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should produce clean fingerlings. When buying fingerlings from outside sources you
never know shat the fish have been exposed to (esoteric and unusual pathogens) or what
they are carrying.
System Setup
Having all production on one or two systems can lead to disaster. If disease outbreaks
occur, the entire production facility will become infected with the disease. When
developing a production facility, a fish health management plan should be used to guide
construction. A producer should have a production system that is easily treatable and
manageable for diseases. A facility that uses a few large units would most likely have
difficulty in treating for a disease outbreak. This would result in shutting down the
system for disinfecting and having no production capabilities for months. If a disease gets
into a facility with many small units, individual systems can be isolated and disinfected
without total facility shut down.
Summary of Fish health Maintenance and Monitoring Recommendations
1. Good Management Practices.
2. Quarantine system that can be physical separated from the main system.
3. Prophylactic treatments for external parasites.
4. Water quality monitoring program.
5. Development of on site broodstock and fingerling production.
6. Fish health training for the producer.
7. Multiple systems for controlling disease outbreaks.
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