Health Maintenance and Principal Microbial Diseases of Cultured
Fishes, Third Edition is a thoroughly revised and
updated version of the classic text. Building on the wealth of
information presented in the previous edition, this new edition
offers a major revision of the valuable health maintenance section,
with new pathogens added throughout the book. Health Maintenance
and Principal Microbial Diseases of Cultured Fishes, Third
Edition focuses on maintaining fish health, illustrating how
management can reduce the effects of disease.
The text is divided into sections on health maintenance, viral
diseases, and bacterial diseases, and covers a wide variety of
commercially important species, including catfish, salmon, trout,
sturgeon, and tilapia. This book is a valuable resource for
professionals and students in the areas of aquaculture, aquatic
health maintenance, pathobiology, and aquatic farm management.
Autorentext
JOHN A. PLUMB is Professor Emeritus, Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University; and LARRY A. HANSON is Professor in the Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University.
Klappentext
Health Maintenance and Principal Microbial Diseases of Cultured Fishes, Third Edition is a thoroughly revised and updated version of the classic text. Building on the wealth of information presented in the previous edition, this new edition offers a major revision of the valuable health maintenance section, with new pathogens added throughout the book. Health Maintenance and Principal Microbial Diseases of Cultured Fishes, Third Edition focuses on maintaining fish health, illustrating how management can reduce the effects of disease.
Divided into sections on health maintenance, viral diseases, and bacterial diseases, Health Maintenance and Principal Microbial Diseases of Cultured Fishes, Third Edition, covers a wide variety of species, including catfish, salmon, trout, sturgeon, and tilapia. The book is a valuable resource for professionals and students in the areas of aquaculture, aquatic health maintenance, pathobiology, and aquatic farm management.
Special Features
- Major revision of the valuable fish health maintenance section
- Presents new pathogens and advances in the field
- Illustrates methods for maintaining fish health in culture systems through management of disease
- Offers sections on health maintenenance, viral diseases, and bacterial diseases
- Covers a wide variety of fish species
Zusammenfassung
Health Maintenance and Principal Microbial Diseases of Cultured Fishes, Third Edition is a thoroughly revised and updated version of the classic text. Building on the wealth of information presented in the previous edition, this new edition offers a major revision of the valuable health maintenance section, with new pathogens added throughout the book. Health Maintenance and Principal Microbial Diseases of Cultured Fishes, Third Edition focuses on maintaining fish health, illustrating how management can reduce the effects of disease.
The text is divided into sections on health maintenance, viral diseases, and bacterial diseases, and covers a wide variety of commercially important species, including catfish, salmon, trout, sturgeon, and tilapia. This book is a valuable resource for professionals and students in the areas of aquaculture, aquatic health maintenance, pathobiology, and aquatic farm management.
Inhalt
About the Authors vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Part I: Health Maintenance
1 Principles of Health Maintenance 3
2 Epizootiology of Fish Diseases 31
3 Pathology and Disease Diagnosis 39
4 Disease Management 57
Part II: Viral Diseases
5 Catfish Viruses 95
6 Carp and Minnow Viruses 109
7 Eel Viruses 135
8 Trout and Salmon Viruses 147
9 Sturgeon Viruses 219
10 Other Viral Diseases of Fish 227
Part III: Bacterial Diseases
11 Catfish Bacterial Diseases 275
12 Carp and Minnow Bacterial Diseases 315
13 Eel Bacterial Diseases 327
14 Salmonid Bacterial Diseases 345
15 Striped Bass Bacterial Diseases 419
16 Tilapia Bacterial Diseases 445
17 Other Bacterial Diseases 465
Part IV: Appendices
Appendix I. List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes 473
Appendix II. Table of Conversion Factors 477
Appendix III. List of Cell Lines Commonly Used for Diagnostics 479
Index 483