Fish diseases : prevention and control strategies / edited by Galina Jeney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jeney, Galina, editor.

ScienceDirect (Online service)

Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishes--Diseases.

Fishes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London, United Kingdom : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, 2017.

Contents:

Front Cover; Fish Diseases; Fish Diseases: Prevention and Control Strategies; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1. FISH; 2. PATHOGENS; 3. ENVIRONMENT; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; I

Fish; 1

Immunology: Improvement of Innate and Adaptive Immunity; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 TELEOST IMMUNITY; 1.2.1 Innate Immunity; 1.2.2 Adaptive Immunity; 1.2.2.1 Major Histocompatibility Complex; 1.2.2.2 B-Cells and Antibodies; 1.2.2.3 T-Cells; 1.2.2.3.1 T-Helper Cells; 1.2.2.3.2 Cytotoxic T-cells; 1.2.2.3.3 Regulatory T-cells; 1.2.3 Immune Tissues in Fish; 1.3 EFFECTORS OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE

1.4 IMPROVEMENT OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE1.4.1 Vaccines; 1.4.2 Immunostimulants; 1.4.3 Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics; 1.4.4 Nucleotide Diets; 1.5 CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; REFERENCES; 2

Improvement of Disease Resistance by Genetic Methods; 2.1 HOW TO ASSESS DISEASE RESISTANCE IN FISH?; 2.1.1 Which Traits Can Be Used to Score Disease Resistance at the Individual Level?; 2.1.2 Testing for Resistance: Natural Outbreaks Versus Controlled Challenge Testing; 2.2 BASIC GENETIC PRINCIPLES; 2.2.1 DNA, Chromosomes, and Inheritance; 2.2.2 Genetic Variation; 2.2.3 Heritability

2.2.4 Inbreeding2.2.5 Correlation Between Traits; 2.3 SELECTIVE BREEDING TO IMPROVE RESISTANCE; 2.3.1 General Processes in Relation to Diseases; 2.3.2 Heritability of Disease Resistance and Survival Traits; 2.3.3 Response to Selection for Survival and Disease Resistance; 2.3.4 Combining Resistance to Diseases and Production Traits in Breeding Objectives; 2.3.4.1 Correlations With Production Traits; 2.3.4.2 Correlations Among Resistance to Different Diseases; 2.3.4.3 Correlation Between Survival in the Field and Survival After Experimental Disease Challenge

2.3.5 Resistance to Diseases in Selection Programs Worldwide2.4 APPLICATION OF NEW BIOTECHNOLOGIES; 2.4.1 Measuring Variation in the Nucleotide Sequence of DNA; 2.4.2 Linkage Mapping and Genome-Wide Association; 2.4.3 Gene Expression; 2.4.4 Epigenetics; 2.4.5 Marker-Assisted and Genomic Selection; 2.5 ROLE OF SELECTIVE BREEDING IN AN OVERALL HEALTH IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY; 2.5.1 Combining Different Health Management Strategies; 2.5.1.1 Genetic Resistance and Vaccination; 2.5.1.2 Stress Response, Cardiovascular Fitness and Disease Susceptibility

2.5.2 Selection for Sustainable Resistances: Integrating New Facets of Host Response2.5.2.1 Targeting General or Specific Immune Responses?; 2.5.2.2 Toward New Desirable Traits to Improve Resistance; 2.6 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; II

Pathogens; 3

Types of Pathogens in Fish, Waterborne Diseases; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 HOST SPECIFICITY OF PATHOGENS; 3.3 VIRAL PATHOGENS; 3.3.1 Virally Induced Host Behavioral Changes; 3.3.2 Viral Shedding; 3.3.3 The Carrier Status; 3.3.4 Vectors; 3.3.5 Predator-Prey Relationships; 3.3.6 Modes of Transmission of Bacterial Pathogens Between Fish; 3.3.7 Bacteria

Notes:

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed February 23, 2017).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

9780128045855

012804585X

Publisher Number:

99993190434

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.