title: Health and disease in intensive aquaculture.
abstract: The paper deals with the increasing importance of aquaculture in South Africa and with the possible importance of disease problems following intensification and importation. It deals specifically with some infectious, parasitic and metabolic diseases found in South African eels. Attention is drawn to the role of fish as a public health hazard and to the need for increased attention to the provision of fish as food.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002347:Carps / Q000469:parasitology*; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D004199:Disease Vectors; D004524:Eels / Q000469:parasitology*; D005398:Fisheries; D007410:Intestinal Diseases