Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment has descriptions of viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic and noninfectious diseases in an exhaustive number of fish species. Now in full color with over 500 images, the book is designed as a comprehensive guide to the identification and treatment of both common and rare problems encountered during the clinical work-up. Diseases are discussed following a systems-based approach to ensure a user-friendly and practical manual for identifying problems.

Contents

Part I: Methods for Diagnosing Fish Diseases

1. Major Cultured Species
2. Types of Culture Systems
3. The Clinical Work-Up
4. Post Mortem Techniques
5. Guidelines for Interpreting Clinical Findings
6. Health Management

Part II. Problem List

7. Diagnoses made with commercially available water quality test kits or equipment that should be present in the clinician's clinic
8. Diagnoses made by either gross external examination of fish, wet mounts of skin/gills, or histopathology of skin/gills
9. Diagnoses made by examination of a gill clip or a blood smear
10. Diagnoses made by bacterial culture of kidney or affected organs
11. Diagnoses made by necropsy of the viscera and examination of wet mounts or histopathology of internal organsliferation/Neoplasia
12. Rule-out diagnoses 1 (Viral Infections): Presumptive diagnosis is based upon the absence of other etiologies combined with a diagnostically appropriate history, clinical signs, and/or pathology. Definitive diagnosis is based upon presumptive diagnosis combined with confirmation of viral presence (i.e., culture, immmunodiagnosis, gene test, etc.)
13. Rule-out diagnoses 2: Presumptive diagnosis is based upon the absence of other etiologies combined with a diagnostically appropriate history, clinical signs, and/or pathology. Definitive diagnosis is based upon presumptive evidence combined with further, more extensive work-up with a specific identification of the problem
14. Rule-out diagnoses 3: Presumptive diagnosis is based upon the absence of other etiologies combined with a diagnostically appropriate history, clinical signs, and/or pathology. Definitive diagnosis is not possible since the etiology is unknown (idiopathic)
15. Diseases of Reproduction

Part III. Methods for Treating Fish Diseases

16. General Concepts in Thereapy
17. Pharmcopoeia

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