Infectious Diseases in Aquaculture
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 708
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aquaculture is an animal production industry. In 2023, its worth was USD 195 billion, producing 185 million tonnes of aquatic animals and 38 million tonnes of algae. This activity is threatened by infectious diseases precipitated by microbial agents such as viruses, bacteria, protozoa and fungi. Infectious disease starts when a pathogen enters a susceptible host, using the host’s cells and tissues to thrive and multiply, causing disease and often mortality. Depending on the pathogen’s requirement to multiply and survive at the expense of the host, they are considered either obligatory or opportunistic. Infectious diseases often cause massive mortalities and huge economic losses to aquaculture operations concerning crustaceans, mollusks, fish and other organisms. To reduce the impact of infectious diseases in aquaculture, various strategies should be developed and evaluated. These include rapid and sensitive diagnostic techniques, the modulation of the defense system of aquatic organisms, and an evaluation of experimental control methods. This Special Issue covers various aspects of infectious diseases such as novel diagnostic methods, emerging pathogens, and novel methods for disease control.
Dr. Cesar Marcial Escobedo-Bonilla
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aquaculture
- infectious diseases
- pathogens
- diagnostics
- control methods
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