Crayfish plague and epizootic ulcerative syndrome are two fungal diseases that affect freshwater crayfish and freshwater finfish, respectively. Crayfish plague, which is caused by Aphanomyces astaci, is exotic to Australia, but is capable of causing massive stock losses of up to 100% which would be...
A 5-day, intensive Shellfish Diseases Workshop was held at NSW Fisheries' Brackish Water Fish Culture Research Station, Salamander Bay, from 6-10 December 1993.
The workshop was organized by Sub-Committee on Fish Health, a sub-committee of Animal Health Committee. It was attended by...
As the Australian Barramundi industry continues to expand growing importance needs to be placed on ensuring nationally consistent biosecurity measures are implemented across all enterprises. In 2014, the aquatic animal industries and Commonwealth and State and Territory Governments endorsed...
This project has increased our knowledge of Amoebic Gill Disease, in particular about the pathogen and the dynamics of infection. We have described a new species of neoparamoeba, Neoparamoeba perurans, and showed that it has been consistently associated with AGD worldwide. Stocking...