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Adoption
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2002-640
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquatic Animal health Subprogram: production of AQUAVETPLAN disease strategy manual for viral haemorrhagic septicaemia

In the May 2000 Budget, the Federal Government announced its Building a National Approach to Animal and Plant Health program. This initiative seeks to maintain Australia’s status as a sought after supplier of high quality, ‘clean, green’ agricultural produce. Within this...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
TAGS
Invasive Species
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-213
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: commercial AGD and salmon health project

Prior to this project there had been investigations into some potential candidate amoebicides, with little success except for the possibility of oxidative disinfectants such as chloramine-T. This project has since tested a number of amoebicides using a progressive approach of in vitro...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Stock Assessment
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-011
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquatic Animal Health and Biosecurity Subprogram: Disinfection measures to support biosecurity for infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV) at aquaculture facilities

Megalocytiviruses are a group of closely related viruses that cause mass mortalities in both marine and freshwater aquaculture. They are of global importance as they are listed by the World Animal Health Organization (OIE). They are difficult to control as they infect over 125 fish species and...
ORGANISATION:
University of Sydney (USYD)
TAGS
Invasive Species
SPECIES
Australian Bass

TSGA IPA: The Australian Aquatic Animal Health and Vaccine Centre: First Phase to Establish Atlantic Salmon Biosecure Fish Facility Capabilities and Develop Strategy for an Australian Centre of Excellence

Project number: 2013-051
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $1,694,600.00
Principal Investigator: Jeremy Carson
Organisation: Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)
Project start/end date: 23 Feb 2014 - 1 Aug 2015
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TAGS
Vaccine
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Trouts

Need

Commercial in confidence. To know more about this project please contact FRDC.

Objectives

Commercial in confidence
Environment

Assessment of the Inflamark method as a sensitive and cost-effective measure of oxidative stress in cultured fish

Project number: 2017-206
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $156,177.11
Principal Investigator: Gavin J. Partridge
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Project start/end date: 26 Feb 2019 - 29 Jun 2020
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TAGS
Rac Wa
Rac Qld
Rac Nt
Rac Nsw
SPECIES
Yellowtail Kingfish
Barramundi
Atlantic Salmon

Need

An indicator of oxidative/metabolic stress in fish has long been sought after as a means of providing a simple measure of health and as a tool for assessing the outcomes of research trials including those on diet formulations. The FRDC have invested heavily in health & nutrition research, yet a simple, sensitive and cost effective method of assessing health following such trials is still lacking. Most analytical methods such as haematology, blood biochemistry, flow cytometry, histology and bacterial challenges all have limitations in terms of sensitivity, repeatability, cost and simplicity.

Inflamark has potential to be developed into a rapid, point-of-care device that could be used on-farm as well as in research trials. There is a need to validate its usefulness as a diagnostic tool in commercially relevant farmed fish species prior to its development as a routine diagnostic tool.

Objectives

1. Optimise field methods to ensure blood is collected and preserved appropriately for shipment and analysis
2. Determine the range of baseline oxidative stress values for healthy and moribund fish from four species across the full range of sizes and culture temperatures under commercial growout conditions.
3. Obtain data from fish in various FRDC and industry funded research projects investigating health and nutrition.

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-6486988-1-4
Authors: Dr Catherine D. Wingate Dr Peter G. Arthur and Dr Gavin J. Partridge
Final Report • 2021-12-01 • 1.74 MB
2017-206-DLD.pdf

Summary

This collaborative project between industry and academia was developed in response to the need for a reliable and simple measurement of fish health status in farmed populations as well as in a research context, to assess the outcomes of trials on health, nutrition and environment. We have developed a tool to measure physiological/oxidative stress in aquaculture species.
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