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.

Preface

Editor

Contributors

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1. Anatomical Physiology of Fish

Christine L. Densmore

2. Water Quality and Environmental Issues

Deborah B. Pouder and Stephen A. Smith

3. Diagnosis of Fish Diseases

Esteban Soto, Shane M. Boylan, Brittany Stevens, Stephen A. Smith, Roy P.E. Yanong, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, and Thomas Waltzek

4. Ocular Disorders

Stephen A. Smith

5. Skin and Fin Diseases

Pedro A. Smith, Diane G. Elliott, David W. Bruno and Stephen A. Smith

6. Gill Diseases

Stephen A. Smith

7. Musculoskeletal Diseases

John S. Lumsden

8. Coelomic Disorders

Christine L. Densmore

9. Gastrointestinal Disorders

Stephen A. Smith

10. Cardiac Diseases

Trygve T. Poppe

11. Hepatic, Biliary, and Pancreatic Diseases

Jeffrey C. Wolf

12. Renal Diseases and Disorders

Lester Khoo

13. Swim Bladder Disorders

Alisa L. Newton

14. Reproductive Disorders

Lester Khoo

15. Neurological Diseases

Salvatore Frasca, Jr.

16. Nutritional Diseases

Simon J. Davies, Tharangani K. Herath, and Peter Bowyer

17. Sedation, Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Euthanasia

Lysa Pam Posner, Craig A. Harms, and Stephen A. Smith

18. Surgery

Shane M. Boylan

19. Therapeutants for Fish

Grace A. Karreman, Patricia S. Gaunt, Richard G. Endris, and Nick Saint-Erne

Appendix A: Therapeutics for Ornamental, Tropical, Bait and Other Non-Food Fish: Antimicrobial and Antifungal Agents

Jessica Gaskins and Shane M. Boylan

Appendix B: Therapeutics for Ornamental, Tropical, Bait and Other Non-Food Fish: Antiparasiticides

Jessica Gaskins and Shane M. Boylan

Appendix C: Therapeutics for Ornamental Fish, Tropical, Bait and Other Non-Food Fish: Supportive Therapy and Care

Jessica Gaskins and Shane M. Boylan

Appendix D: Example of Cascade System in United Kingdom

Richard G. Endris

Appendix E: References for Drugs Used in Aquaculture in Other Countries

Richard G. Endris

Index