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Aquaculture Pharmacology

A practical reference to better understand the use of pharmaceuticals in aquaculture

Frederick S.B. Kibenge (Edited by), Bernardo Baldisserotto (Edited by), Roger Sie-Maen Chong (Edited by)

9780128213391, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 22 October 2020

412 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.6 cm, 0.95 kg

Aquaculture Pharmacology is a reliable, up-to-date, "all inclusive" reference and guide that provides an understanding of practical drug information for the aquaculture industry. This book covers the sources, chemical properties, and mechanisms of action of drugs, and the biological systems upon which they act. It covers various drug interactions, therapeutic uses of drugs, as well as legal considerations within the industry as a whole. It presents the four main groups of drugs used in fish, crustaceans and molluscs and includes disinfectants, antimicrobial drugs, antiparasitic agents, and anesthetics, and identifies areas where more research is needed to generate more knowledge to support a sustainable aquaculture industry.

With the burgeoning international aquaculture expansion and expanding global trade in live aquatic animals and their products this book is useful to bacteriologists, mycologists, aquaculturists, clinical practitioners in aquatic animal health and all those in industry, government or academia who are interested in aquaculture, fisheries and comparative biology.

1. Introduction to the anatomy and physiology of the major aquatic animal species in aquaculture

2. General Introduction to Pharmacology of Aquatic Animals

3. Antimicrobial Agents

4. Antiparasitic Agents

5. Probiotics, Prebiotics, Biofloc systems, and other Biocontrol Regimens in Fish and Shellfish Aquaculture

6. Gender Manipulators and Spawning Aids

7. Osmoregulators: Stress and disease in aquaculture, and their effects on homeostasis and osmoregulation: the metabolic connection

8. Analgesia Anaesthesia, and Euthanasia of Aquatic Animals

9. Legal Requirements for Aquaculture Pharmacology

Subject Areas: Aquaculture & fish-farming: practice & techniques [TVT]

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