Published in the same format as Diseases in Marine Aquarium Fish, Gerald Bassleer's freshwater companion comprehensively addresses a wide variety of disease topics including viral and bacterial infections, fungal diseases and parasites.
Bassleer discusses in depth such issues as microscopic observation, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Both colour photographs and line drawings are used throughout to help simplify the task of disease identification for the reader.
Contents
• Introduction
• A few factors associated with fish diseases
• Methods of examination and terminology
 Macroscopic observations
 Microscopic observations
• General discussion of the most common diseases of tropical freshwater fishes
 Viral infections
 Bacterial infections
 Fungal infections
 Parasitic protozoans
 Parasitic worminfections
 Parasitic copepods (Crustaceae)
• Frequent diseases of the best-known tropical freshwater fishes
• Medicines used for treatment of fish diseases
