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Strange wounds on 2 Pike

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  • 07-04-2012 10:03pm
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    portumnadaz
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    These two different Pike were caught in the last few weeks in Lough Derg in Portumna. We are wondering what these wounds are caused by.


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    portumnadaz
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    another pic


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    JohnDigital
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    Search google for Fish with Esocid Lymphosarcomand look at more images. Looks like that likely.


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    portumnadaz
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    Thanks that looks like the cause of it. Would the Lamprey be responsible because pike caught in the same area have have Lamprey attached.


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    JohnDigital
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    I'm not sure, I don't know much about it. Just a friend mentioned seeing what sounded like a similarly affected fish up north a while ago and was told that was what was up.


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    jkchambers
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    Around 20 years ago a lot of pike with "ulsers" were being caught all over the place. Since then only the odd case has been reported. It is a concern that 2 were caught so quickly.
    Prof Maire Mulcahy of UCC did a study on this in the late 80` and early 90`. At the time she attended an AGM of the Irish Federation of Pike Angling Clubs and spoke on the issue. At the time she urgently needed live pike with the disease.
    http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/20494865?uid=3738232&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=56007279483
    http://www.pacgb.co.uk/articles/redsore.html


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    goss101
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    We had this on lough Ree in the early 90's, lots and lots of pike had them on them and as said above people from UCC came every sunday to the weigh in's of the competitions to take both live and dead fish for study, i can't really remeber what came of it in the end as i was only a gossan but it disappeared after a while and i know it happened naturally as there was no treatment to the fish or the lake.


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