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- Researchers have identified a contagious cancer in catfish that spreads between fish through skin lesions, an unusual phenomenon in the animal kingdom.
- The disease has been found in a Vermont lake and has affected numerous lakes across New England and Canada.
- Scientists are now studying how this transmissible cancer is passed from one fish to another.
- This places catfish among a rare group of animals known to be susceptible to transmissible cancers.
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- Findings from ongoing research into how the cancer is transmitted between fish
- Whether the disease spreads to additional lakes or regions beyond New England and Canada
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