Some very good and current information on the status of fish welfare
in the various sectors. Check out the email below from AquaVetMed.
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From: “Dr. David Scarfe”
Date: 24 May 2013 5:29:49 HST
Subject: AquaVetMed e-News: FVE Fish Welfare Conference Presentations Now Available
May 24, 2013
FVE Conference presentations now available: ‘Caring for Health and Welfare of fish: A critical success factor for aquaculture’
This Federation of Veterinarians of Europe Conference, held in Brussels (May 16-17, 2013), was aimed at bringing together the different stakeholders in the field of aquaculture. The objective of the Conference was to review the current situation in the EU and identify animal health and welfare issues that need to be addressed, and examine the role of the veterinary profession in assuring these matters.
The following presentation are available at http://www.fve.org/news/presentations.php:
Session I – Aquaculture and aquatic animal health in Europe: Current and emerging diseases
• Overview of Aquaculture sector (Courtney Hough)
• Mediterranean fish farming (Panos Christofilogiannis)
• Cold water fish farming (Brit Hjeltnes)
• Fresh water farming (Baska Ferenc)
• Shellfish (Tristan Renault)
Session II – Ensuring best practices in aquaculture
• Fish health: prevention is better than cure (Sunil Kadri)
• Fish welfare: a critical success factor for aquaculture (John Avizienius)
• Sustainable fish farming: working at the human-animal-ecosystem interaction (Armand Lautraite)
Session III – The role of Veterinarian in Aquatic business sector
• Veterinary medicinal products in aquaculture (Klaus Hellmann)
• Role and responsibilities of the veterinarian – OIE perspective (Etienne Bonbon)
• EU Animal health law: focus on aquatic sector (Barbara Logar)
• FVE’s roadmap (Christophe Buhot)
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