Climate Change and Infectious Fish Diseases

Climate change with global warming is not disputed by the vast majority of scientists and the aquatic system is most affected. A global rise in water temperature and acidification of the aquatic environment will continue even if we can significantly reduce the current output of the two most important greenhouse gasses (carbon dioxide and methane). These and other environmental changes will affect fish health which includes infectious pathogens. This important new text is the second volume on climate change and fish health. It covers changes to the freshwater ecosystem and their current and expected effects on selected infectious diseases of fish. The book represents contributions by over 50 experts from 18 countries. Comprehensive and thought-provoking, the book details abiotic and biotic environmental changes in temperate and tropical freshwater ecosystems, sequestrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide and effects on infectious diseases (12 microbial and 10 parasitic) in economically important fish in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters. The text is key reading for fish disease scientists, aquatic ecologists, fish health consultants, veterinarians, policy makers and all who are interested in fish health and the environment.

Patrick T K Woo (ptkw) is University Professor Emeritus, University of Guelph, and has been a faculty member since 1974. His research program focused on parasitic flagellates which included those of medical and economic importance. The program had continuous NSERC support for over 40 years, until he closed his laboratory at U of G so he could, with his co-editors, focus on formulating and editing an interdisciplinary book series on 'climate change and fish health'. Patrick's research and travels, sponsored by other agencies (e.g. FAO, United Nations; NUS, Singapore; CNPq, Brazil; MEC, Spain; NEC, Cdn.; CIDA, Cdn.; IDRC, Cdn) allowed him to work with colleagues in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas (e.g. 'determine the toxicity of cadmium on tilapia and its effects on immune response' in Singapore; 'develop and evaluate diagnostic techniques for human trypanosomiasis' in E & W Africa; 'adapt an in vitro method to study fish innate immunity' in Spain). In addition to publishing papers and review articles in journals and books, Patrick edited a special journal issue and 14 academic books on fish health. He also founded 'The Roy C Anderson Memorial Lecture in Parasitology'; eminent scientists including a Nobel Laureate had accepted his invitations and presented lectures at the University of Guelph. He has also consulted to industry, universities and government agencies. For further details please see: https://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/woo

Dr. Jo-Ann C. Leong is Director Emeritus of the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology in the School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Dr. Leong is also Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Oregon State University and the former Chairman of the Department of Microbiology. At OSU, she held the Emile Pernot Endowed Professorship. She is an elected member of the American Academy of Microbiology, served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture in Hawai'i, is Past President of the National Association of Marine Laboratories, and co-chair of the Ecosystem Science and Management Working Group for the NOAA Scientific Advisory Board. She served on the Executive Secretariat, US National Climate Assessment, and authored "Hawai'i & US Affiliated Pacific Islands" for the Third National Climate Assessment, 2013. She was Viral Disease editor for Diseases of Aquatic Organisms and served on the Editorial Board of Marine Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Journal of Marine Biotechnology. Dr. Leong published over 150 research papers from the work of 18 doctoral and 6 M.S. students. She holds 3 patents for the first fish viral vaccine and the first DNA vaccine for aquacultured species in the U.S. Her laboratory described a new genus of Rhabdoviridae, the Novirhabdovirus, and the type virus, Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus, kills millions of salmonid fish each year. She has devoted much of her career to the development of vaccines and control strategies for diseases of aquatic organisms.

Professor, M.Sc., Ph.D., D.V.Sc. Leader of the Research School and network of researchers SCOFDA (2001-2012). Leader of the Research Network Fishnet (www.fishnet.dk) (May 2003-January 2004). Leader of the Danish Fish Immunology Research Centre and Network DAFINET (www.dafinet.dk) from January 2009-2013. Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. Research topics: Fish parasitology, Fish Pathology, Fish vaccinology, Fish Immunology. 1984-1986 Technical University of Denmark, Technological Laboratory. 1986-2007 Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark. 2007-2012 University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Denmark. 2012-2018 University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Denmark. Kurt Buchmann has a formal education in teaching from 1984. Teaching and/or responsible for 18 university M.Sc. and 35 Ph.D. courses for veterinarians, biologists and animal science students. Publications: More than 340 scientific articles in international and peer-reviewed scientific journals. Seven books and 20 chapters in books. More than 550 popular scientific articles. Several research reports and a D.V. Sc. dissertation and a Ph.D. thesis. H-index at Web of Science: 53 (More than 53 papers with more than 53 citations recorded in Science citation index). International collaborators: Scientific network with more than 80 international research groups. Referee and review tasks: for 14 international research councils, referee-work for 56 scientific journals and editorial memberships of 5 scientific journals.