A surprising source is to blame for the recent death of thousands of fish in one Minnesota lake. According to the Lakes Foundation of Albert Lea a strain of the herpes virus caused the death of between “1,000 – 2,000 common carp and a handful of catfish, largemouth bass, and black bullhead” on Fountain Lake in Albert Lea. is to blame. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conducted local watershed and pathology tests and said that Koi Herpes Virus (KHV) has apparently been documented in multiple lakes throughout southern Minnesota in the last five years.
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