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Year of Publication: 2013
Antimicrobial use in aquaculture re-examined: its relevance to antimicrobial resistance and to animal and human health
The worldwide growth of aquaculture has been accompanied by a rapid increase in therapeutic and prophylactic usage of antimicrobials including those important in human therapeutics. Approximately 80% of antimicrobials used in aquaculture enter the environment with their activity intact where they select for bacteria whose resistance arises from mutations or more importantly,
Category: Fish Health
Year of Publication: 2018
Outbreak of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) in lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) in Iceland caused by VHS virus genotype IV
A novel viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) of genotype IV was isolated from wild lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus), brought to a land-based farm in Iceland, to serve as broodfish. Two groups of lumpfish juveniles, kept in tanks in the same facility, got infected
Category: Fish Health
Year of Publication: 2011
A Review of Some Bacteria Diseases in Africa Culture Fisheries
Abstract: Streptococcosis, Infectious Abdominal Dropsy of Carp, Furunculousis, Motile Aeromonad Disease, Vibrosis, Columnaris disease, Bacteria kidney disease, Peduncle disease (fin rot), Bacteria gill disease, Pasteurellosis, Aeromonas hydrophila and other ubiquitous facultative bacteria,
Category: Fish Health
Year of Publication: 2014
Common fish diseases and parasites affecting wild and farmed Tilapia and catfish in Central and Western Uganda. Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Intensification of aquaculture production in Uganda is likely to result into disease out-breaks leading to economic losses to commercial fish farms and associated natural aquatic ecosystems. This survey assessed health profiles of selected commercial fish farms and adjacent natural aquatic ecosystemsto identify fish diseases
Category: Fish Welfare
Year of Publication: 2024
Fish Welfare in Farms: Potential, Knowledge gaps and other insights from the fair-fish database
An adequate understanding of fish behaviors and their interaction with farmspecific environments is pivotal for enhancing fish welfare in aquaculture. The fair-fish database aims to provide a consistent overview of the welfare of farmed fish. This platform consolidates ethological knowledge into profiles of farmed aquatic species.
Category: Fish Welfare
Year of Publication: 2006
Current issues in Fish Welfare
Human beings may affect the welfare of fish through fisheries, aquaculture and a number of other activities. There is no agreement on just how to weigh the concern for welfare of fish against the human interests involved, but ethical frameworks exist that suggest how this might be approached.