Scientists Ponder Releasing Virus to Kill Carp

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	Scientists Ponder Releasing Virus to Kill Carp

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9-11-2006 3:46 PM

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Australian scientists have a new strategy for dealing with <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/space/sc_space/storytext/scientistsponderreleasingvirustokillcarp/20235927/SIG=120dja5sg/*http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060407_anoxic_fish.html">carp</a> that have invaded their waterways: a <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/space/sc_space/storytext/scientistsponderreleasingvirustokillcarp/20235927/SIG=11u6s5275/*http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060720_fish_kill.html">virus</a> that, if unleashed, could kill the fish.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060910/sc_space/scientistsponderreleasingvirustokillcarp"><P>While carp, also called koi, are considered a valuable resource in many Asian countries, in Australia the fish is generally viewed as a major pest, according to the new project's leader, Mark Crane of the Australian Animal Health Laboratory. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060910/sc_space/scientistsponderreleasingvirustokillcarp"><P>Carp were introduced into Australia in the early 1900s as a food and sporting fish. Extensive flooding in the 1970s allowed the fish to escape from farm dams and take over the waterways. The carp are particularly hard to get rid of because they can tolerate a wide range of water conditions and can also survive and breed in <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/space/sc_space/storytext/scientistsponderreleasingvirustokillcarp/20235927/SIG=125e0tt1r/*http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060906_ap_intersex_fish.html">polluted</a>, poorly oxygenated water.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060910/sc_space/scientistsponderreleasingvirustokillcarp"><P>"Given their reproductive capacity and their hardiness, carp have been termed the ‘rabbit of the river,'" Crane said.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4E19E4D6-9139-4565-89F0-5C7D8A72E8CC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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