Fish
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- Diseases in Pond Fishes: The Role of Stress
- Article discussing the factors which may affect fish and make them more susceptible to infectious diseases or protozoan parasites.
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- Effects and Benefits of Fish Vaccination
- Fish vaccination has proved to be effective in reducing economic losses caused by mortality and lower growth rates. This fact sheet illustrates how prevention is better than cure and provides a cost-benefit analysis for vaccination.
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- Oxygen Depletion and Other Types of Fish Kills
- Most fish kills in farm ponds are the result of oxygen depletion. This article outlines how a high level of nutrients in the water can result in an algal bloom, and the factors that may cause a sudden lowering of the oxygen level.
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- Diseases and Parasites in Farmed Salmon
- This article argues that a large number of farmed fish in a small area provides ideal conditions for parasites and infectious diseases which may then spread to adjacent farms and to wild fish. [PDF]
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- First Live-Attenuated Vaccine for S. iniae in Development
- Article describing how researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of using a live-attenuated vaccine to prevent this deadly infection.
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- How Would you Recognise Pancreas Disease on your Farm?
- Outlines the basis for the diagnosis of PD and provides guidance in distinguishing it from IPN, CMS and HSMI.
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- The Aetiology and Epidemiology of PD, HMSI and CMS in Scotland
- This report summarises the conclusions of research into these diseases and the varying degrees of success in achieving certain milestones. [PDF]
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- Bacterial Kidney Disease: Detection and Control in Great Britain
- Outlines the setting up of an inspection and sampling programme aimed at the detection of BKD and its diagnosis, the statutory controls in place and surveillance.
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- Enteric Redmouth Disease
- Information from Wikipedia on this bacterial infection of freshwater and marine fish caused by the pathogen Yersinia ruckeri.
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- Vaccine Management Guide for the Control of Enteric Redmouth Disease
- This bulletin gives guidance on the optimum timing of oral vaccination depending on the ERM disease cycle, the health status of the fish, the water temperature and the nutritional status of the fish.
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- FA90/FA090: Pentastomid Infections in Fish
- Factsheet on pentastomes, a group of worm-like parasites that infect many different species of fish. Includes details of their life cycle, the damage they cause, diagnosis and treatment.
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- Fish Lice in the UK
- Describes the three species of Argulus found in British waters and their life cycle with information on the factors that affect their numbers.
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- Parasite Focus: Gyrodactylus
- This parasitic fluke can be found infesting many different types of freshwater and marine fish. This article explains that most species of Gyrodactylus are of little concern to fish farmers but Gyrodactylus salaris is a threat to native fish populations in Scandinavia.
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- Parasitic Diseases of Tilapia
- Provides information on screening for the main parasites affecting tilapia. Gives images, disease signs and possible treatment for each and outlines the factors that influence the severity of the parasitic disease.
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- Step by Step Guide to a Marine Water Parasite Prevention Plan
- Offers a practical guide-line to help marine cage farmers within the Asia-Pacific region cope with common external parasites.
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- Current Research on PKD
- Outlines research being done at the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Sterling including the testing of novel treatments, elucidation of the life cycle of the parasite, development of a vaccine to prevent PKD and selective breeding of PKD-tolerant fish.
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- Proliferative Kidney Disease of Salmonids
- Describes the arrival of this disease in North America, the signs of infection, the epizootiology, its incidence and possible control. [PDF]