PROJECT NUMBER
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2009-316
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Young Chef of the Year Pty Ltd
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Aquatic Animal Health Training Scheme - Training for prawn farmers in sample collection
Project number:
2009-315.34
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$2,000.00
Principal Investigator:
Melony J. Sellars
Organisation:
CSIRO Agriculture and Food Brisbane
Project start/end date:
30 Apr 2015
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30 Aug 2015
Contact:
FRDC
Training prawn hatchery/farm staff in collecting samples was identified as a priority need in FRDC Project No. 2012/030 (Prawn Superpowers Summit – enhancing awareness of emergency aquatic animal disease response arrangements for the Australian prawn farming industry, Matt Landos and Helen Jenkins, March 2013).
Further consultation this year (2015) with the APFA, Industry members, the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF), the CSIRO Agriculture Flagship and the newly established Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Hub for Advanced Prawn Breeding coordinated by James Cook University (JCU) have reaffirmed the need for a hands-on training workshop. These parties have identified that such a workshop should cover a refresher on Emergency Response procedures including prawn sampling requirements and procedures as well as prawn sampling needs and procedures for prawn pedigree analysis and viral screening to fulfil the needs of breeding programs.
1. Training workshop for prawn farmers in sample collection.A 3 h workshop with hands-on training components will be run for prawn farmers that will include:• A refresher on Emergency Response procedures• Emergency Response prawn sampling requirements and procedures• Prawn sampling needs and procedures for prawn pedigree analysis and viral infection screening as part of breeding programs• Provision of detailed sampling protocols and prawn dissection kits• Hands-on demonstrations followed by participant practice in prawn dissection and tissue sampling and preservation for PCR and histology to meet Emergency Response needs and procedural requirements• Hands-on demonstrations followed by participant practice in prawn dissection and tissue sampling and preservation for PCR-based pedigree analysis and viral screening to meet breeding program needs• Provision of postage and courier procedures and a list of QDAF and CSIRO/JCU contacts • Attendee feedback questionnaire
PROJECT NUMBER
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2009-315.33
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
PROJECT NUMBER
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2009-315.32
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)
PROJECT NUMBER
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2009-315.31
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
AusVet Animal Health Services Pty Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
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2009-315.29
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
PROJECT NUMBER
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2009-315.28
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
PROJECT NUMBER
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2009-315.27
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Dr Christine Huynh - Individual
People development program: Aquatic animal health training scheme - KBBE workshop on diagnostics for mollusc diseases
Project number:
2009-315.24
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$10,980.00
Principal Investigator:
Mark S. Crane
Organisation:
CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory
Project start/end date:
20 Mar 2013
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31 Mar 2014
Contact:
FRDC
In recent years several mollusc diseases (e.g. Perkinsosis, Bonamiasis, AVG, OOD, ostreid herpes viral disease) have impacted, and continue to impact, Australian fisheries and aquaculture. Similar diseases also affect mollusc aquaculture overseas, e.g. Bonamiasis of oysters in Europe, ostreid herpes virus in Europe and New Zealand. The outcomes of past and present efforts to manage diseases in farmed molluscs have been poor, and few controls have been devised for disease outbreaks in wild populations. Thus these diseases have continued to spread partly due to poor international coordination of response to emerging diseases, lack of sensitive and standardised diagnostic tests, no understanding of whether these diseases arose separately in different countries or whether they have spread internationally, poor understanding of mollusc immunity, poor understanding of pathogen biology in the context of host and environmental change, little information about how the infectious agents are spread within populations, lack of coordinated research on improved measures to avoid disease, inability to predict where and when future threats will arise. These factors suggest a need for an internationally based and coordinated multidisciplinary research approach to ensure the sustainability of mollusc aquaculture and wild mollusc populations. This need was recognised internationally and led to the KBBE Forum workshop on "Disease mitigation and prevention in mollusc aquaculture". One recommendation from the workshop was to hold a future KBBE workshop to address issues concerning mollusc disease diagnostics and would align with several key research areas within the FRDC R&D Plan and be of interest to industry and regulators.
1. Plan and organise an international workshop "Diagnostics for Mollusc Diseases"
2. Host an international workshop "Diagnostics for Mollusc Diseases"
3. Submit a report to FRDC and KBBE Forum on the international workshop "Diagnostics for Mollusc Diseases"
Final report
ISBN:
978-1-4863-0316-8
People development program: Aquatic animal health training scheme - Visiting Expert Dr Teruo Miyazaki
Project number:
2009-315.23
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$10,000.00
Principal Investigator:
Richard Whittington
Organisation:
University of Sydney (USYD)
Project start/end date:
30 Jun 2012
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29 Jun 2013
Contact:
FRDC
Viral diseases are among the most important of all health issues in aquaculture and fisheries. Their rapid and accurate recognition is central to the prevention of spread and the control of emerging diseases. Morphological diagnosis based on gross pathology, histopathology and electron microscopy remain vital in the diagnostic process, and are essential to complement accurate molecular aetiolgical diagnosis. Practitioners of morphological diagnosis are becoming scarce, and this application enables knowledge transfer from one of the world's foremost experts, Dr Teruo Miyazaki from Japan. This knowledge transfer requires a hand-on approach in a small group setting, using a multiheaded microscope with plenty of opportunity for discussion. for this reason a face-to-face visit is essential. Improving aquatic animal health diagnostic capacity is a priority for FRDC specifically to prevent and manage disease incursions, and to develop diagnostic procedures and techniques to rapidly detect and identify pathogens. This is also a priority for state jurisdictions.
In addition to viral diseases, Dr Miyazaki has career long expertise in general fish pathology, so his visit presents diverse opportunities for continuing education of Australian aquatic animal health diagnosticians.
1. 1. Facilitate the visit to Australia of Dr Teruo Miyazaki for knowledge transfer to aquatic animal disease diagnosticians and industry
Final report
Author:
Richard Whittington
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