Diseases are a major threat to both wild and farmed fish. Pathogen-induced alterations in viability and growth of wild fish stocks can have implications ondiversity and ecological status of aquatic ecosystems, as fish are main components of aquatic communities, and they can directly affect the exploitation ofwild and farmed fish as a protein source for human consumption. Fish diseasescan be a major factor influencing abundance and distribution of wild fish. Disease-related reduction of reproduction and/or age-specific survival can strongly affect wild stocks as it has been demonstrated for several species in distinct geographical locations. The book will be useful for fish farmers, managers, researchers and graduate students interested in fish diseases. INDICE: VOLUME 1. - General Fish Histology: Renate Reimschussel. - Diseases Caused by Virus: Diseases in Salmonids: D. Fichtner and S. Bergmann. - VirusDiseases of Cyprinids: P.F. Dixon. - Viral Diseases of Cultured Marine Fish: G. Bovo and D. Florio. - Bacterial Diseases of Fish: Øivind Bergh. - Fungal Diseases of Fish: D.J. Alderman. - Microsporidia: Jirí Lom. - Amoeboid Protists as Parasites of Fish: Iva Dyková. - Diseases Caused by Flagellates: Pilar Alvarez-Pellitero. - Diseases Caused by Apicomplexans: Dieter Steinhagen. - Diseases Caused by Ciliophora: Angelo Colorni. VOLUME 2. - Myxozoan Diseases: Stephen W. Feist. - Diseases Caused by Monogenea: Ian D. Whittington and Leslie A. Chisholm. - Digeneans as Enemies of Fishes: Stephen A. Bullard and Robin M. Overstreet. - Diseases Caused by Cestoda: Joanna Danuta Borucinska. - Acanthocephala: Horst Taraschewski. - Phylum Nematoda: Anindo Choudhury and Rebecca A. Cole. - Diseases Caused by Crustacea: Wojciech Piasecki and Annemarié Avenant-Oldewage. - Non-infectious Diseases: Nutritional Factors: Delbert M. Gatlin III.- Environmental Diseases of Intensively Reared Fish: David J. Speare. - A Brief Guide for Aquaculture Veterinarians Attending a (Continental Water) Fish Rearing and Producing Facility. What should be Considered? What Steps should be Envisaged?: H.J. Schlotfeldt.
- ISBN: 978-1-57808-438-8
- Editorial: Science Publishers
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 1300
- Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 2
- Idioma: Inglés