The Bozeman Fish Health Center provides fish health services to an eight state region including North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana.

The Center maintains a comprehensive fish health laboratory servicing federal, tribal, state, and commercial fishery programs. Three major areas of responsibility include:

• Inspection testing services for hatchery facilities to facilitate annual health certifications.
• Diagnostic assistance for observed health problems in cultured and wild stock.
• National Wild Fish Health Survey to determine the distribution of fish pathogens in free-ranging fish populations.

The Center maintains expertise in several laboratory disciplines: virology, bacteriology, parasitology, histology, epidemiology, pathology, and molecular biology.

Bozeman Fish Health Center
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1805 South 22 Avenue, Suite #1
Bozeman, MT 59718
406-582-8656

 

Last updated: September 11, 2008

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