The book Aquaculture Pharmaceutics  

Recently, the book Aquaculture Pharmaceutics edited by Prof. Jianguo WANG (Professor of Institute of Hydrobiolgy, CAS), Prof. Changfu CHEN (Professor of Huazhong Agricultural University) and Prof. Yutang WANG (Professor of the Institute of National Center of Popularization of Fisheries Technology) was published by Agricultural Publishing House.  

This book is divided into 14 chapters with a total number of 700,000 words. It gives a systematic analysis of the research achievements, including the historical development of the discipline of pharmaceutical studies on aquaculture pharmaceutics in China, the fundamental theory of pharmaceutical studies on aquaculturedrugs, concept and task of this discipline, types and classification of aquaculturedrugs, general rules of veterinary drugs and guidance of the research technologies of veterinary drugs, the biological features of aquaculturedrugs and their influences, the design theory of preparations, solid preparations for aquaculturedrugs, liquid preparations for aquaculturedrugs, preparations by aquaculture probiotics, sterile and aseptic preparations of aquaculturedrugs, aquaculture vaccines, pharmaceutical excipients for aquaculturedrugs, preparations package of aquaculturedrugs, new technologies, especially biological technology of preparations for aquaculturedrugs, slow-released preparations and control preparations of aquaculturedrugs etc.  

Seventeen experts from eleven institutions and enterprises took part in the writing work. These institutions and enterprises are National Centre of Popularization of Fisheries Technology, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute (CAFS), Zhejiang Institute of Freshwater Fisheries, Institute of Hydrobiology (CAS), Shanghai Ocean University, Huazhong Agricultural University, Pearl River Fishery Research Institute (CAFS), and Shanxi Compose Exploit Biotech Co., Ltd., Wuhan Jiuzhou Shennong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Chendu Fangcao Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Beijing Yujing Biotechnology Co., Ltd., etc. Professor Jianguo WANG and Aihua LI from IHB edited some chapters of this book and the whole book was compiled by Prof. Jianguo WANG.  

Aquaculture veterinary drug is briefly called aquaculture drug. The Regulations on Administration of Veterinary Drugs was enacted by the State Council in 2004 and veterinary drugs have been unifiedly supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture of China Since 2006. However, the poor condition of the fundamental research of aquaculture drugs, the disconnection among scientific researches, technologies exploration, market demands, and the lack of impetus that can transfer research achievements on the part of enterprises of aquaculture drugsseriously restrict the development of the technology of Chinese aquaculture drugs. Therefore, National Centre of Popularization of Fisheries Technology organized a number of scholars and experts in the field of aquaculture drugs to participate in editing the book Aquaculture Pharmaceutics so as to trace the advanced sciences and hot research areas in pharmacy of the world, carry forward the advantages of enterprises and institutes that produces and conduct researches on aquaculture drugs, and to introduce the advanced ideas and technological approaches in the aspect of exploration and production of new types of aquaculture drugs and new preparations of aquaculture drugs in a comprehensive and systematic way.  

Hopefully that the Regulations on Administration of Veterinary Drugs could set criterion on the research exploration and production of aquaculture drugs in China and thus accelerates the speed of exploring new types and preparations of aquaculture drugs, and constantly invent new type of aquaculture drugs with our own intellectual property rights in order to meet Chinese demand of sustainable development of aquaculture and people’s need for healthy aquatic productions.  

Additionally, the book Prevention of Fish Diseases edited by Prof. Jianguo WANG was published by Zhongyuan Farmers Press this January, and the book Diagnosis and Prevention of Aquarium Fish Diseases (second edition) also written and edited by Prof. Jianguo WANG was published in March by China Agriculture Publishing House.