01832naa a2200241 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400350006010000210009524501070011626000090022352011380023265000160137065000160138665000120140265000130141465000250142765300120145265300230146465300130148770000190150077300710151920784252017-11-08       2017    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1007/s12639-017-0938-y2DOI1 aTAVARES-DIAS, M.  aAn overall estimation of losses caused by diseases in the Brazilian fish farms.h[electronic resource]  c2017  aParasitic and infectious diseases are common in finfish, but are difficult to accurately estimate the economic impacts on the production in a country with large dimensions like Brazil. The aim of this study was to estimate the costs caused by economic losses of finfish due to mortality by diseases in Brazil. A model for estimating the costs related to parasitic and bacterial diseases in farmed fish and an estimative of these economic impacts are presented. We used official data of production and mortality of finfish for rough estimation of economic losses. The losses herein presented are related to direct and indirect economic costs for freshwater farmed fish, which were estimated in US$ 84 million per year. Finally, it was possible to establish by the first time an estimative of overall losses in finfish production in Brazil using data available from production. Therefore, this current estimative must help researchers and policy makers to approximate the economic costs of diseases for fish farming industry, as well as for developing of public policies on the control measures of diseases and priority research lines.  aAquaculture  aAquicultura  aDoença  aParasito  aProdução pesqueira  aDisease  aFishery production  aParasite1 aMARTINS, M. L.  tJournal of Parasitic Diseasesgv. 41, n. 4, p. 913-918, Dec. 2017.