Fish Diseases and Disorders

Many of the disorders and diseases that are known to occur in fish are the result of stress, poor water quality, overcrowding, and failure to quarantine any new or sick fish to avoid spread of disease. The book is well written and contains updated information that reflects new developments in the field. This is a must reference cum textbook for fish health specialists and veterinarians microbiologists zoologists and researchers and students in aquaculture. And fish is the principal source of protein for people in many parts of the world, particularly in developing countries. While most fish are caught from nature, aquaculture or fish farming is now making a significant contribution to total fish production. More intensive conditions of aquaculture often result in a higher incidence of fish diseases and disorders. As in the first edition, the focus of this second edition is on protozoan and metazoan parasites that cause disease in fish. This book follows fish infections and focus largely on non infectious disorder of development growth and physiology of wild and captive species. The economic implications of non infectious disorders in intensive aquaculture are of particular importance. Focusing largely on fish it covers development growth and physiology of distinct species that includes genetic conditions respiratory disorders stress physiology environmental factors and a new contribution on the relationship between welfare issues and disorders associated with intensive fish culture. This book should serve the educational purposes of students, teachers, teacher educators, student-teachers, parents etc. for developing a better understanding about the different concepts related to Fish Diseases and disorders.