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Response to a Suspected Toxin-Induced Fish Kill1

Ruth Francis-Floyd, Christopher Brooks, and Denise Petty2

Catastrophic fish kills (events in which all or nearly all of a fish population die within a day) cause serious losses to aquaculture production facilities, home aquaria and backyard ponds. This publication outlines the steps to take in response to any catastrophic fish kill, and it explains the special procedures to follow when a toxin is suspected of having caused the problem. It includes a reference guide for fish kill investigations that will aid owners or their assistants in dealing with catastrophic fish kills in general and toxin-induced catastrophic fish kills in particular.

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This document is VM148, one of a series of the Veterinary Medicine-Large Animal Clinical Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date August 2002. Revised September 2004. Reviewed September 2011. Visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

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Ruth Francis-Floyd, Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (College of Veterinary Medicine) and Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611.

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension service.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Nick T. Place, Dean.