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Health management in aquaculture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010-07)
A textbook on diseases of cultured warmwater fish and shrimps in the Philippines. Eleven chapters cover essential information on the basic principles of disease causation, major diseases of cultured fish and crustaceans, ...
Bacterial diseases
Tendencia, Eleonor 
; (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)
; (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)
Fish and crustaceans that are not weakened by poor environmental conditions, or by other causes, such as parasitic infestation, nutritional deficiency, handling stress, or chemical intoxication, are more resistant to ...
Parasitic diseases and pests
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)
This chapter deals with parasitic animals of significance to aquaculture because of their harmful effects on fish and crustaceans. It also illustrates the life cycle of major parasites and discusses the various methods in ...
Viral diseases
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)
Outbreaks of viral infections can cause massive mortalities among cultured fishes or shrimps. Water temperature and age of the fish or shrimps are significant factors that influence the development of viral infections. ...
Disease development
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)
Disease occurrence is one of the biggest deterrents to sustainable production in aquaculture. It is therefore important to enhance awareness among various sectors of the importance of health management in the aquaculture ...
Probiotics in aquaculture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)
Fungal diseases
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)
Over the past 20 years, aquatic animal mycopathogens have become the focus of considerable research. The many known occurrences of fungal diseases in wild populations and the documented devastating disease outbreaks indicate ...
Physical, environmental, and chemical methods of disease prevention and control
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)
Disease prevention is a primary and cost-effective method in fish health management. It is more effective and economical than attempting to stop a disease that has already set in. Preventive measures have always big advantage ...
Harmful and toxic algae
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)
The chapter provides basic facts about harmful and toxic algae. It also discusses the conditions that stimulate their occurrence, different types of harmful and toxic algal blooms and their effects to fish and marine ...
Serological and DNA-based techniques in disease diagnosis
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)
The improvement of existing serological techniques, development of monoclonal antibody technology and the development of new serological approaches are all working together to provide new tools for the detection of ...