Fish Parasites: Pathobiology And Protection

Description: Focusing on pathobiology and protective strategies against protozoan and metazoan parasites of fish, this book reviews the latest research on important parasites: those that cause financial hardships to the aquaculture industry, have been introduced to new geographical regions through transportation of infected fish, are pathogenic to groups of finfish and detrimental to production, are highly adaptable and not host-specific with worldwide distributions, and that may serve as disease models for studies on other pathogens. It also highlights gaps in the knowledge to help direct future research.



Contents: 1. Neoparamoeba perurans; 2. Amyloodininium ocellatum; 3. Cryptobia salmositica; 4. Ichthyophthirius multifiliis; 5. Miamiensis avidus and related species; 6. Perkinsus marinus and Haplosporidium nelsoni; 7. Loma salmonae and Glugea anomala; 8. Myxobolus cerebralis and Ceratomyxa shasta; 9. Enteromyxum scophthalmi and related species; 10. Henneguya ictaluri and related species; 11. Gyrodactylus salaris and G. derjavinoides; 12. Pseudodactylogyrus bini and P. anguillae; 13. Benedenia seriolae and Neobenedenia spp.; 14. Heterobothrium okamoti and Neoheterobothrium hirame; 15. Diplostomum spathaceum and related species; 16. Sanguinicola inermis and related species; 17. Bothriocephalus acheilognathi; 18. Anisakis simplex; 19. Anguillicoloides crassus; 20. Argulus foliaceus; 21. Lernaea cyprinacea and related species; 22. Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus rogercresseyi.