Journal of Fish Diseases
Edited by:
R.J. Roberts and R. Wootten
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 13/40 Fisheries; 34/87 Marine & Freshwater Biology; 28/134 Veterinary Sciences
Impact Factor: 1.54
The premier journal dedicated to the diseases of fish and shellfish
Journal of Fish Diseases enjoys an international reputation as the medium for the exchange of information on original research into all aspects of disease in both wild and cultured fin-fish and shellfish, including molluscs and crustaceans. Areas of interest covered by the journal include:
• Fish and shellfish diseases• Biology of pathogens of fish and shellfish• Host-pathogen relationships in fish and shellfish• Fish and shellfish defence mechanisms and or immunology• Diagnostic methods for diseases of fish and shellfish• Control of fish and shellfish diseases• Epidemiology of fish and shellfish diseases• Descriptions of new diseases of fish and shellfish
TopNews and Announcements
Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1
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TopHighlights
Alphavirus Special Issue
The September 2007 edition of Journal of Fish Diseases is a special edition devoted to the increasingly important Alphavirus group of infections of salmonid fishes. The principal contribution is a Keynote 'State of the Art' Review by the scientists who originally isolated these viruses , at the Northern Ireland Veterinary Research Institute, Dr Marian McLoughlin and Dr David Graham. Already they have published a number of papers on the subject in the Journal of Fish Diseases and this review brings together all of this work and puts it in overall context.
This is followed by three original research papers on the subject, defining the biophysical properties of the members of the Group and papers on the isolation of the viruses in Norway Italy and Spain. The papers are part of the output of the Tri-partite working group on the subject (Norway Ireland Scotland) which has stimulated most of the resurgence of scientific interest on this important and enigmatic group of fish viruses.
For more information on this important issue see the opening Editorial.
Click on the titles below to read the Featured Articles published in Journal of Fish Diseases since 2004:
The eel immune system: present knowledge and the need for research
M E Nielsen and M D Esteve-Gassent
A review on the morphology, molecular characterization, morphogenesis and pathogenesis of white spot syndrome virus
C M Escobedo-Bonilla, V Alday-Sanz, M Wille, P Sorgeloos, M B Pensaert and H J Nauwynck
Lancefield group C Streptococcus dysgalactiae infection responsible for fish mortalities in Japan
R Nomoto, L I Munasinghe, D-H Jin, Y Shimahara, H Yasuda, A Nakamura, N Misawa, T Itami, T Yoshida
Infectious pancreatic necrosis in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.
R J Roberts, M D Pearson
White tail disease of the giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii: separation of the associated virions and characterization of MrNV as a new type of nodavirus
J-R Bonami, Z Shi, D Qian, J Sri Widada
Histological, digestive, metabolic, hormonal and some immune factor responses in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., fed genetically modified soybeans
A M Bakke-McKellep, E O Koppang, G Gunnes, M Sanden, G-I Hemre, T Landsverk and Å Krogdahl
