Fish Parasites

Focusing on pathobiology and protective strategies against protozoan and metazoan parasites of fish, this book reviews the latest research on important parasites: those that cause financial hardships to the aquaculture industry, have been introduced to new geographical regions through transportation of infected fish, are pathogenic to groups of finfish and detrimental to production, are highly adaptable and not host-specific with worldwide distributions, and that may serve as disease models for studies on other pathogens. It also highlights gaps in the knowledge to help direct future research.

Patrick T K Woo (ptkw) is University Professor Emeritus, University of Guelph, and has been a faculty member since 1974. His research program focused on parasitic flagellates which included those of medical and economic importance. The program had continuous NSERC support for over 40 years, until he closed his laboratory at U of G so he could, with his co-editors, focus on formulating and editing an interdisciplinary book series on 'climate change and fish health'. Patrick's research and travels, sponsored by other agencies (e.g. FAO, United Nations; NUS, Singapore; CNPq, Brazil; MEC, Spain; NEC, Cdn.; CIDA, Cdn.; IDRC, Cdn) allowed him to work with colleagues in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas (e.g. 'determine the toxicity of cadmium on tilapia and its effects on immune response' in Singapore; 'develop and evaluate diagnostic techniques for human trypanosomiasis' in E & W Africa; 'adapt an in vitro method to study fish innate immunity' in Spain). In addition to publishing papers and review articles in journals and books, Patrick edited a special journal issue and 14 academic books on fish health. He also founded 'The Roy C Anderson Memorial Lecture in Parasitology'; eminent scientists including a Nobel Laureate had accepted his invitations and presented lectures at the University of Guelph. He has also consulted to industry, universities and government agencies. For further details please see: https://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/woo

Professor, M.Sc., Ph.D., D.V.Sc. Leader of the Research School and network of researchers SCOFDA (2001-2012). Leader of the Research Network Fishnet (www.fishnet.dk) (May 2003-January 2004). Leader of the Danish Fish Immunology Research Centre and Network DAFINET (www.dafinet.dk) from January 2009-2013. Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. Research topics: Fish parasitology, Fish Pathology, Fish vaccinology, Fish Immunology. 1984-1986 Technical University of Denmark, Technological Laboratory. 1986-2007 Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark. 2007-2012 University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Denmark. 2012-2018 University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Denmark. Kurt Buchmann has a formal education in teaching from 1984. Teaching and/or responsible for 18 university M.Sc. and 35 Ph.D. courses for veterinarians, biologists and animal science students. Publications: More than 340 scientific articles in international and peer-reviewed scientific journals. Seven books and 20 chapters in books. More than 550 popular scientific articles. Several research reports and a D.V. Sc. dissertation and a Ph.D. thesis. H-index at Web of Science: 53 (More than 53 papers with more than 53 citations recorded in Science citation index). International collaborators: Scientific network with more than 80 international research groups. Referee and review tasks: for 14 international research councils, referee-work for 56 scientific journals and editorial memberships of 5 scientific journals.

Professor Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla is an expert in fish parasites and has coordinated the European Project ParaFishControl.