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With an ever increasing demand for
seafood that cannot be met by capture
fisheries alone, growing pressure is being
placed on aquaculture production. However,
infectious diseases are a major
constraint. Infectious disease in
aquaculture: prevention and control brings
together a wealth of recent research on
this problem and its effective
management. Part one considers the
innate and adaptive immune responses seen
in fish and shellfish and the implications
of their responses for disease control.
The specific immune response of mollusks
and crustaceans is considered in depth,
along with the role of stress in
resistance to infection. Part two
discusses advances in disease diagnostics,
veterinary drugs and vaccines.
Chapters in this section explore quality
assurance, the use and effects of
antibiotics, anti-parasitic drugs in
aquaculture and developments in
vaccination against fish bacterial
disease. Part three focuses on the
development of specific pathogen-free
populations and novel approaches for
disease control. These approaches include
specific pathogen free shrimp stocks,
developments in genomics and the use of
bacteria and bacteriophages as biological
agents for disease control.
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