Koi Health - Information on Koi Herpesvirus

Koi Herpesvirus DIstribution in Africa and the Middle East (2004)

AFRICA:
• South Africa: There was an outbreak autumn 2003, in which KHV was proven (Munich
meeting, Dec 2003)(details not known).(excerpted from Olga L.M. Haenen and Marc Y. Engelsma in International Workshop on Koi Herpesvirus (2004 )

MIDDLE EAST:
• Israel: May 1998 KHV was first diagnosed (Tinman & Bejerano, 1999) after imports of koi
from Europe. Since than it spread further. Israel uses active immunisation schemes and
developed an attenuated vaccine.excerpted from Olga L.M. Haenen and Marc Y. Engelsma in International Workshop on Koi Herpesvirus2004 *

 

* Please see extensive literature on Israel's efforts to control this disease in References

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