The rise of aquaculture has been one of the most profound changes in global food
production of the past 100 years. Driven by population growth, rising demand for seafood …

We review the literature to distinguish reports of vertebrate wildlife disease emergence with
sufficient evidence, enabling a robust assessment of emergence drivers. For potentially …

Distribution and host range of ranaviruses Page 19 9© The Author (s) 2015 MJ Gray, VG
Chinchar (eds.), Ranaviruses , DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13755-1_2 Distribution and Host Range …

Singapore grouper iridovirus (SGIV), one of the nucleocytoviricota viruses (NCVs), is a
highly pathogenic iridovirid. SGIV infection results in massive economic losses to the …

The growing global demand for seafood together with the limited capacity of the wild-capture
sector to meet this demand has seen the aquaculture industry continue to grow around the …

Combating and controlling sea lice causes large economic costs for the farmers, with
estimated values of more than 305 million euros (€) per year. Increased resistance against …

Ranaviruses are capable of infecting amphibians from at least 14 families and over 70
individual species. Ranaviruses infect multiple cell types, often culminating in organ …

Over the last 30 years, aquaculture has become the fastest growing form of agriculture
production in the world, but its development has been hampered by a diverse range of …

In late 2018, unusual patterns of very high mortality (> 50% production) were reported in
intensive tilapia cage culture systems across Lake Volta in Ghana. Samples of fish and fry …

Each year, due to climate change, an increasing number of new pathogens are being
discovered and studied, leading to an increase in the number of known diseases affecting …