Bacterial Fish Diseases

Dr. Gowhar Hamid Dar currently works as an Assistant Professor in the Higher Education Department Govt. of J&K and is presently posted in Government Degree College Kulgam where he serves as Head, Department of Environmental Science and Coordinator, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC). He has a Ph. D in Environmental Science with a specialization in Environmental Microbiology. He has been teaching postgraduate and graduate students for the past many years in the Higher Education Department of UT of Jammu and Kashmir. He has more than 80 research articles in international and national journals of repute and more than 25 books with international publishers to his credit. Further, Dr. Dar is Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator for different R&D projects sanctioned by Government of India and Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Dr. Rouf Ahmad Bhat pursued his doctorate at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir (Division of Environmental Sciences) and is presently working in the Department of School Education, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Dr. Bhat has been teaching for the past 09 years and is an author of more than 55 research articles (h-index 32; i-index 52; total citation 4000) and 50 chapters and has published more than 50 books with international publishers. Besides, he has worked as an associate environmental expert in World Bank-funded Flood Recovery Project and the environmental support staff in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded development projects. Dr. Humaira Qadri Ph. D is actively involved in teaching post-graduate students of Environmental Science for the past ten years in Sri Pratap College Campus, Cluster University Srinagar, J&K, India. She is also head of the Department of Environment and Water Management. A gold medallist at her master’s level, she has earned a number of awards and certificates of merit. Her specialization is in Limnology, Nutrient Dynamics and Phytoremediation. She has published scores of papers in international journals and has more than ten books with national and international publishers. She also has been on the scientific board of various international conferences and holds life memberships of various international organizations. Khalid Mohammed Alghamdi Ph.D., Chairman in the Department of Biological Sciences at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Hakeem is a Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Head of the Plant Biotechnology Research Unit at the Princess Dr. Najlaa Bint Saud Al Saud Center for Distinguished Research in Biotechnology. His academic journey includes roles as Assistant Professor at the University of Kashmir and research appointments in Malaysia. He holds a Ph.D. in Botany from Jamia Hamdard, India, with expertise in plant eco-physiology, molecular biology, biotechnology, and medicinal plant research. He has authored numerous books, journal articles, and book chapters, and serves on editorial boards for leading publishers. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and affiliated with international scientific societies. His work focuses on advancing plant science through global collaborations and research on eco-physiological and molecular processes.

• 1. Overview of healthy aquaculture practices and their importance in relation to fish rearing2. Impact of Aquatic Pollution on fish fauna3. Global status of bacterial diseases in fish with relation to pollution status and their consequences 4. Unravelling a correlation between pollution and bacterial diseases in fish5. Understanding the Pathogenesis in fish by bacteria6. Profiling of common bacterial pathogens in fish7. A detailed description of fin and tail rot and other related disorders8. Prospective of Coldwater disease in fish community9. Molecular aspects of septicemic diseases caused by different bacterial pathogens10. Status of furunculosis in the fish fauna11. Profilling of Columnaris disease in fish species12. Aquatic pollution and Bacterial Gill Disease (BGD) in fish species13. Cultivation and transmission of etiological agent of kidney diseases in fish14. Causes of Ulceration in the fish fauna15. Histopathological aspects of common Bacterial Diseases in fish16. Developing the Control measures of bacterial diseases in fish17. Efficacy of different treatments available against bacterial pathogens in fish 18. Summary of economic losses due to bacterial pathogens to aquaculture industry