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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818660303321

Autore

Noga Edward J.

Titolo

Fish disease : diagnosis and treatment / / Edward J. Noga

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Iowa : , : Wiley, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-119-94946-7

1-118-78675-0

Edizione

[Second edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (519 pages) : illustrations (some colour)

Disciplina

639.3

Soggetti

Fishes - Diseases

Fishes - Diseases - Diagnosis

Fishes - Diseases - Treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

FISH DISEASE: Diagnosis and Treatment, Second Edition; Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; HOW TO USE THE BOOK; PART I: METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING FISH DISEASES; CHAPTER 1: Major Cultured Species; AQUARIUM (PET) FISH; BAIT FISH; FOOD FISH; LABORATORY FISH; CHAPTER 2: Types of Culture Systems; CLOSED CULTURE SYSTEMS: AQUARIA; CLOSED CULTURE SYSTEMS: PONDS; FLOW-THROUGH CULTURE SYSTEMS; SEMI-OPEN CULTURE SYSTEMS; CHAPTER 3: The Clinical Workup; EQUIPPING A FISH DISEASE DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY; CASE SUBMISSIONS; WATER-QUALITY ANALYSIS

TAKING THE HISTORYTHE PHYSICAL EXAM; CLINICAL TECHNIQUES: ROUTINE METHODS; CLINICAL TECHNIQUES: SPECIALIZED METHODS; CHAPTER 4: Postmortem Techniques; EUTHANASIA; PRESERVING PARASITES; CULTURING FOR BACTERIA; SAMPLING FOR WATER MOLDS AND FUNGI; SAMPLING FOR VIRUSES; EXAMINING TISSUES POSTMORTEM; ZOONOTIC DISEASES AND OTHER HUMAN PATHOGENS; CHAPTER 5: Guidelines for Interpreting Clinical Findings; ENVIRONMENT, STRESS, AND FISH DISEASE; ACCLIMATION; HOW TO USE PART II , THE PROBLEM LIST; SAMPLE PROBLEM DATA SHEET; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING: HAVE THE MAJOR PROBLEMS BEEN IDENTIFIED?



PRIORITIZING PROBLEMSTREATMENT PLANS; WHEN TO REFER CASES; CHAPTER 6: Health Management; BIOSECURITY; HEALTH PROMOTION AND MAINTENANCE; ANIMAL WELFARE; FOOD SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY; PART II: PROBLEM LIST; CHAPTER 7: PROBLEMS 1 through 10: Diagnoses made with commercially available water-quality test kits or equipment that should be present in the clinician's clinic; PROBLEM 1: Environmental Hypoxia; PROBLEM 2: Temperature Stress; PROBLEM 3: Temperature Stratification; PROBLEM 4: Ammonia Poisoning; PROBLEM 5: Nitrite Poisoning; PROBLEM 6: Nitrate Poisoning

PROBLEM 7: Too Low (Too Acidic) pHPROBLEM 8: Too High (Too Alkaline) pH; PROBLEM 9: Improper Hardness; PROBLEM 10: Improper Salinity; CHAPTER 8: PROBLEMS 11 through 43: Diagnoses made by either gross external examination of fish, wet mounts of skin/gills, or histopathology of skin/gills; PROBLEM 11: Gas Supersaturation; PROBLEM 12: Lamprey Infestation; PROBLEM 13: Leech Infestation; PROBLEM 14: Copepod Infestation/Infection; PROBLEM 15: Branchiuran Infestation; PROBLEM 16: Isopod Infestation; PROBLEM 17: Monogenean Infestation; PROBLEM 18: Turbellarian Infection

PROBLEM 19: Protozoan Ectoparasites: General FeaturesPROBLEM 20: Ich Infection; PROBLEM 21: Marine White Spot Disease; PROBLEM 22: Trichodinosis; PROBLEM 23: Chilodonella Infestation; PROBLEM 24: Brooklynella Infestation; PROBLEM 25: Tetrahymenosis; PROBLEM 26: Scuticociliatosis; PROBLEM 27: Marine Velvet Disease; PROBLEM 28: Freshwater Velvet Disease; PROBLEM 29: Ichthyobodosis; PROBLEM 30: Gill Cryptobia Infestation; PROBLEM 31: Gill Amoebic Infestation; PROBLEM 32: Sessile, Solitary, Ectocommensal Ciliate Infestation; PROBLEM 33: Sessile, Colonial, Ectocommensal Ciliate Infestation

PROBLEM 34: Typical Water Mold Infection

Sommario/riassunto

Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, Second Edition provides thorough, yet concise descriptions of viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic and noninfectious diseases in an exhaustive number of fish species. Now in full color with over 500 images, the book is designed as a comprehensive guide to the identification and treatment of both common and rare problems encountered during the clinical work-up. Diseases are discussed following a systems-based approach to ensure a user-friendly and practical manual for identifying problems.