Infectious disease in aquaculture
Subtitle: prevention and control
By: edited by Brian Austin
Series: Woodhead publishing series in food science, technology and nutrition -- number 231; Woodhead Publishing in food science, technology, and nutrition -- no. 231.
Publisher: Woodhead Pub. Ltd.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 530
ISBN-13: 9780857090164; 9780857095862
Subjects: Fishes; Aquaculture industry; Infections; Diseases; Prevention
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1.; title: IMMUNE RESPONSES IN FISH AND SHELLFISH AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR DISEASE CONTROL.; title: The innate and adaptive immune system of fish --; title: Crustacean immune responses and their implications for disease control --; title: Immune responses in molluscs and their implications for disease control --; title: Stress and resistance to infectious diseases in fish --; title: Part 2.; title: ADVANCES IN DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS, VETERINARY DRUGS AND VACCINES.; title: Advances in diagnostic methods for mollusc, crustacean and finfish diseases --; title: Quality assurance in aquaculture disease diagnostics --; title: Antibiotics in aquaculture: reducing their use and maintaining their efficacy --; title: Considerations for the use of anti-parasitic drugs in aquaculture --; title: Developments in vaccination against fish bacterial diseases --; title: Developments in adjuvants for fish vaccines --; title: Part 3.; title: DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC PATHOGEN FREE POPULATIONS AND NOVEL APPROACHES FOR DISEASE CONTROL.; title: Development of specific pathogen free (SPF) shrimp stocks and their application to sustainable shrimp farming --; title: The role of risk analysis in the development of biosecurity programmes for the maintenance of specific pathogen free populations --; title: Developments in genomics relevant to disease control in aquaculture --; title: Bacteria and bacteriophages as biological agents for disease control in aquaculture --; title: Managing the microbiota in aquaculture systems for disease prevention and control --; title: Natural antimicrobial compounds for use in aquaculture --; title: The potential for antimicrobial peptides to improve fish health in aquaculture --; title: Advances in non-chemical methods for parasite prevention and control in fish.