title: Piscine patients: basic diagnostics.
abstract: This article can serve as an introduction for practitioners who are interested in adding fish to their practice. It reviews the current literature, includes contributions from institutional collaborators, and draws on clinical expertise from diverse cases and applied research from the Animal Health Department at the New England Aquarium. Basic diagnostic approaches to piscine patients are featured. We hope to inspire other veterinary professionals to pursue diagnostics, perform surgery, and practice preventive medicine in aquatic animal patients.
authors.affiliation: New England Aquarium, Central Wharf Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: E Scott
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Innis
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005399:Fishes; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D012016:Reference Values