NO ACICLOVIR will be required, apparently, under a plan to control invasive carp species by releasing herpes into the wild.
Australia's newly released National Carp Control Plan looks into the feasibility of using "cyprinid herpes virus 3", also known as the carp virus or koi herpes virus (KHV), as a biological agent to control carp populations, according to a report in Field and Stream.
Appparently KHV is different to the sexually transmitted herpes which affects humans, and cannot infect people but rather damages the kidneys and gills of the pesky fish species.
The proposal follows "rigorous scientific investigation" into the use of KHV, and is one of the most comprehensive and coordinated assessments of a biological control strategy for aquatic environments ever undertaken, says a summary from the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation.
Carp are one of Australia's most significant pest species, having been introduced in the mid-19th century and now being the most dominant large-bodied fish in most of the waterways of the Murray-Darling Basin.
The research paper stresses that no decision has been made about whether to actually introduce herpes to control the fish, but rather the report aims to provide comprehensive information to the government so it can make an informed decision - see the report at agriculture.gov.au.
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