Herpes outbreak behind mass-death of Iraqi carp

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https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/un-herpes-outbreak-behind-mass-death-of-iraqi-carp-1.833888

[h=1]UN: Herpes outbreak behind mass-death of Iraqi carp[/h]
The strand of the virus is not harmful to humans
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?The scale of the fish kill was so huge, we had excavators working for four days clearing the fish from the river,? said Dr Ala Alwan, Iraq?s Minister of Health and Environment...
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Temperatures in the Euphrates dropped to around 24 degrees Celsius in November, a prime environment for fish-specific herpes.
The overstocking of fish farms and low-quality river water may have also spread the disease further, the UN said in a statement....