Suez Canal University
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Fish Diseases and Management
COURSE SPECIFICATION
1-Basic Information
Course code
Course Title
Academic year/ Level
Program Title
Contact hours/ Week
FISH409 (A&B)
First semester: Fish management & pollution diseases
Second semester: Fish diseases
2012/2013 - Fourth year (1st and 2nd Semester)
Bachelor of Veterinary Medical Science (BVMSc)
Semester
Lecture
Practical
Total
First
1
2
3
Second
2
2
4
1- Approval date of Department Council: April,9,2012
2- Approval date of Faculty Council: April,10,2012
3- External evaluator: Professor Dr. Saad Mohamed Saad,
Professor Dr. Mahmud Abed Abo Elroos
Understand basics of fish farm establishment, proper water
quality management practices with references for major
types of aquaculture systems. Familiarize with signs, causes,
control and prevention of infectious and non infectious
diseases of fish.
3. Intended learning outcomes of course (ILOs)
a-Knowledge and
By the end of this course the student should be able to:
Understanding
1. Outline the sound knowledge of different freshwater
aquaculture systems and water quality control.
2. Identify the causative agents of fish diseases.
3. Know the effect of organic and toxic wastes on aquatic
systems.
4. Know the basics for fish farm establishment.
5. Describe the right measures for control or eradication
of fish pathogens.
6. Determine the steps require examining fish for
infectious disease.
7. Provide an understanding of the epizootiology,
diagnosis and treatment of major diseases affecting
cultured species
8. Gain the information of the most prevailing fish and
shellfish diseases leading to public health importance.
2. Overall aims of course
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b-Intellectual skills
c-Professional and
practical skills
9. Recognize the approved treatments on diseased fishes.
By the end of this course the student should be able to :
1. Solve the problems associated with aquaculture in ponds,
cages, tanks and aquaria.
2. Calculate effectively and administer basic chemical
treatments used as part of aquaculture practice. Modify
fish therapy with recent bio-medication.
3. Analyze and communicate effectively the results of field
and laboratory work using a style common to scientific
reports.
4. Interpret signs of fish disease through observation,
behavior and reflexes.
5. Hypothesis the methods of control for fish and shellfish
diseases.
By the end of this course the student should be able to:
1. Collect complete case history including the past and
current conditions from the farm owners.
2. Transport live fishes successively.
3. Examine the clinical picture for food and ornamental fish
and shellfish diseases
4. Perform anesthesia for different fish species.
5. Apply treatment by the suitable method and right
chemicals.
d-General and
transferable skills
By the end of studying the course, the student should be
able to:
1. Work under pressure and / or contradictory conditions.
2. Function in a multidisciplinary team.
3. Communicate appropriately verbally and nonverbally.
4. Organize and control tasks and resources.
5. Search for new information and technology as well as
adopt life–long self learning ethics.
6. Utilize computer and internet skills.
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Department of Fish Diseases and Management
4- Course Contents:
4.1. First Semester:
Course Title: Fish management & pollution diseases. FISH409 (A)
4.1.1. Theoretical lectures:
Topics
Week
No
of hours
Introduction to aquaculture
1st
1
2nd, 3ed & 4th
3
5th,6th,7th,8th&
9th
5
Fertilization
10th
1
Culture systems of fish
11th
1
Establishment of a fish farm:
a- Characteristics of fish suitable for farming
b- Characteristics of site suitable for fish farming
c-Characteristics of water suitable for fish farming
(10 minutes Quiz)
Problems associated with bad water quality:
aAmmonia toxicity
b- Brown Blood Disease
c- Nitrite Toxicity
d- Gas Bubble Disease, aquaponic
e- Algal blooms
(10 minutes Quiz)
th
Mono-sex culture
Transport of live fishes + (10 minutes Quiz)
Types of fish Pond
Mono-culture & Poly-culture
12
13th
14th
15th
15
Total
1
1
1
1
15
4.1.2. Practical lab:
Topics
Week
No of hours
Introduction
1st. W
2
Technical terms
2nd. W
2
Classification of fishes
fish measurements
Fish structures
Fish Skin
Periodical Exam no. 1
Essay Presentation
3ed. W
2
4th. W
2
5th. W
0.5
1.5
3
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Fish Fins and Gills
6th. W
2
Internal structure part I
7th. W
2
Internal structure part II
8th. W
2
Identification of family Cichlidae & Mugilidae
9th. W
2
Periodical Exam no. 2
Essay Presentation
Identification of family Siluridae &Cyprinidae
10th. W
0.5
1.5
11th. W
2
Water characters (pH & Turbidity)
Water characters (Water temperature & Dissolved
oxygen
Revision
12th. W
2
13th. W
2
14th. W
2
Final Exam
15th. W
15
2
30
Total
4.2. Second semester
Course Title: Fish diseases. FISH409 (B)
4.2.1. Theoretical lectures:
Topics
Introduction to fish diseases
White spot disease& Cryptocarynosis
Trichodiniosis & Chilodonellosis
Hexamitosis
Trypanosomiasis & trypanoplasmosis
Whirling disease
Microsporiosis (10 minutes Quiz)
Gill flukes
Skin flukes
Yelow grub disease
Diphyllobothriosis
Anisakiasis
Cichlid acanthocephallosis
Argulosis, Ergasilosis and Lernaeosis
(10 minutes Quiz)
Motile Aeromonas & Pseudomonas septicemia
Columnaris disease
Vibriosis
Edwardsiella septicemia
Ulcer disease
4
Week
No of hours
1st. W
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2nd. W
3ed. W
4th. W
5th. W
6th. W
7th. W
8th. W
2
9th. W
1
1
1
1
1
10th. W
11th. W
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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
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Enteric red mouth disease
1
Pasteurellosis
Streptococcosis (10 minutes Quiz)
Bacterial kidney disease& Mycobacteriosis
Saprolegniasis
Branchiomycosis
Ichthyophonosis
Introduction to viral diseases of fishes
15th. W
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
15
30
12th. W
13th. W
14th. W
Total
4.2.2. Practical lab:
Week
No of
hours
Introduction
1st. W
2
Blood collection
2nd. W
2
Topics
ed
Fish anaesthesia
3 .W
2
Diagnosis of fish diseases
Periodical Exam no. 1
Essay Presentation
Parasitological examination Part I
4th. W
6th. W
2
0.5
1.5
2
Parasitological examination Part II
Bacteriological examination Part I
7th. W
8th. W
2
2
Bacteriological examination Part II
9th. W
2
Periodical Exam no. 2
Essay Presentation
Diagnosis of fungal diseases
10th. W
11th. W
0.5
1.5
2
Methods for treatment of diseased fish
Clinical signs and PM lesions of different diseases
Revision
Final Exam
Total
12th. W
13th. W
14th. W
15th. W
15
2
2
2
2
30
5-Teaching and learning
methods
5th. W
1. Lectures. (Mind mapping, brain storming and additional
images, video clips, and limited live animal presentations).
2. Practical in small group sessions (active learning in the form
of students teams achievement divisions and group
investigation styles).
3. Field trip each semester, Audiovisual learning, Self learning
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6. Teaching and learning
methods for students
with limited capacity
(essay – computer research- library visits).
6,1-Students with special needs are strongly encouraged to
talk to the instructors as soon as possible to gain maximum
access to course information. All discussions will remain
confidential.
* University policy is to provide, on a flexible and
individualized basis, reasonable accommodations to students
who have documented disability conditions (e.g., physical,
learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, or systemic) that may
affect their ability to participate in course activities or to meet
course requirements.
* Students with disabilities are encouraged to contact
Department instructors to discuss their individual needs for
learning accommodations.
7-Student assessment
a- Assessments
methods
1. Activities (Quizzes, periodical exam & essays)
2. Practical exam (will carry out in the laboratory; dissection
of cadaver, prepared specimens and microscopic slides
studied during the practical course).
3. Oral exams (will be performed by internal and external
examiners through free discussion).
4. Written exam (will be composed of any combination of
multiple choice, matching, fill-in blanks, true/false, short
answer, drawing diagrams and/or short essay questions.
Exams may include questions on both lecture and laboratory
material).
b- Assessment
Assessments methods
schedules/semester Quizzes
Periodical exams
Practical exam
Oral exam
Written exam
Essay
c- Weight of
assessments
Assessment
Quizzes
Essay
Periodical exams
Practical exam
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Time of Assessments
Periodically in lectures
Week 5 and 10 of each
semester
By the end of the term
By the end of the term
By the end of the term
At the beginning of each
semester and discussed at 5th
and 10th Week
%
2
4
4
20
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Oral exam
Written exam
Total
20
50
100
d- Matrix alignment of the measured ILOs/ Assessments methods
Matrix alignment of the measured ILOs/ Assessments methods
Method
K&U (a)
I.S (b)
P&P.S (c)
G.S (d)
Quizzes
2,3,4,9
1,3,5
Essay
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6,7,8,9
1,2,3, 4,5
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5,6
Periodical exams
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6,7,8,9
1,2,3, 4,5
1,2,3,4,5
1,3,4,5
Practical exam
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6,7,8,9
1,2,3, 4,5
1,2,3,4,5
Oral exam
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6,7,8
1,2, 3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
Written exam
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6,7,8,9
1,2, 3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
1,3,4,5
8. List of references
a- Departmental Notes
b-Essential books
c- Suggested books
d- Journals , Websites
……..etc

Note on fish management and pollution diseases by staff
members
 Text book of fish diseases by staff members
 Practical note on fish Management by staff members
 Practical note on fish diseases by staff members
 Woo, P.T.K. (1995) Fish disease and disorders.
 Stickney R.R (2005) aquaculture, an introduction text , Cabi
publishing
 Pillay T.V.R (2005) aquaculture, principles and practices
Blackwell Publishing.
 Eissa , I.A.M (2002) Parasitic fish diseases in Egypt . Dar el
Nahdda el Arabia Publishing, 32 abd el – khalek Tharwat St.,
Cairo, Egypt.
 Badran A.F. (2002) The principles of infectious diseases of
fish .
 Noga, J.E (2010) Fish disease: diagnosis and treatment.
 Austin, B. and Austin, D. (2007) Bacterial fish pathogens.
 Woo, P.T.K. (2012) Fish disease and disorders
Journals:
 J of fish biology.
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 J of fish diseases.
 J. of Aquaculture.
 J. African J of aquatic science.
 Suez Canal Vet. MED J.
Websites:
 Fish FAO
 California fish website
 Pubmed.
Course Coordinator
Dr/ Maather Mohamed Moneer
Head Department
Ass. Prof./ Hassan Ibrahim Mohamed Derwa
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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Fish Diseases and Management
Matrix alignment of the course topics and ILOs
First Semester
hs/
weeks
Topic
Introduction to aquaculture
1
Establishment of a fish farm:
a- Characteristics of fish suitable for farming
b- Characteristics of site suitable for fish farming
c-Characteristics of water suitable for fish
farming
Problems associated with bad water quality:
a- Ammonia toxicity
b- Brown Blood Disease
c- Nitrite Toxicity
d- Gas Bubble Disease, aquaponic
e- Algal blooms
Fertilization
Culture systems of fish
Mono-sex culture
Transport of live fishes
Types of fish Pond
Mono-culture & Poly-culture
Technical terms
9
1
1
G.T.S (d)
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
3
1,3
1,3
2
1,2,3,4,5,6
5
1,2
1,3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1,3
1,3
1,3
1
1,3
1,3
1,2,3,
4,6,8
1,3
1,3
1,3
1,3
1,3
1,3
1,2,3,
4,5
1,2,3,
4,55
2
1
1
1
2
1,8
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1,8
1,8
1,8
1,8
1,8
1,8
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1,8
1
1
2
Classification of fishes
fish measurements
Fish structures
Fish Skin
Fish Fins and Gills
Internal structure part I
Internal structure part II
Identification of family Cichlidae & Mugilidae
Identification of family Siluridae &Cyprinidae
Water characters (pH & Turbidity)
Water characters (Water temperature &
Dissolved oxygen
K&U
(a)
ILOs
I.S
P.P.S
(b)
(c)
3
2
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
Suez Canal University
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Fish Diseases and Management
Matrix alignment of the course topics and ILOs
Second Semester
hs/
weeks
Topic
Introduction to fish diseases
White spot disease& Cryptocarynosis
Trichodiniosis & Chilodonellosis
Hexamitosis
Trypanosomiasis & trypanoplasmosis
Whirling disease
Microsporiosis
Gill flukes
Skin flukes
Yelow grub disease
Diphyllobothriosis
Anisakiasis
Cichlid acanthocephallosis
Argulosis, Ergasilosis and Lernaeosis
Motile Aeromonas & Pseudomonas septicemia
Columnaris disease
Vibriosis
Edwardsiella septicemia
Ulcer disease
Enteric red mouth disease
Pasteurellosis
Streptococcosis
Bacterial kidney disease& Mycobacteriosis
Saprolegniasis
Branchiomycosis
Ichthyophonosis
Introduction to viral diseases of fishes
Blood collection
Fish anaesthesia
Diagnosis of fish diseases
Parasitological examination
Bacteriological examination
Diagnosis of fungal diseases
Methods for treatment of diseased fish
Clinical signs and PM lesions of different
diseases
1
4,5
4,5
1,3
3
5,6,7,8,9
4,5
1,3
4,5
1,3
4,5
1,3
4,5
1,3
4,5
1,3
4,5
1,3
4,5
1,3
4,5
1,3
4,5
1,3
4,5
1,3
4,5
1,3
4,5
1,3
4,5
1,3
1,3
4
5
3
3
3
3
5
3
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
10
K&U
(a)
ILOs
I.S P.P.S
(b)
(c)
5,6,7,8,9
5,6,7,8,9
5,6,7,8,9
5,6,7,8,9
5,6,7,8,9
5,6,7,8,9
5,6,7,8,9
5,6,7,8,9
5,6,7,8,9
5,6,7,8,9
5,6,7,8,9
5,6,7,8,9
2
2
2
2
4
4
2
2
5,6,7,8,9
5,6,8,9
5,6,8,9
5,6,8,9
5,6,8,9
10,12
4,5
4,5
4,5
4,5
4,5
4,5
4,5
4,5
2
5,6,7,8,9
4,5
G.T.S (d)
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6