Infectious disease in aquaculture :

Infectious disease in aquaculture : prevention and control / edited by Brian Austin. - Oxford ; Philadelphia : Woodhead Pub. Ltd., 2012. - xxvi, 530 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Woodhead publishing series in food science, technology and nutrition ; number 231 . - Woodhead Publishing in food science, technology, and nutrition ; no. 231. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

IMMUNE RESPONSES IN FISH AND SHELLFISH AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR DISEASE CONTROL. The innate and adaptive immune system of fish -- Crustacean immune responses and their implications for disease control -- Immune responses in molluscs and their implications for disease control -- Stress and resistance to infectious diseases in fish -- Part 1. ADVANCES IN DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS, VETERINARY DRUGS AND VACCINES. Advances in diagnostic methods for mollusc, crustacean and finfish diseases -- Quality assurance in aquaculture disease diagnostics -- Antibiotics in aquaculture: reducing their use and maintaining their efficacy -- Considerations for the use of anti-parasitic drugs in aquaculture -- Developments in vaccination against fish bacterial diseases -- Developments in adjuvants for fish vaccines -- Part 2. DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC PATHOGEN FREE POPULATIONS AND NOVEL APPROACHES FOR DISEASE CONTROL. Development of specific pathogen free (SPF) shrimp stocks and their application to sustainable shrimp farming -- The role of risk analysis in the development of biosecurity programmes for the maintenance of specific pathogen free populations -- Developments in genomics relevant to disease control in aquaculture -- Bacteria and bacteriophages as biological agents for disease control in aquaculture -- Managing the microbiota in aquaculture systems for disease prevention and control -- Natural antimicrobial compounds for use in aquaculture -- The potential for antimicrobial peptides to improve fish health in aquaculture -- Advances in non-chemical methods for parasite prevention and control in fish. Part 3.

9780857090164 (hbk.) 9780857095862 (online) 085709016X (hbk.)

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Aquaculture industry.
Fishes--Diseases--Prevention.
Fishes--Infections.

SH171 / .I534 2012

639.8 AUS
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