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PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-083
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Developing the tools and articulating the value proposition for genomic selection in Pacific Oyster selective breeding

To understand the opportunities and value in carbon neutral certification for the Australian oyster industry, FRDC and Oysters Australia commissioned NineSquared Pty Ltd to outline the current policy climate, pathways to certification and knowledge gaps limiting opportunity...
ORGANISATION:
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) Hobart
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Artificial Intelligence
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Pacific Oyster
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Development of a guideline to investigate and understand disease outbreaks of unknown cause

Project number: 2021-061
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $44,801.00
Principal Investigator: Tracey Bradley
Organisation: Agriculture Victoria
Project start/end date: 31 Jan 2022 - 30 Apr 2023
Contact:
FRDC

Need

National priority: improving productivity and profitability of fishing and aquaculture.

The development of a guideline to investigate and understand disease outbreaks of unknown cause aligns with AQUAPLAN objectives for 2021- 2026 as per the draft document. The objectives were developed through extensive consultation with industry and government. This project was identified by the Aquatic Animal Health and Biosecurity Subprogram as a priority for the current call for applications.

Aquatic emergency animal disease outbreaks are a substantial threat to aquatic animal production and aquatic environments. The nature of aquatic emergency animal diseases makes them difficult to manage as they are often highly pathogenic and affect both wild and farmed populations. Further, new and emerging diseases are common, and eradication is typically challenging due to the presence of wild reservoir hosts.

Emerging diseases are challenging because reliable diagnostic methods are often not available and epidemiological information to guide responses may be absent. These circumstances present difficulties for decision making and disease investigation because there may be competing priorities between the need to learn about a disease and the need to contain or eradicate it. While the circumstances of each outbreak differ, general principles and approaches apply and if they are documented they can be used to guide responses to emerging diseases.

This project is focussed on developing a guideline to investigate and understand disease outbreaks of unknown cause. The ability to control an outbreak of a disease of unknown cause can occur independently of having knowledge of the aetiological agent. The basic epidemiologic tools used in classical outbreak investigation methodologies can provide insights into factors such spatial, temporal and animal elements of the outbreak. Such approaches are routinely used in terrestrial outbreaks of unknown aetioology and have been instrumental in aiding control, for example the Hendra virus outbreak in horses in the 1990s.

As aquaculture continues to expand at a rate approaching 6% per annum, new diseases will emerge and control strategies will benefit from this approach.

Objectives

1. Scanning exercise to assess currently available materials in the area of outbreak investigations in aquatic animal diseases (whether cultured or wild).
2. Develop a series of guidelines fit for purpose for a range of stakeholder groups process mapping the steps of an outbreak investigation.
3. Launch the guidelines through the Commonwealth departmental website and create an e-learning module on the Victorian state website - EpiReady ( 2 streams for the 2 stakeholder groups)
4. Assess participants knowledge of how to undertake an outbreak investigation pre and post e-learning module to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention.

Handbook

ISBN: 9781760906061
Author: T. Bradley and N. McLaughlin
Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.

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Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.
Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.
Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.
Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.
Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.
Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.
Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.
Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.
Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.
Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.
Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.
Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.
Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.
Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.
Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.
Handbook • 2023-02-01 • 2.73 MB
2021-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

This handbook presents guidelines that have been developed to use in the event of a disease outbreak in aquatic animals including finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. For the purposes of these guidelines, in the context of an outbreak, the term “disease” will be used for any event where there are animals that have clinical signs or are dead, irrespective of cause. The approach to determining what is affecting animals will be similar whether the cause is an infectious pathogen or an environmental issue such as a chemical toxin. The outbreak investigation process follows 10 basic steps, but these steps do not necessarily need to be completed in sequence. The information collected will provide the evidence required to conduct an epidemiological investigation. This will aid in understanding if the disease event is an outbreak, what may be causing the disease, what controls to apply and ideally, how to prevent future outbreaks. Clear Information on diagnostic tests and how to submit the best sample possible is provided towards the end of the handbook.

Preliminary evaluation of electro stunning technology for farmed Barramundi

Project number: 2021-051
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $21,123.00
Principal Investigator: Brian Paterson
Organisation: Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Brisbane
Project start/end date: 11 Nov 2021 - 28 Feb 2022
Contact:
FRDC
SPECIES
Barramundi

Need

The Australian Barramundi Farmers Association (ABFA) called for an EOI via FRDC for a proposal to evaluate alternative humane harvest methods for farmed barramundi. Specifically, the ABFA identified electro-stunning as a technology of interest to further optimise animal welfare outcomes, while maintaining product quality. The association needs all available information reviewed to evaluate the technology’s potential and if recommended, to help shape the direction of future R&D into the suitability of electro-stunning for the barramundi industry. As a precursor to possible on-farm trials, the ABFA wants to better understand the nature of the technology and learn from international experience in other fish culture sectors. This full proposal addresses the ABFA’s desire for greater insight into; (a) consumer’s attitudes towards fish harvesting and slaughter; (b) the state of uptake of similar technologies by other aquaculture sectors; (c) how to adapt electro-stunning efficiently into a harvest process for a range of barramundi farm sites; (d) whether local or overseas manufacturers/agents can be engaged to co-fund tests of equipment on-farm; and (e) what requirements must be met to make that testing possible and how it would be conducted.
Approval of the EOI was subject to the full application addressing the need for the literature review to include any work on methodology for establishing product quality indicators in addition to welfare indicators (Condition 9).

Objectives

1. Information about electro-stunning in fish aquaculture (reports, publications, websites, media) found using broad and selective web-searching as well as via on-line databases and then compiled/prioritised into an organised electronic library. The other objectives are addressed from this starting point.
2. Identify declared attitudes and expectations of consumers, leading retailers, and animal welfare groups concerning electro-stunning of farmed fish
3. Identify farmed fish sectors using electro-stunning for slaughter or other purposes and the known pros and cons of integrating it into their operations (including demonstrated cost-benefit, and welfare and product quality outcomes).
4. Describe the principle/specifications of electro-stunning and its relevance to different barramundi producers for slaughter and other uses and the desired end points including the methods required to measure product quality and welfare indicators).
5. Shortlist equipment to be tested/adapted on farms and consider IP and partnering/co-funding options
6. Recommend the next steps and a possible structure for a proposal to ABFA that demonstrates the efficacy of the equipment
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