Molecular Diagnosis Of Salmonid Diseases (reviews: Methods And Technologies In Fish Biology And Fisheries)

Reviews: Methods and Technology in Fish Biology and Fisheries published by Kluwer Academic Publishers is a book series dedicated to the publication of information on advanced, forward-looking methodologies, technologies, or perspectives in fish and fisheries. This series is especially dedicated to relevant topics addressing global, international concern in fish and fisheries. Humans continue to challenge our environments with new technologies and technological applications. The dynamic creativity of our own species often tends to place the greatest burden on our supporting ecosystems. This is especially true for aquatic networks of creeks, lakes, rivers and ocean environments. We also frequently use our conceptual powers to balance conflicting requirements and demands on nature and continue to develop new approaches and tools to provide sustainable resources as well as conserve what we hold most dear on local and global scales. This book series will provide a window into the developing dynamic among humans, aquatic ecosystems (both freshwater and marine), and the organisms that inhabit aquatic environments. There are many reasons to doubt the increasing social and economic value technology has gained over the last two centuries. Science and technology represent stages in human development. I agree with Ernst Mayer when he said in Toward a New Philosophy of Biology (1988) that "endeavors to solve all scientific problems by pure logic and refined measurements are unproductive, if not totally irrelevant. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Molecular Diagnosis of Infectious Salmon Anaemia....Pages 1-22 Diagnosis and Identification of IPNV in Salmonids by Molecular Methods....Pages 23-48 Molecular Diagnosis of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis and Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia....Pages 49-79 Molecular Diagnosis of Aeromonas Salmonicida Infections....Pages 81-98 The Genera Flavobacterium and Flexibacter....Pages 99-139 The Biology and Molecular Detection of Piscirickettsia Salmonis ....Pages 141-155 Comparison of Traditional and Molecular Methods for Detection of Renibacterium Salmoninarum ....Pages 157-209 Molecular Approaches for the Study and Diagnosis of Salmonid Streptococcosis....Pages 211-233 Gyrodactylus Salaris Malmberg, 1957 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea)....Pages 235-265 Molecular Diagnostics for Loma Salmonae and Nucleospora Salmonis (Microsporidia)....Pages 267-283 Molecular Tools for the Diagnosis of Ceratomyxa Shasta (Myxozoa)....Pages 285-298 PCR and in Situ Hybridisation of Tetracapsula Bryosalmonae (PKX), the Causative Agent of Proliferative Kidney Disease....Pages 299-313 Nucleic Acid — Based Methods for Detection of Myxobolus Cerebralis ....Pages 315-328 Diagnosing Kudoa Thyrsites (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) Infections in Fish....Pages 329-345 Back Matter....Pages 347-347 This is the first comprehensive collection of molecular techniques for diagnosing diseases important in the culture and conservation of salmonid fish. It brings together leading authors in this rapidly growing field and provides an overview of the present state of the art from the perspective of practical application of these methods in diagnostic laboratories. This book will serve as a useful handbook for diagnosticians and researchers involved in fish disease, particularly laboratories establishing these new diagnostic tests for the first time, and provides valuable background information on many of the diseases and their causative organisms