Aquaculture Pathophysiology. Volume I. Finfish Diseases

Table of Contents

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

Authors

Frederick S.B. Kibenge Professor of Virology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada. 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 Full Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil. 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. Roger Sie-Maen Chong Registered Veterinary Specialist of Fish Health and Production, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, UK; Registered Specialist of Veterinary Aquatic Animal Health, Queensland Veterinary Surgeons Board; Australia Veterinary Aquatic Pathologist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia. 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).