In this chapter, the author discussed the potential effects of climate change on the skeletal abnormalities. Two effects were highlighted namely the altered meristic counts which is the variation in the number of the species-specific countable structures partly heritable and partly dependent on a...

The present chapter presents studies on how climate change, in farming conditions, may affect nutrition and metabolism and related production disorders in fishes. Examples focused on salmonids, as a major farmed species, in both freshwater and marine environments.

This book is comprised of 9 chapters focusing on the diseases and disorders of cage cultured finfish. Topics discussed include an overview of cage culture and its importance in the 21st century, infectious diseases of coldwater fish in marine and brackish waters, infectious diseases of coldwater...

This chapter presents the non-infectious disorders of coldwater finfish (marine and fresh water). Focus is given on the clinical signs, histopathological lesions, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of production problems (smolt failure in salmonids, stress, behaviour-related problems and...

This chapter gives an overview on aspects of current finfish cage culture, such as environmental and anthropogenic related problems, stress and nutritional imbalance and the development of abnormalities which may affect growth and increase disease susceptibility.

This chapter covers the sedation, anaesthesia, surgical conditions and euthanasia in South American camelids (llamas and alpacas).

This chapter covers basic genetics, qualitative traits and selection for qualitative traits and their use for the genetic enhancement or maintenance in aquaculture and fisheries. Focus is given on dominant and additive gene expression, epistasis, pleiotropy, lethality, penetrance and expressivity,...

This chapter covers several aspects of orthopaedics in the working equines, with emphasis on horses and donkeys. The treatment of lameness in the horse, forelimb and hindlimb lameness in the donkey not associated with the foot, forelimb and hindlimb lameness in the horse not associated with the...

The possible genetic, toxicological, nutritional and stress causes of skeletal, gill, fin and skin malformations/disorders in fishes are presented.