All metazoans possess innate immune defence system whereas parameters of the adaptive
immune system make their first appearance in the gnathostomata, the jawed vertebrates …

The innate immune system is the only defence weapon of invertebrates and a fundamental
defence mechanism of fish. The innate system also plays an instructive role in the acquired …

Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, Second Edition provides thorough, yet concise
descriptions of viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic and noninfectious diseases in an exhaustive …

The decline in the fisheries of traditional marine species has been an incentive for the
diversification of today's aquaculture sector into the intensive rearing of many finfish species …

Norway has the largest salmon-farming industry in the world, an industry that is still growing,
and in recent years production of marine species like Atlantic cod has also increased. At the …

High-throughput sequencing was applied to compare the intestinal microbiota in largemouth
bronze gudgeon either healthy or affected by furunculosis. Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria …

Aeromonas salmonicida is the oldest known infectious agent to be linked to fish disease and
constitutes a major bacterial pathogen of fish, in particular of salmonids. This bacterium can …

Atlantic cod is a historically abundant species in the North Atlantic region and has
contributed to the prosperity of many nations. But a decline in stocks in the last century has …

Aeromonas salmonicida is a significant pathogen of salmonids, and in its atypical form has
spread into cyprinids and marine flatfish. Although Aeromonas salmonicida subsp …

Prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics are considered natural functional food ingredients and
an alternative feeding strategy for immunomodulation and antibiotic eradication. Olive …