01-05-2009, 07:51 PM
[quote kentofnsl]I it could have been injured in the hatchery or later.[/quote]
Whirling Disease typically kills fish in the juvenile stages of life -- which is why it is such a bad disease. Fish with WD don't make it to the size of the fish in the picture. It isn't WD.
More likely, it is as kent suggested -- a hatchery fish deformity.
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Whirling Disease typically kills fish in the juvenile stages of life -- which is why it is such a bad disease. Fish with WD don't make it to the size of the fish in the picture. It isn't WD.
More likely, it is as kent suggested -- a hatchery fish deformity.
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