It is sometimes hard to appreciate the devastating economic impact that disease can have within an aquatic system, be it a large commercial farm or small aquarium, and it is often an aspect of aquatic animal management that is overlooked or underestimated.
With real case study examples of commonly encountered aquatic health challenges and pathogens seen within the aquaculture sector in South Africa, this presentation discusses the basic underlying mechanisms and pathogenesis that often play out into both large- scale mass morbidity or mortality events, but more importantly the chronic impact upon production, and concomitant economic implications to the farmer.