Fish parasites : pathobiology and protection / edited by Patrick T.K. Woo, Kurt Buchmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buchmann, Kurt.

Woo, P. T. K.

C.A.B. International.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishes--Parasites.

Fishes.

Parasites.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 383 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, [2012]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book covers protozoa and metazoan parasites that cause disease and mortality in economically important fishes. All chapters are written by scientists who have considerable experience and expertise on the parasites. The selection of pathogens for inclusion in the book are made by the editors, and it is based on mumerous criteria of aquacultural importance. The book is targetted towards research scientists in aquaculture industry and universities, fish health consultants, fish health specialists, students, veterinarians, aquaculturists and laboratory managers.

Contents:

Neoparamoeba perurans / Barbara F. Nowak

Amyloodinium ocellatum / Edward J. Noga

Cryptobia (Trypanoplasma) salmositica / Patrick T.K. Woo

Ichthyophthirius multifiliis / Harry W. Dickerson

Miamiensis avidus and related species / Sung-Ju Jung and Patrick T.K. Woo

Perkinsus marinus and Haplosporidium nelsoni / Ryan B. Carnegie and Eugene M. Burreson

Loma salmonae and related species / David J. Speare and Jan Lovy

Myxobolus cerebralis and Ceratomyxa shasta / Sascha L. Hallett and Jerri L. Bartholomew

Enteromyxum species / Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla and Oswaldo Palenzuela

Henneguya ictaluri / Linda M.W. Pote, Lester Khoo and Matt Griffin

Gyrodactylus salaris and Gyrodactylus derjavinoides / Kurt Buchmann

Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae and Pseudodactylogyrus bini / Kurt Buchmann

Benedenia seriolae and Neobenedenia species / Ian D. Whittington

Heterobothrium okamotoi and Neoheterobothrium hirame / Kazuo Ogawa

Diplostomum spathaceum and related species / Anssi Karvonen

Sanguinicola inermis and related species / Ruth S. Kirk

Bothriocephalus acheilognathi / Tomáš Scholz, Roman Kuchta and Chris Williams

Anisakis species / Arne Levsen and Bjørn Berland

Anguillicoloides crassus / François Lefebvre, Géraldine Fazio and Alain J. Crivelli

Argulus foliaceus / Ole Sten Møller

Lernaea cyprinacea and related species / Annemariè Avenant-Oldewage

Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus rogercresseyi / John F. Burka, Mark D. Fast and Crawford W. Revie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Fish parasites.

ISBN:

1-84593-806-2

OCLC:

778435030

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.