Toxicity and Treatment in Fish

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Fish: importance and diversity. 2. A perspective on aquaculture: an overview. 3. Objective and importance of aquaculture. 4. A review of fish model in experimental pharmacology. 5. Certain fish species used as models in cancer research. 6. Fish as the biomarkers of environmental pollutants. 7. Overview of fish cell lines and their uses. 8. Fishes of Madhya Pradesh with special reference to Zebrafish as model organism in biomedical researches. 9. Perspective on Zebrafish: a suitable research model. 10. Overviews of the Zebrafish model and fish Neoplasms. 11. Development of transgenic fish models for research. 12. Genetic production of transgenic fish and their commercial application. 13. Transgenic fish model in environmental toxicology. 14. Toxicity in fish polluted with Heavy metals chemicals of drugs. 15. Contamination of Mercury in fish and its toxicity to both fish and humans: an overview. 16. Toxicity of certain pesticides in fishes. 17. Toxicity of organophosphate and Carbamate pesticides in fish. 18. Contamination of polychlorinated Biphenyls in fishes leading to toxicity in fish consuming population. 19. Toxicity of Cyanide in fishes: an overview. 20. Do we know fishes also suffer from cancers. 21. Fish cancer developed by environmental pollutants. 22. Chemical carcinogenesis in fish: A review. 23. Prevalence of hepatic and skin cancers in fish by chemical contamination. 24. Chemical toxicity leading to cancer in fishes and its treatment by medicinal plants. 25. Role of fish oil against cancer. 26. Overviews of the treatment and control of common fish diseases. 27. Treatment for certain parasitic diseases of fishes. 28. Treatment and control of ornamental fish infection. 29. Medicinal plants useful in fish diseases. 30. Some medicinal plants to treat fish ectoparasitic infections. 31. Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants against fish pathogens. 32. Beneficial effects of certain herbal supplements on the health and disease resistance of fish. 33. Immunostimulant effect of medicinal plants on fish. 34. Herbal feed supplements as drugs and growth promoter to fishes. 35. Feed formulation and feeding technology for fishes.

Fish can be infected by different pathogens, including microorganisms or parasites. The parasitic infection may cause severe morbidity and mortality in fish. Fish play an important role in assessing potential risks associated with exposure to toxic substances, particularly pesticides in aquatic environment. Although the pesticides have brought several benefits to mankind by increasing food production and controlling the vectors of man and animal diseases, but they have also posed potential health hazards to fish. The herbs/herbal drugs can act against several diseases and are also growth promoters, stress resistance boosters and  preventatives of infections. Recently there has been increased interest in the immune stimulating function of some herbs in aquaculture. The non-specific immune functions such as bacteriolytic activity and leukocyte function of fish have been improved by some herbs.