Fish Diseases and Health Management

Fish Diseases and Health Management provides practice-focused guidance for safeguarding fish health in aquaculture and wild fisheries supporting biodiversity conservation. This comprehensive resource explains fish anatomy, physiology, and immunity alongside major viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic diseases including emerging transboundary threats like koi herpesvirus and infectious salmon anemia. Coverage systematically addresses symptoms, diagnostics, prevention strategies, and control measures. Global case studies from North America, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia illustrate context-specific disease risks and management responses. The book emphasizes practical diagnostic approaches spanning visual assessments to advanced molecular tools like polymerase chain reaction and environmental DNA techniques. Coverage links water quality, temperature, stocking density, nutritional factors, and pollution to disease susceptibility with regional examples including Great Lakes and coastal systems. Advanced sections promote sustainable disease control through vaccination programs, probiotic applications, selective breeding for resistance, biosecurity protocols, and integrated health management frameworks. The text addresses regulatory contexts, therapeutic guidance, climate change impacts, public health considerations, and food safety requirements. Readers develop competencies in disease identification, prevention program design, and treatment strategy selection. This volume serves veterinarians, aquaculture health professionals, fisheries managers, students, and policymakers seeking practical disease management approaches globally.