Temperature is a crucial factor in aquaculture. Both low and high temperatures hamper the fish physiology and water quality as well as fish culture. Moreover low or high temperature especially, low causes high growth performance and effectiveness of some pathogens.
Fish pox: a skin disease of fishes
Fish pox, or carp pox, is one of the oldest known diseases of fish, recorded as early as 1563. Fish pox is a chronic skin disease that occurs among several species of propagated cyprinids. It is also called carp pox,
VHS: a vesceroptropic disease of young fishes
An acute to chronic vesceroptropic disease of young (fingerling to yearling) rainbow trout at 100C or lower. Also in adult trouts and salmonids, but not usual. Etiology: VHSV (Viral Haemorrhagic Septicemia Virus) Viral characteristics: Bullet-shaped rhabdovirus, enveloped. Length- 180 nm,
Vibriosis: an enzootic disease of fishes
Definition: Vibriosis is an enzootic disease of fish, recorded from all over the world. It is almost exclusively caused by halophilic vibrios of the species Vibrio anguillarum and rarely by Vibrio parahaemolyticus. It occurs among various fish species, predominantly in