No Virus Found In Dead Carp

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. NewsJul 15, 2013) — Officals with the State Game and Fish Department report that a severe winter and not a virus is the cause for the carp die-off at the Jamestown Reservoir.

Dead carp on the reservoir shore began showing up this spring.

Dan Grove, wildlife veterinarian says winter stress added to the fish kill, pointing out there was a number of secondary gill infections and other diseases, adding, there was no sign of a virus being present during lab testing.