FISH HEALTH SECTION PUBLICATION
Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture
 
Edited by C.R. Lavilla-Pitogo and E.R. Cruz-Lacierda 2002.
Fish Health Section, Asian Fisheries Society, Quezon City, Philippines, 455 p.
The Fourth Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture was held in Cebu City, Philippines in 1999. The proceedings contains 43 peer reviewed original research and review papers dealing with the diseases and health management of aquatic animals, with emphasis on the Asia-Pacific Region.
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CONTENTS
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Message from the President, Asian Fisheries Society (AFS)
Message from the Immediate Past President, Asian Fisheries Society (AFS)
Message from the Chairperson, Fish Health Section, AFS
Message from the Editors
General Topic
Computerized information systems for aquatic animal health
   J. Richard Arthur
 
Crustacean Health - Virus
Genetic evidence for a unique taxonomic position of white spot syndrome virus of shrimp
   M.C.W. van Hulten and J.M. Vlak
Detection of shrimp viral pathogens with a simple dot-blot enzyme immunoassay protocol
   E.C.B. Nadala Jr., Z. You and P. Loh
Detection of yellow head virus in cultured black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon Fabricius) from selected shrimp farms in the Philippines
K.D. Natividad, F.O. Magbanua, V.P. Migo, C.O. Alfafara, J.D. Albaladejo, E.C. B. Nadala, P.C. Loh and L.M.    Tapay
 
Crustacean Health - Bacterial Disease: Causes and Control
Quorum sensing and its potential application to vibriosis
   P.V. Dunlap
Identification and characterization of Vibrio bacteria isolated from fishes in Vietnam
   D.T.H. Oanh, K. Pedersen and J.L. Larsen
Evaluation of the susceptibility of the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei to vibriosis when exposed to agricultural pesticides
   A. Roque, S. Abad, M. Betancourt, C. Chavez, L.M. Garcia, B. Gomez-Gil, A.L.G. Flores and F. Vargas-Albores
Growth promotion and enhancement of vibriosis resistance in penaeid shrimp after oral administration of lactic acid bacteria and marine bacteria
   P. Jiravanichpaisal, C. Traisresin, N. Puanglarp, P. Phumathon, P. Pongtunya, P. Chanratchakool and P. Menasveta
Effects of Artemia enriched with L-ascorbyl-dipotassium-2-sulfate dihydrate on stress tolerance and disease resistance of Penaeus monodon larva
   N. Areechon and T. Suyawanish
Alkalinity control in ozonated shrimp pond water
   N. Whangchai, V. Migo, H. Young and M. Matsumura
Tolerance level of larval and postlarval stages of Penaeus monodon to Sarafin (sarafloxacin hydrochloride)
   R.V. Pakingking Jr., E.R. Cruz-Lacierda and J. L. Torres
 
Crustacean Health - Emerging Diseases
Emerging shrimp diseases and innovations to prevent their spread
   T.W. Flegel
Swollen hindgut syndrome (SHG) in hatchery-reared Penaeus monodon postlarvae
   C.R. Lavilla-Pitogo, M.G. Paner and R.D. Traviņa
Histopathology of a novel melanized lesion in the branchiostegite (gill flap) of cultured penaeid shrimps
   I. Ahmed, C. V. Mohan, K.M. Shankar and K.S. Ramesh
Branchiostegite melanization and microsporidia-like infection in cultured Macrobrachium rosenbergii in Thailand
   O. Lawhavinit and K. Hatai
Viral infections in Australian freshwater crayfish
   B.F. Edgerton
 
Molluscan Health
Significant diseases of molluscs in the Asia-Pacific region
   P.M. Hine
Diseases of maricultured gastropods and bivalves in Japan
   K. Muroga
 
Finfish Health - Viral and Bacterial Diseases
Major viral and bacterial diseases of marine fishes with emphasis on seabass and grouper
   J. Kasornchandra
Occurrence of lymphocystis disease in cultured tiger grouper Epinephelus fuscoguttatus in Malaysia  
   N. Oseko, V. Palanisamy, K.B. Chu and C.T. Thye
Birnaviruses of potential new serogroups isolated from tropical fish
   M. Chew-Lim, G.-H. Ngoh, S.-Y. Chong, S.-F. Chang, S.L.F. Kueh, K. Way and P. Dixon
The pathogenic Vibrio isolates from cultured seabass (Lates calcarifer), groupers (Epinephelus spp.) and red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus
   V.N. Palanisamy, N. Oseko, B.C. Kua, T.T. Chuah and N. Vijayenthy
Detection  and indetification of aquatic Mycobacterium species in fish, fish farm workers, and the environment
   S. Puttinaowarat, K.D. Thompson, T. Somsiri, A. Kolk, P. Kullavanijaya and A. Adams
 
Finfish Health - Parasitic Diseases
Recent advances in fish parasitology in Japan
   K. Ogawa
 Life cycle of the blood fluke Sanguinicola armata Plehn, 1905 (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae), parasite of freshwater fishes in Malaysia
   B.C. Kua, F. Shaharom, and A. Jambali
Diseases in seabass Lates calcarifer larvae from hatcheries in Indonesia
   Zafran, I. Koesharyani, K. Yuasa and K. Hatai
Effects of praziquantel on metacercarial cysts of a Centrocestus sp. occuring on the gills of goldfish Carassius auratus
   M. Hettiarachchi
In situ hybridization: a detection tool for fish pathogens and its application on recent advances in whirling disease research
   D.V. Baxa, M. El-Matbouli, K. Andree, M. Caffara, S. Gresoviac, C. Friedman and R. Hedrick
 
Finfish Health - Immunology and Biotechnology
Finfish immunology and its use in preventing infectious diseases in cultured finfish
   T.P.T. Evelyn
Vibriosis vaccine development: Immunological characterization of Vibrio alginolyticus
   N.A. Mohd. Taib, M. N. Shamsudin and R. Rozita
Humoral immune response of channel catfish to Flexibacter columnaris antigens, lipopolysaccharide and formalin-killed cells and protective ability of these antigens
   M.N. Shamsudin and J.A. Plumb
Study of bacterial loading in macrophage cells of hybrid catfish
   T. Somsiri, M. Crumlish, Y. Dumrongphol, A. Panbanpeaw and K. Thompson
Production and characterization of a monoclonal antibody against Aeromonas hydrophila
   J. Chanphong, S. Chinabut., J. Polchana, K. Thompson and A. Adams
Cloning of biodefence and immuno-related genes of Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus
   T. Aoki, I. Hirono and B.-H. Nam
Genome analysis in Pasteurella piscicida
   H. Naka, I. Hirono and T. Aoki
VP2 protein alone carries neutralization epitopes in blotched snakehead virus (BSNV)
   K. R. John, R.H. Richards, and M. R. George
 
Finfish Health - Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome
Epizootic ulcerative syndrome of fishes: Rhabdovirus infection and EUS induction experiments in snakehead fish
   S. Kanchanakhan, S. Chinabut, K. Tonguthai, and R.H. Richards
Cross-sectional survey of epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) in Bangladesh
M.H. Khan, J.H. Lilley, B. Majumder, Md. G.A. Sarker, Md. Alauddin, C. Bean, G.U. Ahmed and M.B. Chowdhury
Hematological changes of snakeskin gouramy Trichogaster pectoralis affected by the epizootic ulcerative syndrome
   A. Pathiratne, R.P.P.K. Jayasinghe and U.P.K. Epa
 
Amphibian and Reptilian Health
Isolation of FV3-like iridovirus from a cutaneous ulceration disease of cultured frog, Rana tigrina Cantor, in Thailand
   S. Kanchanakhan, U. Saduakdee, A. Kreethachat and S. Chinabut
Bacterial diseases of cultured frog in Thailand
   T. Somsiri and Soontomvit Suriyan
Isolation and characterization of Achlya sp. associated with diseased soft-shelled turtle (Trionyx sinensis) from Hong Kong
   E.M. Leaņo, E.B.Gareth Jones and L.L.P. Vrijmoed
Differentiation of crocodilian granulocytes using histochemical techniques
   S. Kanchanapangka, P. Youngprapakorn, K. Pipatpanukul, S. Krobpan and N. Kongthaworn