Fish Diseases: Prevention and Control Strategies provides essential information on disease prevention and treatment by the most experienced fish culturists in the industry. The book presents both traditional and novel methodologies of identifying and addressing fish disease risk, along with preventative and responsive insights to the challenges impacting fish production today. Both specific (vaccination) and non-specific (immunostimulation) approaches are explored, from maintaining optimal environmental conditions, to understanding how stressors in fish affect their immune system. Includes relevant information on government restrictions on drug usage in aquaculture to address the strict demand for fish products free of pollutants/antibioticsPresents best practices in fish farming to prevent disease and promote good health status and fish disease managementProvides the most recent research on fish diseases prevention, the pathogens most studied, and options for methods of treatment INDICE: 1. Immunology: Improvement of non-specific and specific immunity 2. Improvement of disease resistance by genetic methods 3. Types of pathogens in fish, water-borne diseases 4. Prophylactic and prevention methods against diseases in aquaculture 5. Integrated pathogen management strategies 6. General relationship between water quality and aquaculture performance in ponds 7. Water quality-disease relationships on commercial fish farms 8. Technology development (environmental stress) 9. Planning a fish health program 10. Aquatic animal health and the environmental impacts
- ISBN: 978-0-12-804564-0
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 280
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2017
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés