Pathology and Epidemiology of Aquatic Animal Diseases For Practitioners

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

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.

Laura Urdes is Assistant Professor at The University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest in Romania. She is also Past-President of WAVMA.

Chris Walster is a qualified veterinary surgeon with a long-standing interest in aquatic veterinary medicine and current WAVMA administrator in Stafford in the UK. He is also Past-President of WAVMA.

Julius Tepper is a Veterinarian at Long Island Fish Hospital in Manorville, New York in the USA. He is also Past-President of WAVMA.