Review of "Fish diseases, Volumes 1 and 2." by Jorge C. Eiras, Helmut Segner, Thomas Wahli and G.B. Kapoor

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Pa asi es and Vec o s, 2, 46. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-2-46 2009 BioMed Cen al Open Access Page 1 o 2 (page numbe no o ci a ion pu poses) Pa asi es & Vec o s Book e iew Re iew o "Fish diseases, Volumes 1 and 2." by Jo ge C. Ei as, Helmu Segne , Thomas Wahli and G.B. Kapoo E Telle o Val onen Add ess: Depa men o biologial and en i onmen al science, Uni e si y o Jy äskylä, PL 35 (Ambio ica) 40014 Jy äskylän yliopis o, Finland Email: E Telle o Val onen - e[email p o ec ed] Abs ac Book e iew o "Fish diseases, Volumes 1 and 2." by J. C. Ei as, H. Segne , T. Wahli and G.B. Kapoo . Book de ails Ei as JC, Segne H, Wahli T, Kapoo GB: Fish diseases Volume 1 and 2. Science Publishe s, En ield, Je sey, Plymou h; 2008:1312. ISBN (se ): 978-1-57808-438-8. ISBN (Vol. 1): 978-1-57808-527-9. ISBN (Vol. 2): 978-1-57808-528-6 Book e iew Pa asi ic diseases and pa asi es in gene al a e eno mous in numbe s. In ac , pa asi es alone encompass mo e han hal o all known animal species. Acco dingly, he agen s causing ish diseases a e di e se, including i uses, bac e- ia, ungi and pa asi es. This se o wo books aims o p esen disease-causing agen s om all hese majo ca ego ies. The opic is wide as diseases occu in eshwa e and ma ine aquacul u es as well as in wild ish. P oblems wi h disease a e inc easing due o in ensi ied ish a ming and o many changes in he en i onmen . Mo eo e , p oblems a y conside ably be ween di e en geog aphic egions, aquacul u e sys- ems, ish species, and socie ies. As such, he opic o hese books is mos demanding and ambi ious. Clea ly, nobody can single-handedly handle all aspec s o he mos impo an ish diseases e en in wo books. The edi o s ha e succeeded in in i ing quali ied scien is s o w i e chap e s on each disease g oup. The edi o s, h ee om Eu ope and one om India, ha e in i ed 28 scien- is s om 12 coun ies o w i e he books' 21 chap e s. Six- een scien is s a e om Eu ope, se en om he USA, wo om Aus alia, and one each om Canada, Sou h A ica, and Is ael. The au ho (s) o each chap e o en come om he same coun y o ins i u e, and in a ew cases, his is e lec ed in he con en o he chap e ; he p oblems o his/he egion a e gi en conside able a en ion. I migh ha e been bene icial o add one mo e scien is ep esen - ing a di e en sys em o la i ude o each opic. E e y g oup o disease agen s has i s own peculia i ies, e.g. i uses and bac e ia need a di e en kind o app oach han pa asi es. Acco dingly, he e is much a ia ion in he composi ion o he chap e s. None heless, I ound he ea men o di e en g oups disp opo iona e in some cases. Fo example, abou 200 pages in h ee chap e s a e gi en o i al diseases (in salmonids, cyp inids and cul- u ed ma ine ish, all comp ehensi e and good chap e s), bu his is no in balance wi h he 40 pages spen on bac- e ial diseases. Up- o-da e in o ma ion on many impo - an bac e ial diseases was missing, such as ye siniosis (caused by Ye sinia ucke i), columna is disease (caused by Fla obac e ia columna is) and cold wa e disease (caused by Fla obac e ia psych ophilum). The wo la e species a e causing inc easing p oblems o he ish a ming indus y in wide a eas o he No he n hemisphe e. New molecula ools ha e imp o ed diagnosis o hese diseases and made i possible o conduc expe imen s, which I had expec ed Published: 2 Oc obe 2009 Pa asi es & Vec o s 2009, 2:46 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-2-46 Recei ed: 18 Sep embe 2009 Accep ed: 2 Oc obe 2009 This a icle is a ailable om: h p://www.pa asi esand ec o s.com/con en /2/1/46 © 2009 Val onen; licensee BioMed Cen al L d. This is an Open Access a icle dis ibu ed unde he e ms o he C ea i e Commons A ibu ion License (h p://c ea i ecommons.o g/licenses/by/2.0), which pe mi s un es ic ed use, dis ibu ion, and ep oduc ion in any medium, p o ided he o iginal wo k is p ope ly ci ed. Publish wi h BioMed Cen al and e e y scien is can ead you wo k ee o cha ge "BioMed Cen al will be he mos signi ican de elopmen o dissemina ing he esul s o biomedical esea ch in ou li e ime." Si Paul Nu se, Cance Resea ch UK You esea ch pape s will be: a ailable ee o cha ge o he en i e biomedical communi y pee e iewed and published immedia ely upon accep ance ci ed in PubMed and a chi ed on PubMed Cen al you s — you keep he copy igh Submi you manusc ip he e: h p://www.biomedcen al.com/in o/publishing_ad .asp BioMedcen al Pa asi es & Vec o s 2009, 2:46 h p://www.pa asi esand ec o s.com/con en /2/1/46 Page 2 o 2 (page numbe no o ci a ion pu poses) o be e iewed. The e has appa en ly been a delay be ween w i ing he a icles and p in ing he books. The chap e on ungal diseases is in e es ing, comp ehen- si e and well w i en. I also includes some discussion on he apy and con ol me hods. Pa asi es in olume 1 a e handled in i e chap e s: Mic ospo idia, Ameboid p o- is s, Flagella es, Apicomplexans and Ciliapho a. All o hem a e enjoyable o ead, well w i en and up- o-da e. Flagella es a e handled especially comp ehensi ely, as hey a e impo an disease agen s in eshwa e and ma ine aquacul u e. I would ha e liked a simila ly ho - ough handling o Ciliapho a. The lagella e chap e akes nea ly 100 pages while he cilia e chap e is only abou 30 pages long. The cilia e causing whi e spo disease (Ich hy- oph hi ius mul i iliis) is discussed a leng h. Howe e , he me hods desc ibed o ea i a e no up- o-da e. I is no men ioned, o example, ha malachi e g een is s ic ly p ohibi ed by EU legisla ion. In la ge ish a ms, a leas in he No he n hemisphe e, pa asi e numbe s a e kep low wi h o malin ba hs o 3-4 weeks, du ing which ime ish de elop immuni y. This common p ac ice is also no dis- cussed. In olume 2 he e a e 10 chap e s; se en on pa icula pa - asi e g oups, as well as chap e s o non-in ec ious dis- eases, en i onmen al diseases and guides o aquacul u e e e ina ians (why no o biologis s wo king a a ms?). The chap e s in his olume a e mo e demanding in he sense ha he e is much a iabili y in he biology o he g oups handled, which a e Myxozoa, Monogenea, Dige- nea, Ces oda, Acan hocephala, Nema oda and C us acea. These g oups also a y g ea ly in hei impo ance as dis- ease agen s. Howe e , i he book had been es ic ed o only hose species causing p oblems in aquacul u e, i would ha e been much mo e bo ing. Pa asi es also ha e impo an e ec s on wild ish, hough hey a e no as d a- ma ic as in cul u ed ish. I e y much enjoyed ha o mos o he impo an axonomic g oups se e al aspec s o hei biology we e co e ed, including gene al mo phol- ogy, li e cycles, classi ica ion, hos ange and dis ibu ion, diseases caused in eshwa e and ma ine sys ems, and in di e en ish g oups, ea men and p ophylaxis, as well as p ospec s o u u e esea ch. These a e no handled in all cases, howe e ; especially in he chap e on Ces odes pa hogenesis is emphasized o e he o he opics. The ac is ha ish s ocks all o e he wo ld a e h ea ened by o e ishing. This means ha bo h eshwa e and ma ine aquacul u e will expand and in ensi y. A he same ime, global wa ming and o he en i onmen al changes will in luence he eme gence and occu ence o diseases. Fish a ms a e places whe e many epidemiological ac o s may d i e disease agen s owa ds highe i ulence. Gi en hese challenges, hese books a e help ul o ish a me s, esea che s, uni e si y s uden s and s a e o icials wo king on ish diseases. Compe ing in e es s The au ho decla es ha she has no compe ing in e es s. Acknowledgemen s D . Daniel Benesh kindly checked he English o his e iew.