%0 Journal Article
%T A Review of Some Viral, Neoplastic, Environmental and Nutritional Diseases of African Fish
%A J.F.N. Abowei
%A O.F. Briyai
%A S.E. Bassey
%J British Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology
%D 2011
%I Maxwell Science Publication
%X A review of some viral, neoplastic, environmental and nutritional diseases of African fish was carried out to educate fish famers on some likely challenges faced and their management processes n culture fisheries. The virus disease: Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis (IPN), Virus Hemorrhagic Septicemia, Carp Spring Viraemia (CSV) and Lymphocystis virus; Neoplastic fish diseases: Malignant Tumor and Benign Tumors; Disease of unknown etiology: Broken Head Disease and Open belly disease; Naturally occurring cases; Environmental fish diseases: Depletion of dissolved oxygen, temperature, exteme pH, mechanical trauma. Nutritional fish diseases: Deficiency in Essential Amino Acid (EAA), Feed proteins known to contain toxic amino acids and remedies for anti nutritional factors are areas reviewed.
%K African fish diseases
%K environmental
%K neoplastic
%K nutritional
%K unknown etiology
%K virus
%U http://www.maxwellsci.com/jp/abstract.php?jid=BJPT&no=156&abs=02