Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank contributing authors of disease pages: Dr Rob Adlard (Queensland Museum); Dr Jeremy Carson, Dr Kevin Ellard and Dr Judith Handlinger (Department of Primary Industries and Water, Tasmania); Dr Ralph Elston (Aqua Technics Inc, United States of America); Dr James Moore (California Department of Fish and Game); and Dr Peter Walker (CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory).

Thank you again to all those who assisted with the original publication: Dr Ellen Ariel and Dr Niels Jørgen Olesen (Danish Veterinary Institute), Dr Susan Bower (Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada), Dr David Bruno (Marlab, Aberdeen, Scotland), Dr Supranee Chinabut (Thailand Department of Fisheries), Dr Ben Diggles (DigsFish Pathology Services, Australia), Dr Cedric Komar (Intervet Norbio Singapore), Dr Kazuhiro Nakajima (Fisheries Research Agency, Japan), Dr AS Sahul Hameed (Abdul Hakeem College, India), Dr M Sano (National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Japan) and Dr Shi Zhengli (Chinese Academy of Sciences, People’s Republic of China). Their expertise was essential in ensuring that information was accurate, current and consistent with international standards.

Thank you also to Dr Rachel Bowater (Oonoonba Veterinary Laboratory, Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries), Dr Mark Crane (CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory), Professor Brian Jones (Department of Fish Health, Western Australia), Dr Malcolm Lancaster (Primary Industries Research Victoria), Drs Shane Raidal and Fran Stephens (Murdoch University), Professor Richard Whittington (University of Sydney), and members of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry—Aquatic Animal Health Program and the National Aquatic Animal Health Technical Working Group.

Finally, a publication such as this is built on the work and observations of others. Many sources of information were used, and the author would like to acknowledge those whose work has been cited in compiling this edition.