Pathology and Epidemiology of Aquatic Animal Diseases for Practitioners

Comprehensive reference on the diseases and applied epidemiology of all aquatic animal taxa, including invertebrates and vertebrates Pathology and Epidemiology of Aquatic Animal Diseases for Practitioners provides information on the diseases and applied epidemiology of all aquatic animal taxa, including invertebrates and vertebrates, along with information on applied epidemiology, acknowledging the One Health concept, and discussion on probabilities of disease outbreaks occurring and assesses the economic costs of treating those outbreaks, if applicable. Divided into two sections, the book looks at the pathology of major aquatic taxa and their associated infectious diseases—parasitic, viral, and bacterial—and non-infectious diseases. Each includes an overview, their host range and transmission, signs and diagnosis, differentials, and treatment and management. These assets are accompanied by clinical signs-lesion differential charts. Sample topics discussed in Pathology and Epidemiology of Aquatic Animal Diseases include: Echinoderms, including crinoidea (crinoids, sea lilies, feather stars, and asteroidea), sea stars/starfish, and ophiuroidea (brittle stars and basket stars) Reptiles, including turtles (freshwater and marine), crocodilians, marine iguanas, and sea snakes Pinnipeds, including otariidae (eared seals), odobenidae (walruses), phocidae (earless seals), mustelidae (otters), and sirenia (manatees and dugongs) Tropical marine aquarium fish (damselfish, angelfish, gobies, wrasses, parrotfish, butterfly fish, and clownfish) and anemones. A highly useful reference for veterinary practitioners, academic staff, and researchers, Pathology and Epidemiology of Aquatic Animal Diseases is also suitable for those who are interested in aquatic veterinary medicine and serves as a companion to Fundamentals of Aquatic Veterinary Medicine, written by the same editorial team.

List of Contributors xxi Foreword xxii Preface xxiii Acknowledgments xxiv Part I Pathology of Aquatic Animal Species 1 1 Aquatic Invertebrates 3 Acacia Alcivar-Warren, Kelly Bateman, Morag Clinton, Leo Foyle, Gregory Lewbart, Richmond Loh, and Julius Tepper 2 Teleost Fish 81 Laura Urdes and Marius Hangan 3 Amphibians 115 María J. Forzán 4 Reptiles 136 Karina Jones and Ellen Ariel 5 Aquatic Birds 177 Nicole M. Nemeth 6 Aquatic Mammals 214 Pádraig Duignan Part II Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 351 7 Epidemiology Keyword Refresher 353 Chris Walster and Leo Foyle 8 Diagnostics: Sampling and Diagnostic Testing 376 Chris Walster and Leo Foyle 9 Biosecurity: The Use of Risk Assessment, Surveillance, Outbreak Investigation, Modelling Disease Outbreaks 382 Chris Walster and Leo Foyle 10 Animal Health Economics 404 Chris Walster and Leo Foyle Index 415