Deals with biotechnological approaches to disease diagnosis, pathogen detection, antibacterial therapy, immunoprophylaxis, and sex manipulation in fish. Most chapters discuss issues relating to expansion of the industry, and there is much material focusing on antimicrobial chemotherapy and drug resistance, application of antibody probes in diagnosis and control of disease, and research and development needs of aquaculture. The editor is professor and head of the department of microbiology at the University of Agricultural Sciences, College of Fisheries, Mangalore. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
