Tilapia culture is an important source of income and nutrition to many rural families. Since
2000, the production of tilapia increased and reached domestic and global markets. Major …

Flavobacterium columnare (F. columnare) is the causative agent of columnaris disease. This
bacterium affects both cultured and wild freshwater fish including many susceptible …

Diseases caused by motile aeromonads in freshwater fish have been generally assumed to
be linked with mainly Aeromonas hydrophila while other species were probably overlooked …

Tilapia lake virus (TiLV) is a recently described virus affecting wild and farmed tilapines. At
present, it has been reported on three continents (Asia, Africa and South America) and the …

The reality of dead-loss in cultured fish farms due to multiple pathogen infections probably
outweighs single infection. Here, we describe the isolation and characterization of the …

Global tilapia aquaculture has been experiencing serious disease problems for several
years, and a breakthrough was made in 2014 when a novel virus called tilapia lake virus …

Southeast (SE) Asia plays an important role in global food security as this region has been
regarded as one of the major producers of aquaculture product and, to date, freshwater fish …

Aquaculture is playing an increasingly important role in global food security, especially for
low-income and food-deficit countries. The majority of aquaculture production occurs in …

The skin of vertebrates is the outermost organ of the body and serves as the first line of
defense against external aggressions. In contrast to mammalian skin, that of teleost fish …

Flavobacterium columnare is a bacterial fish pathogen that affects many freshwater species
worldwide. The natural reservoir of this pathogen is unknown, but its resilience in closed …