{"id":2753,"date":"2015-01-21T11:14:54","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T16:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=2753"},"modified":"2015-01-21T11:14:54","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T16:14:54","slug":"strange-fish-disease-spreading-throughout-the-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2015\/01\/strange-fish-disease-spreading-throughout-the-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange fish disease spreading throughout the area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A strange, fast spreading disease is killing fish in the area of the CEUM. \u00a0The disease was first noticed near Gbado-Gboketsa the week before Christmas. \u00a03 weeks later it was found in streams near Karawa some 120 miles to the SW. \u00a0Today I learned that it has been seen in streams less than 10 miles from Gemena or another 50 miles farther West. \u00a0Its presence was announced on the local radio stations last night.<\/p>\n<p>As these photos show the disease shows up as a fleshy wound in the side of the fish.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2754\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/IMG_1170-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2754\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2754\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/IMG_1170-640x480-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"fleshy wound on side of fish\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/IMG_1170-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/IMG_1170-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fleshy wound on side of fish<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/GEDC2726-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2755\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/GEDC2726-640x480-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"GE DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/GEDC2726-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/GEDC2726-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul Noren did some research on the disease and believes it is the &#8220;epizootic ulcerative syndrome&#8221; described in these two articles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanangler.com\/fly_article.asp?id=822\">Fish Disease Spreading<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#8220;The disease is caused by a fungus that is originally from South East Asia, but has been spread to many other parts of the world by the movement of live fish and, possibly, by the transport of contaminated water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#8220;Once introduced, the disease is fairly indiscriminate and has been reported to affect most fish species, including popular angling species such as bass, barbel, carp, nembwe and tigerfish. 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Once infected, the disease manifests itself in three stages \u2014 first, pinheadized red spots form on the body and fins of the fish; these develop into 2-4cm wide ulcers which finally form large open ulcers which eventually kill the fish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.currentscience.ac.in\/Volumes\/106\/12\/1711.pdf\">Emergence of epizootic ulcerative syndrome<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a MAJOR blow to local river economy as many people fish the rivers and streams. \u00a0From what we have read it appears that those with fish ponds can keep them clean, but they must be very, very careful. \u00a0Pray that they are able to keep their ponds clean. \u00a0There are over<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2753&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A strange, fast spreading disease is killing fish in the area of the CEUM. \u00a0The disease was first noticed near Gbado-Gboketsa the week before Christmas. \u00a03 weeks later it was found in streams near Karawa some 120 miles to the SW. \u00a0Today I learned that it has been seen in streams less than 10 miles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Strange fish disease spreading throughout the area - Ekstrands in Congo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2015\/01\/strange-fish-disease-spreading-throughout-the-area\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Strange fish disease spreading throughout the area - Ekstrands in Congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A strange, fast spreading disease is killing fish in the area of the CEUM. \u00a0The disease was first noticed near Gbado-Gboketsa the week before Christmas. \u00a03 weeks later it was found in streams near Karawa some 120 miles to the SW. \u00a0Today I learned that it has been seen in streams less than 10 miles [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2015\/01\/strange-fish-disease-spreading-throughout-the-area\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ekstrands in Congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-01-21T16:14:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/IMG_1170-640x480-300x225.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pete &amp; 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