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CERTAIN brown trout caught in fresh water streams and lakes on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand were found to show very little fight and to be in poor physical condition. Local anglers refer to such fish as “slabs”.
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Van Citters, R. L., and Watson, N. W., Science, 159, 105 (1968).
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PRIOR, I., WEBBER, W., ALEXANDER, W. et al. Calcific Heart Disease in New Zealand Brown Trout. Nature 220, 261–262 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220261a0
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