Project: Whirling Disease in the Madison River: Research for Solutions

Primary Investigator: Billie Kerans
Project Summary: This project was part of a long-term study to track the severity of whirling disease in the Madison River of Montana, and to establish environmental and biological correlates of disease severity. The results showed that risk of whirling disease to rainbow trout was high in all but one side channel examined in 2000, and only a small proportion of the worms present need to be infected to produce severe risk of disease in rainbow trout.
Funding Period: 2000-2001
Final Report: Kerans_00-01.pdf
Dataset(s) associated with this project:

Oligochaetes Collected in the Madison River (Montana) Drainage

Triactinomyxon (TAM) Release by Tubificids Collected from the Madison River (Montana)

Chemical Characteristics of Side Channels in the Madison River (Montana) Drainage

Organic Content of Side Channels in the Madison River (Montana) Drainage

Current Velocity of Side Channels in the Madison River (Montana) Drainage

Width of Side Channels in the Madison River (Montana) Drainage