralizing titer 640) immediately following waterborne exposure to 10' plaque-forming units ml-' of IHNV, relative protection was 91 'X compared to fish injected with normal serum (titer < 20). Fish injected with immune ...

Proliferative kidney disease (PKD) is an emerging disease threatening wild salmonid populations. In temperature-controlled aquaria, PKD can cause mortality rates of up to 85% in rainbow trout. So far, no data about PKD-related mortality in wild brown trout Salmo trutta fario are available. The aim of this study was to investigate mortality rates and pathology in brown trout kept in a cage withi...

The electric field in water required to stun trout is investigated experimentally. The results show how the electric field depends on water conductivity. The electric fields in water required to generate permanent insensibility in trout following exposure durations of 15, 30 and 60 s are identified. A mathematical model of the electric field in the stunning tank is constructed and shown to prod...

Redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss ssp.) in southeastern Oregon inhabit high-elevation streams that exhibit extreme variability in seasonal flow and diel water temperature. Given the strong influence and potential limitations exerted by temperature on fish physiology, we were interested in how acute temperature change and thermal history influenced the physiological capabilities and biochemical...

—Entrainment in irrigation canals has been considered a major source of mortality for some fish populations. However, the magnitude of fish loss from entrainment is usually not evaluated from a basinwide perspective, thus precluding an assessment of populationlevel consequences. We incorporated such a perspective in evaluating entrainment losses of Bonneville cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki...

Histopathological alterations in the heart are often reported in fish as a result of exposure to a variety of chemical compounds. However, researchers presently lack a standardized method for the evaluation of histopathological alterations in the cardiovascular system of fish and the calculation of an 'organ index'. Therefore, we designed a method for a standardized assessment and evaluation of...

rinbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) is an important fish species in aquaculture. the bacterial disease caused the decline in the production of this fish. lactococcus garvieae is one of the most serious infectious agents that caused disease with economical losses in fish farms. streptococosis have signs similar to lactococcosis. therefore the definite diagnosis is sometimes complicated. in the la...

—Quantitative data on how high brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis can jump are crucial for efforts by fisheries managers to exclude brook trout from streams containing native cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii subspp. and to build effective fishways for brook trout migration. We identified factors that could influence brook trout jumping ability and demonstrated how this knowledge could be app...

BACKGROUND Ferox Trout are large, long-lived piscivorous Brown Trout (Salmo trutta). Due to their exceptionally large size, Ferox Trout are highly sought after by anglers while their life-history strategy, which includes delayed maturation, multiphasic growth and extended longevity, is of interest to ecological and evolutionary modelers. However, despite their recreational and theoretical impor...

some specific and non-specific immune variables of rainbow trout were assessed following vaccination of fish with formalin killed cells (fkc) and fkc containing extra cellular products (ecp) of s. iniae. rainbow trout weighing 80-100 g were vaccinated by intraperitoneal (i.p), dip and oral routes using fkc and fkc plus ecp with or without fround adjuvant (fa) at 16-17°c.antibody titration, lyso...