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Aquaculture for Veterinarians, Fish Husbandry and Medicine

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This well-organized book does not rely on jargon to communicate data, nor does it wander on forever in complex, poorly structured sentences. Therefore, your brain can turn to the pleasant task of learning about fish. So much that was confusing is made clear in this book; it is suitable for a mid to advanced hobbyists as well as vet techs. My complaint is limited to its shallow coverage of disease, nutrition, and tropical fish.

This book presents an interesting introduction to diseases
and their control under the special conditions of pisciculture. It is superficial enough to allow a beginner to understand the principles of this interdisciplinary aproach to
control of fish disease, but it is equally interesting to especialists, since it brings practical
information on this field - not always available to "laboratory dwellers". It was interesting
and educational to read this book and be able to see the problem
under a veterinary point of view. I have a criticism, however.
The Chapter that deals on Agents of the disease is somewhat superficial
and has mistakes (e.g. the illustrations of a Lernaea does
not depict a species of copepod of this genus). There are some inconsistencies concerning taxonomic names among the Chapters, as well