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Fish pox: a skin disease of fishes

During these many years many of friends have been asking me doubts on fish diseases and breeding tips and ways through chats and emails and iam finding less time to attend to everyones messages and chats, here i will put some of the info so as i can redirect my friends for the benefit of fishes.... for my friends on orkut please visit my community city ornamental fish lover for more info....   Fish pox, or carp pox , is one of the oldest known diseases of fish, recorded as early as 1563. Fish pox is a chronic skin disease that occurs among several species of propagated cyprinids. It is also called carp pox, epithelioma papillosum, and papillosum cyprini. Etiology: The etiological agent, of this disease is Herpesvirus cyprini which was first reported by B. Hofer in 1904. Character: Icosahedral DNA virus with a 110-113 nm capsid diameter. With it’s envelop, it measures 190 nm in diameter. Enveloped. Geographical range and species susceptibility: Fish pox has been r