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Man-made diseases and disorders.

Excessive visceral fat deposits and pronounced lipoid degeneration of the liver in an over-fed sea bream grower.
(See that foci or larger areas of the liver parenchyma have been replaced by fatty tissue.)

Excessive visceral fat and pale, fatty liver result from overfeeding with high energy diets, especially during the cool seasons. Apart from their inferior quality flesh, such fat sea bass are often immuno-compromised and are prone to suffer epizootics, such as vibriosis.

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VETCARE Ô
VETERINARY SERVICES TO AQUACULTURE AND
DISTRIBUTION OF FISH HEALTH PRODUCTS

Fish Disease Diagnosis and Control in the Mediterranean Marine Aquaculture
Lecture notes by Dr. Panos Varvarigos presented at the advanced course for professionals organised by CIHEAM-IAMZ, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (13-24 September 2004).

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