Nutrition and Fish Health

ISBN: 9781560228875 出版年：2001 页码：390 Webster, Carl D Lim, Chhorn CRC Press

Contents * About the Editors * Contributors * Foreword * Preface * Acknowledgments * Chapter 1. Overview of Warm-Water Fish Diseases * Introduction * Infectious Disease Agents * Disease Control * Chapter 2. An Overview of the Economically Important Diseases of Salmonids * Introduction * Bacterial Diseases * Viral Diseases * Parasitic Diseases * Conclusion * Chapter 3. The Penaeid Shrimp Viruses TSV, IHHNV, WSSV, and YHV: Current Status in the Americas, Available Diagnostic Methods, and Management Strategies * Introduction * The Viruses of Concern: Biology, Range, and Hosts * Diagnostic Methods * The Threat of WSSV and YHV to the Americas * Strategies for Control of Virus Disease * Chapter 4. Overview of Nutritional Strategies Affecting the Health of Marine Fish * Introduction * Dietary Approaches * Conclusions * Chapter 5. Nutritional Aspects of Health and Related Components of Baitfish Performance * Introduction * Nutrient Requirements * Summary * Chapter 6. Nutritional Deficiencies in Commercial Aquaculture: Likelihood, Onset, and Identification * Introduction * Likelihood of Deficiencies of Essential Nutrients * Evolution of Essential Nutrient Levels in Fish Diets * Onset and Identification of Nutritional Deficiencies * Other Nutritional Problems * Important Points for Fish Farmers * Chapter 7. Immunity and Disease Resistance in Fish * Introduction * The Immune Tissues and Organs of Fish * Innate Immunity and Disease Resistance * Humoral Immunity * Cell-Mediated Immunity * Factors Influencing Innate Resistance and Acquired Immunity of Fish * Conclusion * Chapter 8. Dietary Ascorbic Acid Requirement for Growth and Health of Fish * Introduction * Deficiency Signs * Dietary Requirement * Reproduction * Immune Response and Disease Resistance * Stress Response * Assessment of Status * Tissue Storage * Use in Commercial Aquaculture * Chapter 9. Dietary Iron and Fish Health * Introduction * Deficiency and Toxicity Signs * Dietary Requirement * Bioavailability * Immune Response and Disease Resistance * Conclusion * Chapter 10. The Role of Dietary Phosphorus, Zinc, and Selenium in Fish Health * Introduction * Phosphorus * Zinc * Selenium * Conclusion * Chapter 11. Influence of Dietary Lipid Composition on the Immune System and Disease Resistance of Finfish * Introduction * Fish Immunology: General Considerations * Dietary Fatty Acids and the Immune Response * Eicosanoid Synthesis and Activity * Dietary Fatty Acids, Eicosanoids, and the Immune Response * Chapter 12. Immunostimulants in Fish Diets * Introduction * The Genetic Basis of Immune Response * Nutritional Contributions to Immune Response * Immunostimulant Sources and Molecular Structure * Modes of Action of Immunostimulants * Pathogens and Immunostimulants * Relationship to Other Regulatory Systems * Dosage and Absorption * Basal Immunostimulatory Status * Pathogen-Host Interactions and Innate Disease Resistance * Life Stage Differences * Species Differences * Stress and Disease Resistance * Environmental Influences * Summary and Conclusions * Chapter 13. Mycotoxins in Fish Feeds * Introduction * Effect of Aflatoxin in Feeds on Fish and Other Animals * Other Mycotoxins Produced by Aspergillium Moldls * Mycotoxins Produced by Penicillium Molds * Fusarium Mycotoxins and Their Effect on Fish and Other Animals * Other Mycotoxins: The Ergot Alkaloids * Effect of Mycotoxins on Immune Response * Sampling Technique for Mycotoxin Analysis and Feed Commodities * Screening, Analysis, and Detection of Mycotoxins * Prevention of Mycotoxin Contamination in Grains and Fish Feeds * Treatments to Reduce Mycotoxin Concentrations in Fish Feeds * Regulatory Control of Mycotoxin Contamination * Conclusion * Chapter 14. Feed Allowance and Fish Health * Introduction * Methods * Effects of Feed Allowance on Growth and Health * Discussion * Chapter 15. Dietary Lipids and Stress Tolerance of Larval Fish * Introduction * Essential Fatty Acids * Phospholipids * Conclusions * Chapter 16. Modulation of Environmental Requirements of Finfish Through Nutrition * Introduction * Modulation of Tolerance to Low Temperature * Modulation of Tolerance to Low Salinity * Modulation of Tolerance to Nitrite Exposure * Conclusions * Chapter 17. Vaccines: Prevention of Diseases in Aquatic Animals * Introduction * Infectious Diseases in Aquaculture Systems * Immune Capacity of Aquatic Animals * Active and Passive Immunization * Vaccine Strategies * Immunization Routes Employed in Fish Vaccination * Reasons for Vaccine Failures * Age of Immunization * Immunostimulants and Adjuvants * Conclusion * Index * Reference Notes Included