| Losses from ESC cost the US catfish industry more than $13 million a year. |
| Mortality rates run as high as 60 percent in mature farm-raised catfish. |
| Catfish producers typically lose 30 percent of their younger fish to disease. |
| VFD is a new drug category established by FDA to more closely control new therapeutics and their use in food animals. |
| AQUAFLOR has established an excellent safety record for fish, human food and the environment. |
| AQUAFLOR has proved to be highly palatable when blended with catfish feed. |
| In MSU studies, challenged fingerlings treated with AQUAFLOR had a cumulative mortality rate of only 0.8 percent, vs. 60 percent for untreated. |
| In studies at MSU, challenged fingerlings treated with AQUAFLOR showed an infection rate of only 1.7 percent, vs. 72.3 percent for untreated. |
| AQUAFLOR has shown excellent stability in feed following high temperature extrusion. |
| Feed mills, their distributors, veterinarians and producers need to learn about the VFD process and comply with regulations. |
| FDA’s recent approval of AQUAFLOR for catfish marked a significant milestone in the industry’s combined efforts to make more products available for public and commercial aquaculture. |
| Veterinarians near major catfish-production areas of the US are boning up on aquatic diseases to help meet the expected surge in demand for VFD drugs. |
| Economic implications of feeding fingerlings during outbreaks of ESC in catfish, by Terrill R. Hanson |
| AQUAFLOR® approved for freshwater-reared salmonids |