Fish diseases and parasites in relation to the environment

G. L. Hoffman

doi:10.3147/jsfp.10.123

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Fish diseases and parasites in relation to the environment

G. L. Hoffman

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Abstract

Although some diseases are not affected by subtle environmental changes, others are. Factors which may influence infection or the course of disease are: temperature, gaseous supersaturation, oxygen deficiency, mechanical and physiological trauma of the fish, malappropriate water chemistry, pollution, eutrophication, media for spore retention, and presence of intermediate hosts. Aviatminoses and neoplasias are often related to environmental changes.

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G. L. Hoffman. 1976. Fish diseases and parasites in relation to the environment. https://doi.org/10.3147/jsfp.10.123

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