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Fish Diseases and Disorders Volume 1, 2nd edition: Protozoan and Metazoan Infections

Edited by P T K Woo 
CABI  June 2006  



Hardback  800  ISBN 0851990150      £135.00
Written by experts actively working in the area, this book provides a review of the major diseases of fish caused by protozoan and metazoan parasites. The new edition has been thoroughly updated since publication of the first edition in 1995. It covers recent advances in the understanding of fish diseases including the improvement of diagnostic techniques and understanding of phylogenetic relationships stemming from the application of molecular techniques. The book also contains more detailed information on pathogens that cause amoebiasis.

For those interested in: Aquaculture and fisheries, parasitology and veterinary medicine.

Contents

  • Phylum Amoebozoa, D Zilberg, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel and B L Munday, University of Tasmania, Australia
  • Phylum Dinoflagellata, E J Noga and M G Levy, North Carolina State University, USA
  • Diplomonadida (Phylum Parabasalia) and Kinetoplastida (Phylum Euglenozoa), P T K Woo
  • Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and Cryptocaryon irritans (Phylum Ciliophora), H W Dickerson, University of Georgia, USA
  • Trichodinidae and Other Ciliates (Phylum Ciliophora), L Basson and J Van As, University of the Free State, South Africa
  • Phylum Apicomplexa, K Molnar, Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Hungary
  • Phylum Microspora, I Dykova, Institute of Parasitology, Czech Republic
  • Phylum Myxozoa, S W Feist and M Longshaw, CEFAS Weymouth Laboratory, UK
  • Monogenea (Phylum Platyhelminthes), K Buchmann and J Bresciani, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark
  • Digenea (Phylum Platyhelminthes), I Paperna and R Dzikowski, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  • Cestoidea (Phylum Platyhelminthes), T A Dick, C Chambers and I Isinguzo, University of Manitoba, Canada
  • Phylum Nematoda, K Molnar, K Buchmann and C Szekely, Veterinary Medical Institute, Hungary
  • Phylum Acanthocephala, B B Nickol, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
  • Phylum Arthropoda, R J G Lester and C Hayward, The University of Queensland, Australia
  • Phylum Annelida: Hirudinea as Vectors and Disease Agents, E M Burreson, The College of William and Mary, USA
  • Fish-borne Parasitic Zoonoses, R C Ko, The University of Hong Kong, People€s Republic of China
  • Parasitic Diseases of Shellfish, S M Bower, Pacific Biological Station, Canada
  • The Immune System of Fish, W B van Muiswinkel and B Vervoorn-Van Der Wal, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
  • Immunocompetent Cells and Their Mediators in Finfish, B F Ardelli, McGill University, and P T K Woo
  • Molecular Approaches and Techniques, T G Clark, Cornell University, USA
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