Fish
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- Asian Fisheries Society: Fish Health Section
- Page http://afs-fhs.seafdec.org.ph/
- Aims to improve regional knowledge on fish health management and develop awareness among Asian aquaculturists towards establishing a sustainable aquaculture industry.
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- Diseases in Pond Fishes: The Role of Stress
- Page http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/288/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
- Page http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/153/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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- FishVet
- Page http://www.fishvet.com/
- Provides diagnosis charts and information on diseases that may affect aquarium fish. Also offers online sales of medications, water conditioners and other products.
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- Oxygen Depletion and Other Types of Fish Kills
- Page http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/289/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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- The Fish Site: Health and Welfare Featured Articles
- Page http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/cat1/health-welfare
- Provides short articles on a wide range of subjects related to fish health.
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- Alphavirus Infections in Salmonids: A Review
- Page http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00848.x/abstract
- Salmonid alphaviruses (SAVs) are serious pathogens of farmed Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout in Europe. This article reviews research findings.
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- Diseases and Parasites in Farmed Salmon
- Page http://www.puresalmon.org/pdfs/diseases.pdf
- 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
- Page http://www.aquafeed.com/read-article.php?id=2274§ionid=1
- 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?
- Page http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/175/how-would-you-recognise-pancreas-disease-pd-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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- Journal of Fish Diseases
- Page http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2761
- Archive of abstracts with full peer-reviewed articles available by online subscription or single article purchase.
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- The Aetiology and Epidemiology of PD, HMSI and CMS in Scotland
- Page http://www.sarf.org.uk/Project%20Final%20Reports/SARF015%20Final%20Report.pdf
- 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
- Page http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/382/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
- Page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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
- Page http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/255/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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- Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis in Farmed Salmonids
- Page http://www.afbini.gov.uk/adds-fishinfectiouspancreaticnecrosis.pdf
- Provides information on the virus that causes this disease, a description of the disease, the clinical signs, post-mortem findings and diagnosis. [PDF]
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- Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus
- Page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infectious_salmon_anemia_virus
- Wikipedia article on this disease of salmon.
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- FA90/FA090: Pentastomid Infections in Fish
- Page http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fa090
- 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
- Page http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/319/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
- Page http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/104/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.