Fish Disease Overview(如何研究水产疾病).ppt

Aquaculture Disease Processes Dr. Craig Kasper FAS 2253/FAS 2253L Description of Syllabus Course Number and Title: FAS 2253/FAS 2253L, Aquacultural Disease Processes Lecture Time/Location: TTH/9:30-1045am/BSC 212 Lab Time/Location: TH/11:00a-12:40p/BSC 212 Instructor: Dr. Craig Kasper, BHUM 111, 253-7881, ckasper@hccfl.edu Description of Syllabus Exposure to fundamental and current disease/health issues pertaining to the production of aquaculture crops Prevention of diseases via practical diagnosis and real-world decision making!! Covers: anatomy and physiology, immunology, virology, bacterial diseases, nutritional diseases, parasitology, mycoses, larval diseases and general health management Syllabus Text: Fish Disease and Diagnosis (Noga, Blackwell Publishers). Additional readings will be on reserve in the library. Course will consist of weekly two-hour lectures (2) followed by a two-hour practical lab. You will need “grubby” clothes on lab day No open-toed shoes in lab!! Labs may require observation and checking on samples outside class period Syllabus: lecture outline Lecture 1: Introduction to Disease What is disease? Types of diseases Dynamics of infectious disease Epizootiology of infectious diseases What you have to do to be a disease agent Disease reservoirs Transmission The host Stages in an epizootic What is Disease? Definition: any alteration of the body or one of its organs so as to disturb normal physiological function opposite of health = unhealthy or dysfunctional Why are diseases of such concern in aquaculture? 1990: WSSV, a virus, devastates shrimp culture in China, $600 million lost 1971: Flexibacter columnaris, a bacterium, kills 14 million wild fish in Klamath Lake the Idaho trout industry loses 10 cents on every dollar made to disease (death, weight loss) future of finfish and shrimp culture may hinge on our ability to control vibriosis* *more on “vibrio” in a later lecture! Types of Diseases infectious: diseases due to the ac