I believe you may have read about bits and pieces when I was attending AquaVet. This is the full report of my learnings and my recommendations.
There are bits in there relevant to veterinarians, educators, government, industry and ornamental fish owners.
You can access my report for the FRDC- funded trip at this link:
http://frdc.com.au/research/final-reports/Pages/2009-315-13-DLD.aspx
FYI, the intensive timetable for the learnings are provided below:
Aquavet II Schedule for 2012
Sunday, 27. May 2012
14:00 Orientation – Directors
15:00 RWU Required Safety Lecture – Caitlin Conley
16:00 Fish Haematology- Dr. Diane Brown – Harvard Medical School
18:30 Fish Histology (continued) – Dr. Diane Brown
Monday, 28. May 2012
8:00 Corals – Dr. Ilze Berzins – IAAAM President
13:00 Corals – continued – Dr. Ilze Berzins
15:00 Comparative Anatomy of Shellfish – Introduction to Pathology of Molluscan Diseases – Dr. Roxanna
18:30 Invertebrate Pathology – Diseases of Bivalves – Dr. Roxanna Smolowitz
Tuesday, 29. May 2012
8:00 Using Animals in Research – Dr. Amy Hancock-Ronemus
9:30 Introduction to Diseases of Aquaculture Species – Warmwater – Catfish – Dr. Sherman Jack
13:00 Pathology of Catfish Diseases – Dr. Sherman Jack
18:30 Diagnostic Case Studies and Practicum – Aquacultured Species – Drs. Sherman Jack and Rod Getchell
Wednesday, 30. May 2012
8:00 Toxicologic Pathology of Fishes – Dr. Jeff Wolf.
13:00 Toxicologic Pathology of Fishes (continued) – Dr. Jeff Wolf
13:00 Toxicologic Pathology of Fishes (continued) – Drs. Jeff Wolf and Rod Getchell
Thursday, 31. May 2012
8:00 Toxicologic Pathology of Fishes (continued) – Dr. Jeff Wolf
13:00 Toxicologic Pathology of Fishes (continued) – Dr. Jeff Wolf
18:30 Toxicologic Pathology of Fishes (continued) – Drs. Jeff Wolf and Rod Getchell
Friday, 1. June 2012
8:00 Invertebrate Pathology – Diseases of Bivalves – Dr. Roxanna Smolowitz
13:00 Normal Anatomy and Diseases of Cephalopods and Opistobranchs – Dr. Roxanna Smolowitz
18:00 Normal Anatomy of Echinoderms and Limulus – Dr. Roxanna Smolowitz
Saturday, 2. June 2012
8:00 Parasites in Aquatic Animals – Dr. Sarah Poynton
Sunday, 3. June 2012 – OFF
8:30 leave campus for Whale Watch – Barnstable, MA
Monday, 4. June 2012
8:00 Invertebrate Pathology – WET LAB – Dr. Roxanna Smolowitz
13:00 Invertebrate Pathology – WET LAB – Dr. Roxanna Smolowitz
18:30 open
Tuesday, 5. June 2012
8:00 Diagnostic Case Studies and Practicum – Aquacultured Species – Dr. Mark Fast, Dr. Sal Frasca and Dr. Rod Getchell
11:00 Diseases of Coldwater Aquaculture Species – Infectious and Non-Infectious – Drs. Mark Fast, Sal Frasca, and Rod Getchell
13:00 Diseases of Coldwater Aquaculture Species – Infectious and Non-Infectious (continued) – Drs. Mark Fast, Sal Frasca, and Rod Getchell
18:30 Diseases of Coldwater Aquaculture Species – Infectious and Non-Infectious (continued) – Drs. Mark Fast and Rod Getchell
Wednesday, 6. June 2012
8:00 Conundrums – Drs. Mark Fast, Rod Getchell and/or Paul Bowser
10:00 Fish as Lab Animals – Dr. Paul Bowser
13:00 Normal Anatomy of Crustaceans – Dr. Roxanna Smolowitz
18:30 Diseases of Crustaceans – Dr. Roxanna Smolowitz
Thursday, 7. June 2012
8:00 Neoplasia of Fish – Dr. Renate Reimschuessel
13:00 Fish Diagnostics and Techniques WET LAB – Dr. Rod Getchell
18:30 Emerging Viral Fish Diseases in the US – SVCV, SHSV, KHV, LMBV – Dr. Rod Getchell
Friday, 8. June 2012
8:00 Overview of the Principal Infectious Diseases Found in Farmed Penaeid Shrimp – Dr. Arun Dhar and Dr. Robert Bullis
13:00 Overview of the Principal Infectious Diseases Found in Farmed Penaeid Shrimp – Drs. Arun Dhar and Robert Bullis
Saturday, 9. June 2012
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