> Several of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association fish conservation
> breeding programs have encountered difficulties with mycobacterial
> infections.
As do many people. This has been discussed quite a lot on the rainbowfish
mailing list over the years and there are a number of websites with
information as well. Adrain Tappin has a good page with information at
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/21803/20040913/members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/Myco.htm
> One hypothesis that we have is that this is a problem unique to
> intensive culture, that would disappear upon release back to the wild.
> But we do not know, and any and all advice and actual experience we
> would be very glad to hear about.
I doubt that too many people would actually know, but most diseases are
stress related, avoid stress and you avoid disease. There is essentially
no way to really ever get rid of it, nor a way to really test that it is
gone.
Here are a few more sites with information
http://www.fishdisease.net/cgi-bin/search.cgi?ps=10&q=mycobacteriosis&t=&Submit=Search
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/universal-viewid40.html
http://fins.actwin.com/killietalk/month.200111/msg00787.html
A lot of people would be interested should you come up with any kind of
answer or recommendations.
Cheers
Peter Unmack
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