Fish diseases and medicine

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"Fish are critically important to the welfare of this planet and its occupants, the health of both wild and captive fish populations paramount to our survival. This book presents the gross pathology of the most commonly encountered diseases and syndromes of fish in an organ system-based approach. It provides an overview of the diseases and disorders of tropical, ornamental, bait and food fish from freshwater, brackish and marine environments. Readers will gain a broader understanding of the basic biology of infectious and non-infectious diseases in fish, as well as novel diagnostic techniques and innovative disease control methods."- Page 4 of cover.  Read more... Abstract: "Fish are critically important to the welfare of this planet and its occupants, the health of both wild and captive fish populations paramount to our survival. This book presents the gross pathology of the most commonly encountered diseases and syndromes of fish in an organ system-based approach. It provides an overview of the diseases and disorders of tropical, ornamental, bait and food fish from freshwater, brackish and marine environments. Readers will gain a broader understanding of the basic biology of infectious and non-infectious diseases in fish, as well as novel diagnostic techniques and innovative disease control methods."- Page 4 of cover Content: Introduction. Anatomy and Physiology. Gross and microscopic anatomy of major organ systems. Physiology of major organ systems compared to terrestrial mammals. Water quality and environmental issues. General water quality parameters (temp, DO, pH, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, etc.). Problems associated with poor water quality parameters. SECTION I: Fish Diseases. Gill diseases. Skin diseases (also fin and tail diseases). Ocular problems. Abdominal distention. Buoyancy problems. Malformations (musculoskeletal). Neurological diseases. Gastrointestinal diseases. Renal diseases. Liver diseases. Reproductive problems. Swim bladder problems. Muscle diseases. Coelomic problems. Nutritional diseases. SECTION II: Fish Medicine: Diagnostics. Examination. External collections - scrapes and biopsies for wet mounts and histopathology. Fluorescein examination - eyes and skin. Hematology. Coelomic aspirate. Radiology, contrast radiology and ultrasound. Endoscopy/laproscopy - diagnostics and sexing. Necropsy - collection of samples for impression smears, histology, EM, PCR, etc.Sedation, anesthesia and euthanasia. Analgesia. Surgery. Wen reduction. Radio-tag/microchip placement. Wound repair. Cutaneous masses. Enucleation. Exploratory/laparoscopy. Reproductive problems. Miscellaneous procedures. Appendices. References/Cited literature. Index.