Is it safe to eat epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) fish?

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Which species are susceptible or affected?

©FAO/C. Huchzermeyer, Bangweulu Wetlands, African Parks

Figure 27. Clarias gariepinus – Sharptooth catfish. Note the deeply ulcerative lesion exposing underlying dead muscle tissue typical of epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS), Bangweulu swamps, north Zambia, 2014.

©G. Njunga Figure 28. Clarias gariepinus with lesions of epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS), Lusa River, Mchinji District, Malawi, July 2020.

©G. Njunga Figure 29. Clarias gariepinus with lesions of epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS), Lusa River, Mchinji District, Malawi, July 2020.

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