I taught the aquatic health segment of Murdoch University’s Masters in Wildlife Health this evening. The postgraduate students were all from Libya. Some of them did not live near water and had little to do with fish. But I reassured them that everything they had learnt during their undergraduate years in veterinary school is definitely transferable to working with fish.
We spent a good two hours on water chemistry. Language was no barrier, not with a trustee white board and marker as I scribbled away one chemical equation after another. We did a practical with water testing to help solidify all the learnings.
The students interpreted the results, identified where the problems were and made recommendations.
The other part of the lesson involved drawing parallels between diagnosing skin conditions in a dog compared to diagnosing skin conditions in fish. We briefly covered some of the common diseases seen in fish and their treatments.
