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Author:   Frederick S.B. Kibenge (Professor of Virology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada) ,  Bernardo Baldisserotto (Full Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil) ,  Roger Sie-Maen Chong
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780128122112

ISBN 10:   0128122110
Pages:   876
Publication Date:   25 August 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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1. Descriptions of Major Farmed Aquatic Animal Species; 2. An introduction to global aquaculture; 3. General Introduction of Pathophysiology of Finfish, Crustacea and Mollusks SECTION I. FINFISH DISEASES 4. Finfish Laboratory Methods; 5. Finfish Disease Terminology; 6. Fish Immunology SECTION II. VIRAL DISEASES 7. Cardiomyopathy Syndrome; 8. Eel Herpesvirus; 9. Heart and Skeletal Muscle Inflammation; 10. Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis; 11. Infectious pancreatic necrosis; 12. Infectious Salmon Anemia; 13. Japanese eel endothelial cell-infecting virus; 14. Koi Herpesvirus Disease; 15. Lymphocystis Virus Disease; 16. Megalocytivirus in ornamental fish; 17. Salmon Alphavirus and Pancreas Disease; 18. Red sea bream iridoviral disease; 19. Spring viremia of carp; 20. Tasmanian Salmon Reovirus (AqRV); 21. Tilapia lake virus; 22. Viral encephalopathy and retinopathy; 23. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus SECTION III. BACTERIAL DISEASES 24. Aeromoniasis; 25. Bacterial kidney disease; 26. Edwardsiellosis; 27. Epitheliocystis; 28. Flavobacteriosis; 29. Francisellosis in tilapia and other warm water fish; 30. Furunculosis; 31. Mycobacteriosis; 32. Nocardiosis; 33. Pasteurellosis - Photobacteriosis; 34. Piscirickettsia salmonis; 35. Streptococcosis; 36. Vibriosis SECTION IV. PARASITIC DISEASES 37. Amoebic gill disease; 38. Amyloodinium ocellatum; 39. Chilodonella and Brooklynella infections; 40. Ich infection; 41. Cryptocaryon irritans infection; 42. Infection with Gyrodactylus salaris; 43. Monogenean Infections; 44. Myxozoan infections; 45. Sea lice; 46. Digenetic Trematode infections; 47. Tetrahymenosis and scuticociliatosis; 48. Trypanosomiasis; 49. Whirling disease SECTION V. FUNGAL DISEASES 50. Epizootic ulcerative syndrome; 51. Ichthyophoniasis; 52. Microsporidian infections; 53. Saprolegniasis SECTION VI. NUTRITIONAL DISEASES 54. Amino acid deficiency and toxicity; 55. Anti-nutritional factors in plant-based feeds; 56. Fatty acid deficiency, fatty liver, liver lipoid disease and toxic non-essential fatty acid; 57. Fungal toxins in feedstuffs; 58. Investigating ill thrift in yellowtail kingfish Seriola lalandi; 59. Mineral deficiency and toxicity; 60. Vitamin deficiency and toxicity SECTION VII. ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASES 61. Ammonia; 62. Carbon dioxide; 63. Chlorine Toxicity; 64. Chronic diseases of the lateral line organ in fish; 65. Endocrine disruption in fish; 66. Gas Bubble disease; 67. Harmful algal blooms; 68. Hypoxia; 69. Metals; 70. Nitrite-Nitrate Toxicity; 71. Pesticides SECTION VIII. GENETIC AND NEOPLASTIC DISEASES 72. Genetic Malformations; 73. Aflatoxicosis; 74. Chemical carcinogenic diseases; 75. Classification of fish neoplasia; 76. Oncogenic viral diseases

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Dr. Frederick Kibenge is Professor of Virology at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island. He obtained his BVM from Makerere University and his PhD from Murdoch University, and he is the former Chairman of the Department of Pathology and Microbiology at the Atlantic Veterinary College. Dr. Kibenge has more than 30 years of experience investigating animal viruses and the biology of viral pathogens. His research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of virus virulence to improve on methods of virus detection and control. Bernardo Baldisserotto is a full professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the Federal University of Santa Maria. He has published five books on fish physiology and fish culture, and has organized and participated in numerous other books and journal publications. Dr. Baldisserotto is editor-in-chief for the Physiology and Biochemistry section of Neotropical Ichthyology and associate editor of Fishes and the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. Dr. Roger Sie-Maen CHONG is a veterinary specialist in Australia and the United Kingdom (UK), with expertise in fish and shellfish pathology as applied to the health and biosecurity of aquacultured species. He is officially registered as a specialist by the Queensland Board of Veterinary Surgeons for Veterinary Aquatic Animal Health (Australia) and by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for Fish Health and Production (UK). He is also a certified Fish Pathologist recognized by the Fish Health Section of the American Fisheries Society. Dr. Chong has worked in Hong Kong with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation, in Queensland with the Biosecurity Queensland and is presently a research fish pathologist with the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO).

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