This comprehensive text provides an overview of fish medicine and the diseases and disorders of tropical, ornamental, bait and food fish from the freshwater, brackish and marine environments. The book is organized by body systems, an approach consistent with how a practitioner examines a diseased animal.

Stephen A. Smith, MS, DVM, PhD is the Professor of the Aquatic Medicine Program at Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. He is the past president (2002-2003) of the International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine and has published widely in various journals including the AVMA journal and the Journal of Aquatic Health.

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.