Over the past 80 years, tilapia have been translocated globally for aquaculture; active
production is recorded in> 124 countries. Of 7 million tonnes of tilapia produced in …

Ciliates are considered the most harmful parasites of fish, causing mass mortalities and thus
substantial economic losses to the aquaculture and ornamental fish industries. To better …

Globally, disease accounts for around 40% of lost aquaculture production. Commonly,
disease occurs due to an inability of farm managers to accurately quantify disease risk due …

Abstract Goldfish, Carassius auratus Linnaeus, 1758, are immensely popular ornamental
cyprinid fish, traded in more than 100 countries. For more than 500 years, human …

The marine environment includes diverse microeukaryotic organisms that play important
functional roles in the ecosystem. With molecular approaches, eukaryotic taxonomy has …

The bacterial microbiome is an important component of any aquaculture environment. The
interaction between the bacterial microbiome and other microorganisms (eg parasites …

Australia has a highly endemic freshwater fish fauna, but basic biological knowledge for
most is lacking. This includes an understanding, and description, of their parasite fauna …

Intensive fish production has arguably resulted in a consequential increase in the incidence
of disease within the aquaculture industry. The frequency and the severity of disease events …

Diseases caused by ectoparasitic ciliates can be a threat to yellow catfish, Tachysurus
fulvidraco, an economically important fish in China. However, limited data are available …

Chilodonella, a parasitic ciliate that infects both cold water and warm water fish, can impede
the growth of juvenile fish and cause considerable economic losses globally to freshwater …