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Proliferative Kidney Disease

Kidney disease determined as cause of fish mortality on Salt River

  The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has determined that Proliferative Kidney Disease (PKD) is causing the Mountain Whitefish die-off in Star Valley’s Salt River. PKD is triggered by a microscopic parasite called Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae. After conducting specialized laboratory tests…