The book entitled Freshwater Fish Parasites covers a span of 10 years and provides a comprehensive pictorial guide of various freshwater fish parasites throughout the country. It presents the etiology, clinical signs, prophylaxis, and treatment of parasitic diseases in a simplified manner for easy understanding of students, researchers, teachers, scientists, and farmers in the field. The book features the latest developments in fish parasitological research and covers all progressive areas of parasitic disease management, starting from the identification of parasites, the basic status of diseases, to various approaches for diagnosis, prevention, and control of diseases. It provides a comprehensive overview of parasitic problems in different fish species, including indigenous fishes, exotic fishes of commercial importance, sport fishes, and ornamental fishes, giving a complete parasitic disease profile of the entire fishery. The book also covers important aspects such as the behavior of hosts, the interrelationship of soil and water with parasitized hosts, and the mechanism of parasitic attachment.
