Sea Bass and Sea Bream, A Practical Approach to Disease Control and Health Management

Sea Bass and Sea Bream, A Practical Approach to Disease Control and Health Management PDF

By Pierpaolo Patarnello and Niccolo Vendramin

Sea Bass and Sea Bream, A Practical Approach to Disease Control and Health Management PDF. The aim of this book is to provide practical advice and awareness of health management and disease control in sea bass and sea bream, the most widely-farmed fish in the Mediterranean region. The prevention and control of the main pathologies affecting intensively-cultured marine fish species are of paramount importance. Farmed sea bass and sea bream are high-value fish, making significant contributions to the economies of many countries. This important book gives particular emphasis to rapid diagnosis and response to the most dangerous pathologies, which can cause severe economic losses in affected fish farms. Key features of the book Sea Bass and Sea Bream include: A clear layout and practical approach: easy to understand and implement Colour photographs of the main diseases and parasites affecting sea bass and sea bream A combination of the authors’ wide field-based experience in the diagnosis of fish diseases, with knowledge from a major fish diseases reference laboratory.

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Table of Contents

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preface

PART I THE MEDITERRANEAN PRODUCTION SYSTEM

Farmed Species

Main Biosecurity Problems

Phases of the diagnostic approach

1. Equipment

2. Signaling – Case description

3. Anamnesis – Clinical history

4. Site inspection and clinical examination

5. General Clinical Examination (GCE)

6. Necropsy technique and Internal pathological examination

7. Parasitological examination

8. Bacteriological examination

9. Virological examination

PART II THE MAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN MODERN MEDITERRANEAN AQUACULTURE

BACTERIAL DISEASES

Vibriosis (Vibrio anguillarum)

Photobacteriosis (previously known as Pasteurellosis)

Flexibacteriosis (Tenacibaculum maritimum)

Streptococcosis

Septicemia

VIRAL DISEASES

Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy (VER, also known as Viral Nervous Necrosis – VNN)

Lymphocystis disease

PARASITIC INFESTATIONS

Myxosporid Diseases Enteromyxum leei

Isopod Infestations (Ceratothoa, Nerocilia, Anilocra)

Mongenean Parasitic Infestations

SUMMARY

BACTERIAL DISEASES

Typical Vibriosis

Photobacteriosis

Flexibacteriosis

Streptococcosis

Septicemia

VIRAL DISEASES

Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy (VER, also known as Viral Nervous Necrosis – VNN)

Lymphocystis disease

PARASITIC INFESTATIONS

Diseases caused

Isopod and copepod crustaceans

Infestation

REFERENCES FOR FURTHER READING

Index

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