Fish Disease: Diagnosis And Treatment, Second Edition

Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, Second Edition provides thorough, yet concise 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.
Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, Second Edition is the must-have reference for any aquaculturists, aquatic biologists, or fish health specialists dealing with diagnosing or treating fish diseases.

Edward J. Noga, MS, DVM, is Professor of Aquatic Medicine (College of Veterinary Medicine) and Adjunct Professor of Zoology (College of Agriculture and Life Science) at North Carolina State University, in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Adjunct Professor of Marine Science (Center for Marine Science) at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington, North Carolina.

"The second edition of Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment is a welcome update of the 1996 original. Enlarged to include 130 pages of new information and generously illustrated with color photographs and black-and-white diagrams, this text should serve as a resource for practitioners who occasionally treat pet fish as well as for dedicated fish disease diagnosticians. Reasonably priced, this comprehensive text is a useful addition to the library of any veterinarian engaged in fish medicine and diagnostics. (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, December 2010)
"This is a welcome expansion of the first edition. It offers a much expanded clinical methods section, several new and/or newly organized problems, and presentation of enhanced and updated treatment options. Altogether, new information has increased the page count by 130 pages. This book remains unique in its clinical as well as academic usefulness. The clinical focus makes it stand out from other important fish medicine and disease references, and its ease of use makes it a popular first choice of professionals in the field." (Doody's, December 2010)
"The second updated edition of Edward J. Noga's FISH DISEASE: DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT (9780813806976) is a 'must' for any aquatic biologist or fish health specialist. The newly updated edition expands clinical work-up insights, coverage of fish pathogen identification, and more, providing updates on diagnosis, treatment, and issues affecting overall environmental health. The result is a top pick filled with technical detail and the latest research, recommended for any college-level collection!" (The Midwest Book Review, October 2010)

Part I. METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING FISH DISEASES
1. MAJOR CULTURED SPECIES

2. TYPES OF CULTURE SYSTEMS
3. THE CLINICAL WORK-UP
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4. POST MORTEM TECHNIQUES
5. GUIDELINES FOR INTERPRETING CLINICAL FINDINGS
6. HEALTH MANAGEMENT
Part II. PROBLEM LIST
7. PROBLEMS 1-10. Diagnoses made with commercially available water quality test kits or equipment that should be present in the clinician's clinic
�� 1. Environmental hypoxia
�� 2. Temperature stress
�� 3. Temperature stratification
�� 4. Ammonia poisoning
�� 5. Nitrite poisoning
�� 6. Nitrate poisoning
�� 7. Too low (acidic) pH
�� 8. Too high (alkaline) pH
�� 9. Improper hardness
�� 10. Improper salinity
8. PROBLEMS 11-43: Diagnoses made by either gross external examination of fish, wet mounts of skin/gills, or histopathology of skin/gills
�� 11. Gas supersaturation
�� 12. Lamprey infestation
�� 13. Leech infestation
�� 14. Copepod infestation/infection
�� 15. Branchiuran infestation
�� 16. Isopod infestation
�� 17. Monogenean infestation
�� 18. Turbellarian infection
�� 19. Protozoan ectoparasites: General features
�� 20. Ichthyophthirius infection
�� 21. Cryptocaryon infection
�� 22. Trichodinid infestation
�� 23. Chilodonella infestation
�� 24. Brooklynella infestation
�� 25. Tetrahymena infection
�� 26. Uronema infection
�� 27. Amyloodinium infestation
�� 28. Piscinoodinium infestation
�� 29. Ichthyobodo infestation
�� 30. Gill Cryptobia infestations
�� 31. Gill amoebic infestations
�� 32� Sessile, solitary, ectocommensal ciliate infestations
�� 33. Sessile, colonial, ectocommensal ciliate infestations
�� 34. Typical water mold infections
�� 35. Atypical water mold infections
�� 36. Branchiomycosis
�� 37. Columnaris infection
�� 38. Bacterial cold water disease
�� 39. Bacterial gill disease
�� 40. Lymphocystis
�� 41. Epitheliocystis
�� 42. Miscellaneous skin and gill diseases
�� 43. Incidental findings in skin or gill wet mounts

9. PROBLEM 44: Diagnoses made by examination of a gill clip or a blood smear
�� 44. Primary hemopathies
10. PROBLEMS 45-57: Diagnoses made by bacterial culture of kidney or affected organs
�� 45. Bacterial dermatopathies/systemic bacterial infections (general)
�� 46. Motile aeromonad infection
�� 47. Furunculosis
�� 48. Edwardsiella ictaluri
�� 49. Edwardsiella tarda
�� 50. Vibriosis
�� 51. Pasteurellosis
�� 52. Enteric redmouth disease
�� 53� Streptococcosis
�� 54. Bacterial kidney disease
�� 55. Mycobacteriosis
�� 56. Piscirickettsiosis
�� 57. Miscellaneous systemic bacterial infections
11. PROBLEMS 58-76: Diagnoses made by necropsy of the viscera and examination of wet mounts or histopathology of internal organs
�� 58. Digenean trematode infection: General features
�� 59. Gill digenean trematode infections
�� 60. Nematode infections
�� 61. Cestode infections
�� 62. Acanthocephalan infections��
�� 63. Myxozoan infections (General)
�� 64. Proliferative gill disease
�� 65. Ceratomyxosis
�� 66. Hoferellus carassii
�� 67. Proliferative kidney disease
�� 68. Whirling disease
�� 69. Miscellaneous myxozoan infections
�� 70. Microsporidian infections
�� 71. Ichthyophonosis
�� 72. True fungal infections
�� 73. Diplomonad flagellate infection
�� 74. Tissue coccidiosis
�� 75. Miscellaneous endoparasitic infections
�� 76. Idiopathic epidermal proliferation/Neoplasia

12. PROBLEMS 77-88: 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.)
�� 77. Systemic viral diseases (General) molecular probes
�� 78. Channel catfish virus disease
�� 79. Infectious pancreatic necrosis
�� 80. Infectious hematopoietic necrosis
�� 81. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia
�� 82. Infectious salmon anemia
�� 83. Spring viremia of carp
�� 84. Iridovirus diseases
�� 85. Nodavirus diseases
�� 86. Koi herpesvirus disease
�� 87. Alphavirus diseases
�� 88. Miscellaneous viral infections and diseases
13. PROBLEMS 89-99: 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
�� 89. Nutritional deficiency
�� 90. Hypercarbia
�� 91. Hydrogen sulfide poisoning
�� 92. Chlorine/chloramine poisoning
�� 93. Heavy metal poisoning
�� 94. Cyanide poisoning
�� 95. Miscellaneous poisonings
�� 96. Harmful algal blooms
�� 97. Acute ulceration response/Environmental shock/delayed mortality syndrome
�� 98. Traumatic lesions
�� 99. Genetic anomalies
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14. PROBLEMS 100-102: 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)
�� 100. Lateral Line Depigmentation
�� 101. Senescence
�� 102. Miscellaneous important idiopathic diseases
15. PROBLEM 103: Diseases of Reproduction
� 103. Egg diseases
Part III. METHODS FOR TREATING FISH DISEASES
16. GENERAL CONCEPTS IN THERAPY

17�� PHARMACOPOEIA
APPENDIX I: Fish Disease Diagnosis Form
APPENDIX II: Suppliers
APPENDIX III: Scientific Names of Fish Mentioned in the Text
APPENDIX IV: Definitions of Terms
Index

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