Herpes virus ravages koi

Koi at the Marriot, Kauai HI

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Koi at Kasugai Garden, Kelowna, BC, Canada

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I know that these Koi are not affrcted by the virus. They all very healthy fish . The contribution of images to the article is merely to deonstrate what a healthy Koi Carp looks like. Gilli McGrouther photgrapher and owner of several  the images.

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These are Koi in the reflecting pool at Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.

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Koi in my family's garden pond.

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this comment seems disjointed and does not seem to  fit here in the article?

" If we had done this in humans the free loving 60's and 70's would have never come to an end. "

Thanks for requesting my photo to be included in your story. I photographed these beautiful Koi in The Self Realization Fellowship Meditation Garden in Southern California. These fish were very healthy and well cared for.

I don't know much about this story. Is this a new phenomenon for koi to be susceptable to the herpes virus? Also, Since herpes is not life threatening in humans, is that also true for fish? Are the koi actually dying from this? It seems like a very drastic measure to be killing koi to prevent the spread of the disease.

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This was taken at a Chinese garden in Chinatown, Vancouver, BC. At first we thought this fish was dead because it was sitting very still under some debree in the middle of pond for several minutes. We were discussing whether we should throw something near it to see if it would move and then all of the sudden it swam over to us (probably thought we were going to feed it). We decided that it was a magical koi fish!

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This was taken at a Chinese garden in Chinatown, Vancouver, BC. At first we thought this fish was dead because it was sitting very still under some debree in the middle of pond for several minutes. We were discussing whether we should throw something near it to see if it would move and then all of the sudden it swam over to us (probably thought we were going to feed it). We decided that it was a magical koi fish!

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This photo was taken at the Moana Lua Beach Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii.

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This photo was shot on the Big Island of Hawaii at the Moana Lua Resort.

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Thanks for requesting the use of my picture for your story. This picture of Koi was taken in a Memorial Garden in Portchester UK. They all looked very healthy and well cared for.

They were all very active and one I thought was going to jump out of the pond. I'm sure it thought I had some food.

Maggie Hammond has contributed a photo to this story.

i would like to note that this photo is of healthy koi. this photo was taken at the japanese tea house - shofuso, in philadelphia, pa.

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A group of koi fish, gathered to receive food, at the japanese garden in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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This is my husband's backyard koi pond in North Kingstown, RI. We've had a good year for our fish so far.
Thanks -- Pamela Reinsel Cotter

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This photo was taken in Barili, South of Cebu. This is a privately owned Koi inside the "Villa Elizabeth" house, an ancestral home.

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KOI in my patio pond in Winter Park, Fl..

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These lovely creatures live in a man-made water feature at Sunken Gardens in Saint Petersburg, FL. where I learned that they are at risk from predation by an extremely large specimen of Great Blue Heron that frequents the garden / conservatory. To prevent this, some fishing line has been strung across their pond to keep the large bird from wading unimpeded into their space. The white Koi in this image is sporting a red mark on its back which is actually a wound that it sustained in an encounter with the previously mentioned Great Blue Heron.

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These are healthy, happy koi at the new pond in the front entrance of the Phoenix Zoo. I love watching the push and pull of their bodies against the water and each other. It's pure zen.

Melissa Widmaier has contributed a photo to this story.

Healthy koi from my own pond.

KHV or the koi herpies virus has wiped out many fish in Lake Scuggog Ontario.

jackie ramo has contributed a photo to this story.

These Koi were in Maui, Hawaii.  Healthy, as far as I know.

Photo taken at Blank Park Zoo, Des Moines, IA August, 2007.

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Taken at Blank Park Zoo, Des Moines, IA August, 2007.

Koi Posse - courtesy of the garden of Lynda Hunter.

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This was taken at Huber farms in Indiana.

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Koi at the Outrigger Waipouli on Kaua'i. March 2008.

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