Diseases and Parasites of Tropical Fish, Symptoms and Treatment

The book addresses a fundamental problem that confronts fish farmers in the tropics which militates against aquaculture development. Fish culture practices, such as feeding and the decomposition of the left over food, overstocking, metabolic products of the cultured fish and other variables, compromise the water quality of the fish pond resulting in the proliferation of diseases and parasites in fish culture systems. Successful fish culture enterprise requires the fish culturist to be conversant and knowledgeable in fish diseases and parasites, including how to identify, prevent and treat the fish when they occur. The book is relevant to students offering courses in fish disease, fish pathology/parasitology, aquatic ecology and environmental public health at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as to the Aquacultrist. The book expounds, the salient issues in fish pathology, including the etiology of the disease, clinical symptoms, diagnosis, immunity, prophylaxis and treatment. Students, teachers, fish farmers and public health practitioners will find the book useful.