Viruses, what are they exactly?

 

Viruses are very small

‘Can you treat a KHV infection?’, ‘Can human be infected with KHV?’ and ‘Can my cat transfer KHV from my Koi pond to the pond of the neighbors?’. For many people there are a lot of questions about this virus. I would like to discuss these and other questions regarding the Koi Herpes Virus with you. However, we then need to know what we are talking about and what KHV is. We will start with a general introduction on viruses, where I explain what viruses are.

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Seneye Pond Reviewed; Does it measure up?!

The Seneye device with USB cable

An affordable solution to continuously monitor your water quality, it almost sounds too good to be true. However, a company named Seneye aims to achieve this. The company developed a device that can digitally monitor a few water parameters and which can be read out from a distance. KoiQuestion tested the Seneye Pond for five weeks. Should we now all run to our Koi dealers, or is it better to wait?

 

 

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Janine Doorduin; PhD, an obsessive scientist with a virus

Dr. Janine Doorduin

Relaxed and with my computer in my lab, I am sitting by the pond and finally started to write my first article for KoiQuestion. I just fed the Koi and they are very busy eating as much as possible, it is almost as if their lives depend on it. They are so enthousiastic that I was just in time saving my laptop from waterdamage. In this first article I would like to introduce myself, so when I write additional articles you ‘ll know who I am.

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