I just discovered a whole new site with info on KHV. Jurgen Dimmers has decided to collect information about KHV on the website khvinfo. The site has numerous documents - in three languages so far - and I am sure this will soon become one of the important websites on the subject.
Another comprehensive site about KHV is koihealth.org. There is detailed information on this site regarding the distribution of KHV around the world (not up to date, though), testing, biosecurity procedures and much reference material.
A few years ago the so called “Koi Biosecurity Institute” was set up and caused a lot of positive reactions in the Koi world. However it has quite mysteriously ceased to exist and we are all wondering if this is because of the large number of KHV infected companies that “registered” themselves at the site. (Registration was done by self-audit so anyone could do that!).
The number of commercial farms who claim to be completely biosecure is rapidly rising but I still fail to see how an outdoor farm can really be biosecure - especially since it is open to birds and rodents.
Well written article.
Comment by Tanesia — October 29, 2008 @ 4:51 pm