Epidemiology, Biosecurity and Aquatic Animals Health

Dear Colleagues,

Aquaculture plays a crucial role in global food security and ecological balance. However, diseases caused by infectious and non-infectious agents in farmed aquatic species can be a bottleneck for the sustainability of aquaculture. Biosecurity, vaccination, and other evidence-based interventions are excellent examples of good aquaculture practices. Population-level studies of aquatic animal health are critical to promote the knowledge and technology related to the prevention and control of aquatic animal diseases.

The aim of this Special Issue is to explore aquatic animal health through a series of research works focused on, but not limited to, etiology, molecular epidemiology, diagnosis, pathogenic mechanism, immunology, host interaction, and biosecurity, with the goal of achieving a useful supplement related to existing literature.

Dr. Xuan Dong
Dr. Beibei Jia
Guest Editors

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• etiology
• epidemiology
• immunology
• biosecurity
• aquatic animals health