Loading articles...

Whirling disease in fish found in commercial fishery, Lott Creek, in Alberta

Last Updated Oct 13, 2016 at 5:35 pm MDT

 

Whirling disease in fish has been found for the first time outside the Banff National Park in Alberta.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it was detected on Oct. 6 in Lott Creek in Rocky View Country north of Calgary.

The agency says it was also detected on Oct. 4 at a commercial fishery licensed by the Alberta government, but it did not say where the facility was located.

The disease was first detected in Johnson Lake in Banff National Park in late August and since then seven more cases have been found in the park.

Whirling disease poses no risk to humans and may cause infected fish to swim in a whirling pattern and then die prematurely.

It can be transmitted to other water bodies through fish and equipment used for swimming, paddling, boating and fishing.