Experts raise red flag over virus in local fishExperts have warned of a deadly farmed fish-killing virus identified for the first time in Kenya and Africa. The virus identified in two trout farms in Nyeri, can kill 100 per cent of the fish in a farm and quickly spread to other areas. “We were responding to reports from two rainbow trout farms in Nyeri where deaths of up to 100 per cent had been recorded,” says the study. Rainbow trout in Kenya is reared mainly in the high altitude regions of Nyeri, Nyandarua, Embu, Meru and Kirinyaga counties, with about five commercial farms in Nyeri County. “We detected the IHNV in juvenile fish called fry at both farms,” confirms the study.

Source: Standard Digital March 01, 2019 21:05 UTC