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People development program: Aquatic animal health training scheme - workshop on aquatic animal disease surveillance

Project number: 2009-315.15
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $21,513.00
Principal Investigator: Charles Caraguel
Organisation: University of Adelaide
Project start/end date: 31 Jul 2011 - 31 Jan 2012
Contact:
FRDC

Need

The first veterinary medicine program in South Australia was recently developed at the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences (SAVS), The University of Adelaide. An objective of the school is to foster strong diagnostics, research and training opportunities in aquatic health to support the local and national aquaculture industry. As such, a fully equipped veterinary diagnostic laboratory and a state of the art Marine Biosecurity facility are being completed. A cross-disciplinary team of 10 veterinary academics including diagnostic, pathology, immunology and production experts comprise the Aquatic Special Interest Group (AquaSIG) at SAVS.
As those with the capacity to support the industry, AquaSIG members and local industry/government alike will benefit from further training opportunities in aquatic disease surveillance. AquaSIG members, field veterinarians, government scientists and aquaculturist all identified epidemiological concepts and practices to sample and measure disease in large aquatic populations as priorities. Proper surveillance methodology is paramount to the prevention and control of aquatic diseases.
A 3-day workshop on aquaculture epidemiology is offered sporadically by the University of Tasmania. Sending a suitable number of SA representatives to this course would be cost prohibitive. The organisation of a workshop locally would be cost-effective and would reach a larger audience beyond AquaSIG including: Biosecurity SA veterinarians (responsible for regulatory aquatic disease surveillance); graduate students and research colleagues from SARDI and other local universities; and high-level industry managers. The South Australia community responsible for aquatic health would therefore benefit and support the organisation of a workshop tailored to the region’s specific needs.

Objectives

1. Improve the skills and knowledge of the South Australian aquatic health community to implement proper surveillance programs for aquatic animal diseases
2. Organise a workshop, not offered before in SA, in aquatic disease surveillance involving international, national and local experts for 20-25 participants
3. Provide participants with expert consultants for the design, development or review of their own surveillance needs
4. Encourage sharing and networking among participants and instructors involved in the surveillance of aquatic diseases locally and globally
5. Initiate ongoing training activities and working groups on aquatic animal health in South Australia
Environment
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-088
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of a national sector-specific biosecurity plan guideline and template for the sea-cage finfish (non-salmonid) industry of Australia.

In this project, we developed guidelines to provide the Australian sea-cage finfish (non-salmonid) industry with the tools and templates to create an auditable farm biosecurity plan. Consideration was given to the current farming of yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi), southern bluefin tuna...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Industry
Industry
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-147
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Risk factors and management strategies associated with summer mortality in Australian abalone

In this project, we reviewed the scientific literature and collaborated with Australian abalone growers to develop a case definition for summer mortality. The case definition developed for summer mortality is as follows: i. Chronic mortality of unknown cause (if in doubt take this to mean...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
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