Tilapia culture is an important source of income and nutrition to many rural families. Since
2000, the production of tilapia increased and reached domestic and global markets. Major …

The bacterium P iscirickettsia salmonis is the aetiological agent of piscirickettsiosis a severe
disease that has caused major economic losses in the aquaculture industry since its …

Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, Second Edition provides thorough, yet concise
descriptions of viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic and noninfectious diseases in an exhaustive …

This book puts emphasis on the isolation, taxonomy, diagnosis (phenotypic, serology and
molecular biology), epizootiology, pathogenicity mechanisms, and methods of disease …

Health Maintenance and Principal Microbial Diseases of Cultured Fishes, Third Edition is a
thoroughly revised and updated version of the classic text. Building on the wealth of …

Piscirickettsia salmonis is the first Gram‐negative, intracellular bacterial pathogen isolated
from fish and is a significant cause of mortality in salmonid fish. Recent reports of P …

Francisella sp. is an emergent bacterial pathogen that causes acute to chronic disease in
warm and cold water cultured and wild fish species. During the past 3 years, the bacterium …

A series of recent reports have implicated bacteria from the family Francisellaceae as the
cause of disease in farmed and wild fish and shellfish species such as Atlantic cod, Gadus …

Tilapia aquaculture is a major source of animal protein, with global production reaching over
6 million tonnes in 2020. The rapid growth of the tilapia sector has led to a number of …

In 2004, a new disease was detected in cod (Gadus morhua) in western Norway. Affected
cod had white granulomas in the visceral organs and skin. A species of Francisella was …