The Phylum Protozoa brings together several organisms evolutionarily different that may act as ecto or endoparasites of fishes over the world being responsible for diseases, which, in turn, may lead to economical and social impacts in different countries. Apart from the recent advances for the diagnosis of fish diseases in Brazil, little is known on the protozoan parasites and their relationshi...

Serbian aquaculture is practiced in warmwater (carp) farms, coldwater (trout) cage systems, recirculating systems (RAS) and fish tanks. The total area under carp farms (ponds) registered by the Statistical Office of Republic Serbia (SORS) last fourteen years has varied between 6,192 8,940 ha, while trout was 33,255 m2 81,411 m2. Total production over 5,070 tons, recorded 2017 8,195 tons market ...

Fish farms have been suggested to promote virulence of the harmful fish bacterium Flavobacterium columnare [1], causing columnaris disease in farmed salmonids in freshwaters. Skin lesions, fin erosion and gill necrosis associated with the bacterial infection are fatal, especially to fingerling fish if left untreated. This makes the bacterium as one of the most serious threats to fresh water sal...

Thelohanellus nikolskii infection of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) has been a common parasitosis in the Central European fish farms since the first detection of the parasite about 20 years ago. This parasite, introduced from the Far East, causes intensive infection on the fins of fingerlings of the carp subspecies cultured in Europe (European carp, Cyprinus carpio carpio). This infection...