Research

Trout Unlimited and the Whirling Disease Foundation actively support research into whirling disease and methods to reduce its spread and effects on trout populations. Listed below are links to some of these research areas.

Resistant Trout
Principal Investigators: Ronald P. Hedrick and Bernie May, University of California-Davis; Mansour El-Matbouli, University of Munich; George Schisler, Colorado Division of Wildlife; Richard Vincent, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Resistant Trout: New Rainbow Trout Strains Provide Management Options for Colorado
Principal Investigators: G. L. Schisler, K. A. Myklebust and R. P. Hedrick

Evaluating the Relative Abundance of Strains of Tubifex tubifex With Varying Vulnerability to Myxobolus cerebralis in Windy Gap Reservoir, Colorado Before and After a Dramatic Decline in Actinospore (TAM) Production
Principal Investigators: R. Barry Nehring and Kevin G. Thompson, Colorado Division of Wildlife

Impacts of Whirling Disease Infections on Mountain Whitefish: A Pilot Study
Principal Investigators: Ron Pierce, Lisa Eby and Richard Vincent, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Efficacy of Filtration to Reduce Levels of Actinospores of Myxobolus cerebralis in Pond Water on the Cap K Ranch, Fryingpan River, Colorado
Principal Investigators: R. Barry Nehring and Kevin G. Thompson, Colorado Division of Wildlife