Butterfly Koi Information » Butterfly Koi Health

Butterfly Koi For Sale Health - Butterfly koi health and the research of butterfly koi diseases is one of our most focused concerns as koi breeders. We want to provide you a competitive edge in this ever changing industry. That is why Ozark Fisheries, Inc. has taken steps to insure you get healthy butterfly koi from our koi farms.

Starting in 2003, our koi and butterfly koi, as well as our goldfish, at both our Missouri and Indiana goldfish and koi farms have been tested twice a year by an independent lab for SVCV (Spring Viremia of Carp Virus), IHN (Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis), VHS (Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia), IPN (Infectious pancreatic necrosis) and Carp Erythrodermatitis under APHIS-approved protocols. Our fish hatcheries have tested negative for all of these goldfish and koi diseases every single time. Ozark Fisheries performs this testing to ensure the health and safety of our goldfish and koi and the product we are selling to our customers.

Here is a list of a few other measures we take to protect the butterfly koi, koi and all other items we are selling to our customers.

• We only produce goldfish, domestic koi, domestic butterfly koi, rosy red minnows, bullfrog tadpoles, Japanese trapdoor snails and crawfish on our goldfish and koi farms.
• We understand people, trucks, fish and wildlife can transmit diseases to our farm and are very careful about what we allow in and out of our facilities.
• Our koi and goldfish farms are located long distances from any other koi and goldfish farms.
• We are and will continue to stay current on APHIS regulations and other government agencies regulatory rules and processes regarding koi, butterfly koi and goldfish.
• We have voluntarily submitted hundreds of butterfly koi, koi and goldfish for testing since 2003.
• Koi, butterfly koi, goldfish and all other items we sell at our koi and goldfish farms are never returned to our farm and no fish are ever given to us from another source.
• Also remember do not release any aquarium or pond species into local waters. Please do your part to protect the environment.