Diseases and Parasites of Tropical Fish, Symptoms and Treatment - Njoku, Daniel
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The book addresses a fundamental problem that confronts fish farmers in the tropics which militates against aquaculture development. Fish culture practices, such as feeding and the decomposition of the left over food, overstocking, metabolic products of the cultured fish and other variables, compromise the water quality of the fish pond resulting in the proliferation of diseases and parasites in fish culture systems. Successful fish culture enterprise requires the fish culturist to be conversant and knowledgeable in fish diseases and parasites, including how to identify, prevent and treat the…mehr

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The book addresses a fundamental problem that confronts fish farmers in the tropics which militates against aquaculture development. Fish culture practices, such as feeding and the decomposition of the left over food, overstocking, metabolic products of the cultured fish and other variables, compromise the water quality of the fish pond resulting in the proliferation of diseases and parasites in fish culture systems. Successful fish culture enterprise requires the fish culturist to be conversant and knowledgeable in fish diseases and parasites, including how to identify, prevent and treat the fish when they occur. The book is relevant to students offering courses in fish disease, fish pathology/parasitology, aquatic ecology and environmental public health at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as to the Aquacultrist. The book expounds, the salient issues in fish pathology, including the etiology of the disease, clinical symptoms, diagnosis, immunity, prophylaxis and treatment. Students, teachers, fish farmers and public health practitioners will find the book useful.
Autorenporträt
Daniel Chikere Njoku (Ph.D) is a Professor of Ichthyology at the Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria, where he teaches Fish Pathology and Parasitology. He is a consultant to several local and international organizations on aquatic biodiversity conservation. Currently his team is working on the Creeks of the Niger Delta, Nigeria.