Brook Trout

Diseases of Brook Trout

NameDescription
Cold Water VibriosisCaused by the bacterium Vibrio salmonicida (V. salm) and is a problem in farmed salmon. The disease is also called Hitra disease.
FurunculosisCaused by the bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida (A. salm), is one of the most serious infectious diseases of wild and farmed salmonids throughout the world, except South America.
Infectious Pancreatic NecrosisUsed to be a disease of first-feeding fry in the freshwater phase, in recent years it has become a serious problem in marine salmonid farming. Salmonids are predominantly susceptible, particularly brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon, Pacific salmon and Coho salmon.