Product Description
This is the first book I go to when looking up info on fish diseases and medication dosage recomendations. Excellent book!
With fish health experts being increasingly called upon to provide answers about disease outbreaks in fishery populations, Dr. Noga has compiled the most comprehensive reference book available regarding fish diagnostics. Divided into three sections: methods for diagnosing fish diseases, problem list, and methods for treating fish diseases, the book will guide the reader through the most commonly encountered fish diseases and provide the knowledge to manage those diseases effectively. It can be used by people engaged in fish culture and husbandry, as well as fish diagnostics, research, or teaching.
From the Back Cover
There are many organisms and clinical manifestations of fish disease that the practitioner does not encounter in other areas of veterinary practice. Fortunately, the identification of these organisms and manifestations is easy once the practitioner is shown how, where, and what to look for. This, in essence, forms the philosophical basis for the design of this book--to provide the simplest and most straightforward method for diagnosing fish diseases.
Distinctive features that set it apart from other publications include: a unique format that greatly facilitates the diagnosis; a uniform, concise, summary of hosts, disease prevalence, method of diagnosis, and method of treatment; the best and most demonstrable, high-quality illustrations of any fish disease book; the most comprehensive guide to diagnostic histopathology of fish disease; and the most user-friendly sections available on prophylaxis and treatment of diseases
This is an excellent book for fish health professionals and students alike. It contains methods for diagnosing fish diseases as well as detailed biology, life history, and the current most effective treatment regimen for each organism. The book covers environmental problems, as well as bacteriology, virology, parasitology, and nutritional deficiencies.It is well written and organized making it a good resource book for the laboratory.
Dr. Noga is the leading authority on fish diseases that those of us in the aquarium industry deal with on a daily basis. This book is full of knowledge and wonderful pictures as well that make diagnosis easier and treatment quicker. Definately a must have for any fish geek's book collection and/or reference shelf. This is the first book I go to for information on Fish Diseases.
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