The Handbook of Ornamental Fish Health and Welfare
eBook - ePub

The Handbook of Ornamental Fish Health and Welfare

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Handbook of Ornamental Fish Health and Welfare

About this book

This book forms a complete resource covering ornamental fish health and welfare from a recognized expert on the topic. Beginning with an overview of the tropical fish industry and aquarium keeping, it covers all the key elements of care, including water-quality testing and maintenance, filtration systems, nutrition, husbandry, handling and transportation of fish, disease diagnosis, treatments and medications, and disease prevention. It also reviews areas of wider interest, such as biosecurity and zoonoses.The book can be read through to gain a complete overview of the care and welfare of ornamental aquarium and pond fish, or it can be used to easily look up specific information about a topic of interest. With numerous illustrations and photographs, plus references allowing readers to study areas of interest in more detail, this book makes an invaluable teaching and reference handbook. It is a vital source of information for veterinarians, scientists using fish in their labs, students, ornamental fish breeders, retail pet store workers, and aquarium keepers looking for trusted advice about how to properly care for their ornamental freshwater fish.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half title page
  3. Dedication
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Contributors
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. 1 A Brief History of Keeping Fish in AquariumsNicholas Saint-Erne
  11. 2 Overview of the Ornamental Fish IndustryNicholas Saint-Erne
  12. 3 Fish Taxonomy, Anatomy, and PhysiologyNicholas Saint-Erne
  13. 4 Aquarium CareNicholas Saint-Erne
  14. 5 Water QualityAzureen Erdman
  15. 6 Filtration SystemsNicholas Saint-Erne
  16. 7 Fish Pond CareNicholas Saint-Erne
  17. 8 Fish NutritionNicholas Saint-Erne
  18. 9 Equipping the Veterinary Hospital to Treat Fish PatientsRobert Martinez
  19. 10 Clinical ProceduresRobert Martinez
  20. 11 Diagnostic TestsAzureen Erdman
  21. 12  Fish Hematology and BiochemistryLily Parkinson
  22. 13 Transporting Samples for Laboratory AnalysisLily Parkinson
  23. 14 Advanced Diagnostic TechniquesNicholas Saint-Erne
  24. 15 Sedation, Anesthesia, and EuthanasiaNicholas Saint-Erne
  25. 16 SurgeryNicholas Saint-Erne
  26. 17 Infectious DiseasesNicholas Saint-Erne
  27. 18 Protozoan ParasitesAzureen Erdman
  28. 19 Metazoan ParasitesAzureen Erdman
  29. 20 Zoonotic Diseases from FishNicholas Saint-Erne
  30. 21 Non-infectious DiseasesNicholas Saint-Erne
  31. 22 Fish Facility Husbandry  and BiosecurityNicholas Saint-Erne
  32. 23 Administering Medications to Ornamental FishNicholas Saint-Erne
  33. 24 Ornamental Fish WelfareChris Walster
  34. 25 Welfare of Fish in Public AquariumsSharmie Johnson
  35. 26 Quarantine ProtocolAzureen Erdman
  36. Recommended Reading
  37. Glossary
  38. Index