Once in a while comes a book that has the potential to become indispensable to zoos and aquariums.
“Fish Vetting Essentials” has what it needs.
Reviewed by Svein A. Fosså
Book Review in Pet Scandinavia – PetScandinavia_4-2011-book_review
“Fish Vetting Essentials” is written by two highly experienced veterinarians with fish health as their specialty. The authors said that the purpose of the book is to collect knowledge aquarists, aquaculturists, public aquariums,
and veterinarians already have, filter away incorrect information and then present the overall knowledge in an understandable and accessible form. This principle itself makes the book far more interesting and useful for
aquarists than any other fish health texts.
After about 60 pages of introduction to fish anatomy, it presents the main groups of commonly kept aquarium fish and a schematic review of the aquarium, technical equipment and water chemistry for aquarists, as well as nutrition. The main part of the book is devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of common diseases.
For practical reasons, the disease description and details of the procedure are presented separately. This can certainly confuse a new reader, but does in general make the book more useful. The book has good illustrations, with clear and large colour photos of most diseases. Veterinarians will appreciate the references to other veterinary literature and the detailed therapeutic
the protocols. All readers will benefit from the good index.
In summary, this is a book that should be recommended for all veterinarians
who feel the need to familiarise themselves with fish health at any aquarium.
Loh, Richmond & Matt Landos. 2011.
Fish Vetting Essentials. Richmond Loh Publishing, Perth,
Western Australia, Australia. ISBN 978-0-9871571-0-2.
216 pages, A4-format.
Sample pages: FishVetEssentials_2011 eSample.pdf
More information and ordering: www.thefishvet.com.au.
(translated using http://translate.google.com/ and edited by Richmond Loh)
