Web Directory

» Alphavirus Infections in Salmonids: A Review
   Salmonid alphaviruses (SAVs) are serious pathogens of farmed Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout in Europe. This article reviews research findings.
   http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118494065/abstract

» Caligiasis in the Chilean Salmon Farming Industry
   Provides information on this parasitic disease which affects marine fish off the coast of Chile.
   http://aqua.intervet.com/news/2007-06-05.aspx

» Cardiomyopathy Syndrome
   Provides information on this disease which affects farmed Atlantic salmon, its gross signs and histopathology.
   http://www.frs-scotland.gov.uk/Delivery/standalone.aspx?contentid=1915

» Cataracts
   Provides information on the various causes of cataracts in fish, the gross signs of the condition and the histopathology.
   http://www.frs-scotland.gov.uk/Delivery/standalone.aspx?contentid=2084

» Cold Water Vibriosis
   Provides information on this disease, also called Hitra disease, its transmission, the external and internal signs, prevention and management.
   http://aqua.intervet.com/diseases/cold-water-vibriosis/productadditional_127_113298.aspx

» Columnaris Revisted
   Information on this disease of freshwater fish caused by the bacterium Flexibacter columnare.
   http://ukdiscus.co.uk/library/discus-health/columnaris.html

» Columnaris in Tilapia
   Provides information on this disease which has a devastating effect on survival rate in tilapia farms, and which is caused by the bacterium, Flavobacterium columnare.
   http://aqua.intervet.com/news/2006-12-01_-_columaris_in_tilapia.aspx

» Diseases and Parasites in Farmed Salmon
   This article argues that a large number of farmed fish in a small area provides ideal conditions for parasites and infectious diseases which may then spread to adjacent farms and to wild fish.
   http://www.puresalmon.org/pdfs/diseases.pdf

» Diseases of Farmed Goldfish and Koi
   Provides information on gill diseases, skin diseases, internal parasites and the prevention of disease through the quarantining of new fish before introducing them to the main pond.
   http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/pub/FHinfo/fhinfo05.php?0308

» Enteric Septicaemia
   ESC is a highly infectious bacterial disease of catfish especially ictalurids. Provides information on the causative agent, Edwardsiella ictaluri, its hosts, transmission, sources, occurrence and clinical diagnosis.
   http://www.spaquaculture.com/default.aspx?pageid=531

» Epitheliocystis
   Provides information on the disease, its gross signs and histopathology.
   http://www.frs-scotland.gov.uk/Delivery/standalone.aspx?contentid=2068

» First Live-Attenuated Vaccine for S. iniae in Development
   Article describing how researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of using a live-attenuated vaccine to prevent this deadly infection.
   http://www.aquafeed.com/read-article.php?id=2274&sectionid=1

» Fisheries Research Services: Notifiable Diseases
   Provides links to information on a number of fish diseases classified as notifiable in the UK under the Diseases of Fish Acts 1937 and 1983.
   http://www.frs-scotland.gov.uk/Delivery/standalone.aspx?contentid=677

» Fisheries and Aquatic Resources: Fish Health
   This article describes research which has been done at the Leetown Science Center to solve emerging and known disease problems affecting fish.
   http://www.lsc.usgs.gov/FactSheets/FishHealth2001.pdf

» How Would you Recognise Pancreas Disease on your Farm?
   Outlines the basis for the diagnosis of PD and provides guidance in distinguishing it from IPN, CMS and HSMI.
   http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/175/how-would-you-recognise-pancreas-disease-pd-on-your-farm

» Journal of Fish Diseases
   Archive of abstracts with full peer-reviewed articles available by online subscription or single article purchase.
   http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118493967/home

» Kidney Diseases: Mycobacterial Infection and Nocardiosis
   Provides images of stained sections of diseased tissue showing the bacteria involved.
   http://staff.stir.ac.uk/charles.mcgurk/eafp1/KID10M.HTM#Kidney

» Mycobacteriosis in Striped Bass
   This article describes the disease caused by a Mycobacterium, an emerging threat to the Chesapeake Bay striped bass, and outlines research being undertaken.
   http://www.lsc.usgs.gov/FactSheets/Mycobacteria2005.pdf

» Nodavirosis
   Gives details of the diseases, Viral Nervous Necrosis and Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy, their consequences and provides management advice.
   http://www.vetcare.gr/nodavirosis.htm

» Pancreas Disease
   Provides information on this important disease of European farmed Atlantic salmon, its transmission, the external and internal signs, prevention and management.
   http://aqua.intervet.com/diseases/pancreas-disease/productadditional_127_113323.aspx

» Pasteurellosis (Pseudotuberculosis)
   Provides details of this condition and its consequences, its prevention by vaccination, its treatment and management advice.
   http://www.vetcare.gr/pasteurellosis.htm

» Photobacterium Damsela
   This bacterium causes a disease in fish known either as pseudotuberculosis or fish pasteurellosis. Provides information on the epidemiology of the disease, its diagnosis and treatment.
   http://www.spaquaculture.com/default.aspx?pageid=527

» Piscirickettsiosis
   Provides information on this disease, sometimes known as Salmon Rickettsial Syndrome, its transmission, external and internal signs, management and prevention.
   http://aqua.intervet.com/diseases/piscirickettsiosis/productadditional_127_113333.aspx

» Salmon Rickettsial Disease
   Provides information on the causal agent of this disease, Piscirickettsia salmonis, its hosts, transmission, sources, occurrence, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
   http://www.spaquaculture.com/default.aspx?pageid=535

» Saprolegnia
   Provides information on this fungal infection characterised by skin lesions and its gross signs.
   http://www.frs-scotland.gov.uk/Delivery/standalone.aspx?contentid=1850

» Spring Viraemia of Carp
   Factsheet on this contagious viral disease of carp and related species including its importance, etiology, species affected, distribution, transmission, clinical signs, diagnosis and control.
   https://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/spring_viremia_of_carp.pdf

» Streptococcosis
   Streptococcosis results from infection by gram-positive cocci, such as the bacterium Lactococcus garvieae. This article provides information on the clinical signs, epidemiology, diagnostic methods, control and treatment of the disease.
   http://aqua.intervet.com/diseases/streptococcosis/020_the-disease.aspx

» The Aetiology and Epidemiology of PD, HMSI and CMS in Scotland
   This report summarises the conclusions of research into these diseases and the varying degrees of success in achieving certain milestones.
   http://www.sarf.org.uk/Project%20Final%20Reports/SARF015%20Final%20Report.pdf

» Vibriosis
   A bacterial disease of salt-water and migratory fish, and the severity of vibriosis has increased proportionately with the development and expansion of fish farming world-wide. It has a global distribution with epizootics on all continents and a wide rang
   http://aqua.intervet.com/diseases/vibriosis/productadditional_127_113343.aspx

» Vibriosis (Vibrio anguillarum)
   Provides details of this condition and its consequences, its prevention by vaccination, its treatment and management advice.
   http://www.vetcare.gr/vibriosis.htm

» Vibriosis and Luminal Bacterial Disease
   Provides information on this serious disease of shrimps caused by bacterial pathogens belonging to the genus Vibrio, its transmission and epidemiology, external and internal signs and prevention.
   http://aqua.intervet.com/diseases/vibriosis-and-luminal-bacterial-disease/productadditional_127_113348.aspx

» Whirling Disease
   Provides information on this disease, the species affected, its transmission, prevention and research findings.
   http://www.tu.org/whirling-disease

» Whirling Disease Database
   Resource provided by Montana State University Environmental Statistics Group.
   http://www.esg.montana.edu/whddb/