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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1981-020
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Investigations into QX disease in oysters and other problems associated with marine parasites

This long running FIRTA grant supported a center in Australia for research, consultancy and training on parasites and diseases important to the fishing industry. The center was established by FIRTA in 1977. During the life of FIRC 1981-020 many industry problems were successfully...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
TAGS
Supply Chain
Disease
Animal Health
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-098
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Vaccination for emergency and long-term control of nodavirus in Australian marine aquaculture

Rocky Point Aquaculture in southeast Queensland experienced a disease outbreak in cage-reared giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) in late summer and autumn 2018 resulting is severe losses caused by a Betanodavirus. Following a request from the farm owner, Serena Zipf in July 2018, Dr Andrew...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
TAGS
Rac Qld
SPECIES
Cobia
Environment
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 1997-336
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Symposium on parasitic diseases of aquatic animals: 10th International Congress of Protozoology

A symposium on protozoan diseases of aquatic animals was planned as a feature of the 10th International Congress of Protozoology. Speakers invited for the symposium were: Dr Mike Hine, NIWA, NZ, an expert on oyster and fish diseases, Prof. Tim Flegel, Mahidol University, Bangkok, an expert on prawn...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
TAGS
Training
Fisheries Management
Disease
Community
Biosecurity
SPECIES
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Yellowfin Bream
Snapper
Barramundi
Black Tiger Prawn
Industry
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1983-041
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Pharmacology and pathology of ciguatera poisoning in mammals and studies on the possible effects of ciguatoxin on fish

Ciguatera poisoning is a form of seafood poisoning that occurs in humans after the ingestion of particular specimens of a variety of tropical marine fish species. Ciguatera poisoning is caused by the ingestion of small quantities of a very powerful toxin, ciguatoxin (CTX), that occurs in the tissues...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
TAGS
Toxin
Pharmaceutics
Food Safety
Disease
Diagnostic
Environment
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