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What happens to fish that are exposed to pfiesteria?

Updated: 11/9/2022
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Jaques Cephus

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Pfiesteria piscicida then feeds on the weak and exposed skin, blood, and tissue. The fish eventually die not by the invasion of Pfiesteria piscicida, but by suffocation (the toxins cause paralyzation of muscles) or by infection (bacteria and foreign objects can enter the fish through the lesions).

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Erin Bode

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