AVC faculty member publishes third book
Dr. Frederick Kibenge, chair of the Department of Pathology and Microbiology at AVC, has published his third book, Aquaculture Pharmacology, with co-editors Dr. Bernardo Baldisserotto, professor of physiology, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, and Dr. Roger Sie-Maen Chong, research aquatic pathologist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia.
Aquaculture Pharmacology focuses on practical principles of pharmacology, therapeutics, and pain management/anesthesia of finfish, crustaceans, and mollusks, the three major groups of aquatic animal species cultured for human consumption. The book is a reliable and valuable up-to-date “all-inclusive” reference and guide to the state of the field for aquaculture veterinarians and fish health specialists/researchers.
Published by Elsevier (Imprint: Academic Press), the book is available online through Elsevier.com (https://www.elsevier.com/books/aquaculture-pharmacology/kibenge/978-0-1…) in print and electronic format. It is also available in html and pdf format on ScienceDirect.
Dr. Kibenge teaches veterinary virology in the second year of the DVM curriculum at AVC. He has been working with animal viruses for more than 30 years in addition to prior extensive post-doctoral research experience in virology in the United Kingdom and the USA. A diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (sub-specialty immunology), he has published extensively on the detection and virology of fish viruses.
Dr. Baldisserotto is a full professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the Federal University of Santa Maria, Camobi campus. He has published five books on fish physiology and fish culture, and he has organized and participated in numerous other books and journal publications. is a member of the editorial board for Neotropical Ichthyology, and part-time editor-in-chief for its physiology and biochemistry section.
Dr. Chong is a veterinary specialist in Australia and the United Kingdom (UK), with expertise in fish and shellfish pathology as applied to the health and biosecurity of aquaculture species. He is registered as a specialist by the Queensland Board of Veterinary Surgeons for Veterinary Aquatic Animal Health (Australia) and by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for Fish Health and Production (UK). He is also a certified fish pathologist recognized by the Fish Health Section of the American Fisheries Society. He is currently a research fish pathologist with the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO).
