A National Institute for Animal Agriculture Publication. Activists continue to apply increased pressure on antibiotic use in food-producing animals, and activists messages are being more than heard.
By Dr. Cedric Komar & Dr.Lauke Labrie, Intervet Norbio Singapore. Norvax Strep Si is a water-based inactivated vaccine against Streptococcus iniae infections in fish.
By USGS. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) is considered to be one of the most important viral pathogens of finfish and is listed as reportable by many nations and international organizations (Office International des Epizooties 2006).
By LSU Ag Center. Fish disease organisms are constantly present in most aquatic environments, and farm and recreational ponds are no exception. Under optimum conditions, healthy fish are able to fight off most forms of infectious diseases. Conversely, fish sub…
By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). These are Technical Guidelines on Health management for responsible movement of live aquatic animals.
By Dr. Cedric Komar and Neil Wendover (Intervet Norbio Singapore) In the last three issues of the Intervet Aquatic Animal Health Newsletter, we presented a series of articles on tilapia diseases.
By LSU Ag Center. Although exposure to agricultural chemicals can occasionally result in direct fish mortality, most fish kills in recreational and farm ponds are the result of oxygen depletions.
By Charles C. Mischke, Mississippi State University; Joseph E. Morris Iowa State University and Ryan L. Lane, Southern Illinois University. Published by Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC).
By Shirley Baker, Denise Petty, Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; Ruth Francis-Floyd, Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences; Roy …
By Dave Cox, Fish Vet Group - Malachite green was something of a cure all for farmed fish. Used successfully for preventing and treating fungal infections and ectoparasites, such as those causing white spot disease, it was also effective in controlling interna…
By Schering-Plough Aquaculture - Enteric Redmouth Disease (ERM) is a bacterial disease of farmed rainbow trout and is endemic in Europe, North America and Chile. Losses from ERM due to mortality and poor growth can be high and the economic effects severe.
By Zilong Tan, Cedric Komar and William J. Enright and published by Intervet. The intensification of aquaculture and globalization of the seafood trade have led to remarkable developments in the aquaculture industry. Nevertheless, the industry, particularly As…
By Peter A. Bisson, Research Fish Biologist, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, USA and published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.
By Schering-Plough Aquaculture - Enteric Redmouth Disease (ERM) is a bacterial disease of farmed rainbow trout and is endemic, in most farming regions. Losses from ERM due to mortality and poor growth can be high and the economic effects severe. The disease ca…
By Intervet - Columnaris caused by Flavobacterium columnare (previously called Flexibacter Columnaris, Cytophaga columnare or Myxobacterium columnare) is one of the most common diseases in tilapia culture.
By the USDA's ARS - 2005 was a good year for immunology. That was the year officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the elimination of rubella in the United States.
By J. M. Hinshaw, North Carolina State University and published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service - Over their current geographical range, yellow perch, Perca flavescens, are viewed variously as a sport fi…
By Solveig Nygaard, Fish Health and Environment Inc, and published in Intervet's Aquatic Animal Health Newsletter - Vibriosis, as caused by the bacteria Listonella (Vibrio) anguillarum, was the first of the known bacterial fish diseases.
Gyrodactylus is an interesting little parasite; species of which can be found infesting many different types of freshwater and marine fish as well as amphibians such as frogs, writes Pete Southgate, the Fish Vet Group.
By Solveig Nygaard, Fiskehelse og Milj AS, Veterinary Specialist - In the early years of the salmon industry in Norway, vaccination by hand was essentially the only method used to vaccinate fish. However, since then, a number of vaccination machines have appea…
By Brge Damsgrd, Jon-Erik Juell and Bjarne O. Braastad, Fiskeriforskning - The interest of fish welfare is increasing, both in Norway and internationally, leading to an increasing need for scientific knowledge about basic and applied questions related to how f…
