Channel Catfish

Environment

Name	Description
Enteric Septicaemia	considered, both biologically and economically, as the most important disease of farm-raised channel catfish, particularly in the USA. The acute disease is now commonly known as ESC but chronic infections are also known as “hole-in-the-head” disease.
Vibriosis	a bacterial disease of salt-water and migratory fish, and the severity of vibriosis has increased proportionately with the development and expansion of fish farming world-wide. It has a global distribution with epizootics on all continents and a wide range of fish.