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12.7.502    DESIGNATED PATHOGENS

(1) The following salmonid pathogens are determined by the department to pose a threat to existing fisheries for purposes of Montana's fish health and importation laws, 87-3-209, MCA et seq.:

(a) infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) ,

(b) infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) ,

(c) viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) ,

(d) Oncorhynchus masou virus (OMV) ,

(e) Renibacterium salmoninarum (bacterial kidney disease) ,

(f) Aeromonas salmonicida (furunculosis) ,

(g) Yersinia ruckeri (type 1, common or Hagerman enteric redmouth disease) ,

(h) Myxobolus cerebralis (salmonid whirling disease) .

(2) The following non-salmonid fish pathogens are determined by the department to pose a threat to existing fisheries for purposes of Montana's fish health and importation laws, 87-3-209, MCA et seq.:

(a) Bothriocephalus acheilognathi (Asian tapeworm) ,

(b) White sturgeon virus (WSIV) .

(3) The department may add pathogens to the lists in subsections (1) and (2) as necessary to protect Montana fisheries from introduction or spread of disease.

History: Sec. 87-3-223, MCA; IMP, Sec. 87-3-209, 87-3-210, 87-3-221, 87-3-222, 87-3-223, 87-3-224, 87-3-225, 87-3-226, 87-3-227, MCA; NEW, 1991 MAR p. 1275, Eff. 7/26/91.

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