ABSTRACT
Disease problems constitute the largest single cause of economic loss in aquaculture. Despite reliable hatchery production and commercial expansion of the Asian seabass industry, a number of viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases threaten sustained production. Consequently, the focus and content of this chapter is on major viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases which have occurred in, and which may impact adversely on, production of Asian seabass. Where available, information is also provided on diseases infl icting wild seabass and a list of known infectious diseases (pathogens and parasites) of both wild and farmed Asian seabass has been compiled in Table 6.1 as a reference.
