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PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-244
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: host-pathogen interactions in Amoebic Gill Disease

This project significantly increased our knowledge and understanding of Amoebic Gill Disease (AGD). We developed tools and techniques applicable to further research on AGD and other fish diseases. This project contributed to education and training in the area of fish health. Five PhD...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-245
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: model development for epidemiology of Amoebic Gill Disease

Amoebic Gill Disease (AGD) is the main health problem affecting salmon industry in Southern Tasmania. To improve management of fish with AGD on the farms, the industry needs better understanding of AGD epidemiology. This will provide a basis on which to develop strategies for new...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)

SCRC: RTG:To learn practical skills in conducting viral disease challenge techniques in Penaeid prawn species using white-spot syndrome virus (WSSV) as a model virus to be conducted at Shrimp Biotechnology Business Unit (BIOTEC), Pathumthani, Thailand.

Project number: 2013-718
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Principal Investigator: Daniel Pountney
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 31 Mar 2013 - 29 Sep 2013
Contact:
FRDC

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-9752258-9-9
Author: Daniel Pountney
Final Report • 2013-04-08 • 139.59 KB
2013-718-DLD.pdf

Summary

Due to the nature of commercial prawn farming, constraints within the industry such as disease management will always pose problems from managing endemic diseases; such as gill-associated virus in Australia, to exotic diseases including Yellow Head Virus and White Spot Syndrome Virus. The need to conduct this research outside of Australia is important due to the model virus being of ‘exotic’ nature and importing the virus is not possible. The aim of this research travel grant was to allow the researcher to learn practical skills in conducting viral disease challenge techniques in Penaeid prawn species using white-spot syndrome virus (WSSV) as a model virus to be conducted at Shrimp Biotechnology Business Unit (BIOTEC), Pathumthani, Thailand.

During his time at the unit, Dan worked with NSTDA employees to conduct routine duties such as feeding the prawns four times daily, undertaking water quality analysis and tank cleaning. He also visited a commercial shrimp farm (Litopenaeus vannamei) located in the Phetchaburi province of Thailand which allowed him to get first-hand experience of the current problems that Thailand farmers experience and learn how they overcome the problems of viral outbreaks to ensure they stay competitive in the shrimp farming industry. >

SCRC: SCRC RTG 1.3 - Shrimp pathology course: Disease diagnosis and control, University of Arizona, USA + visit to Shrimp Biotechnology Business Unit, Thailand (Daniel Pountney, CRC PhD student, UTAS)

Project number: 2011-713
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Principal Investigator: Daniel Pountney
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 20 Mar 2011 - 16 Jul 2011
Contact:
FRDC

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-925982-09-1
Author: Daniel Pountney
Final Report • 2011-03-29 • 1.75 MB
2011-713-DLD-RTG.pdf

Summary

This research travel grant allowed Seafood CRC PhD student, Daniel Pountney to travel to Thailand and Arizona to investigate current research and industry practices in regards to prawn aquaculture.

The initial travel involved a visit Bunjonk shrimp hatchery which is located in the Chachoengsao province of Thailand. The author was able to tour the farm and speak with Mrs Bunjonk who has been involved with growing shrimp for approximately 20 years. Their success is from stringent biosecurity measures within the hatchery and production of disease resistant P. monodon stocks from selectively bred broodstock. Whilst in Thailand, the author visited the Shrimp Biotechnology Business Unit (SBBU). SBBU is a government facility where they specialise in contract research for business, shrimp farmers, feed manufacturers and biotechnology laboratories. SBBU is equipped with large tank recirculation systems and functional molecular and microbiology laboratories for analysing samples.

The second part of the trip involved participation in the 2011 Shrimp Pathology Short Course which was run at the University of Arizona, Department of Microbiology and Veterinary Science and Microbiology in Tucson. The course involved structured lectures on viral, bacterial, parasitic, and nutritional diseases which affect cultured prawns and crab species worldwide and laboratory practicals in disease diagnostic methods.

This trip allowed the author to increase knowledge in the field of prawn disease using the most current methods to detect diseases and may be used in future research. New skills and methods were acquired for research including, molecular biology, bacteriological assays, histopathology and sampling techniques.

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