Author: TheFishVet - Richmond's School of Fish

Who loved yesterday’s Wavma webinar? I sure picked up quite a few gems of knowledge and confirmed my thoughts on a number of things.

One I’d like to share with you..   Dr Miriam Sullivan reported,
“Surveys conducted on pet owners… 93% of dog owners view their dog as a family member. If we ask fish owners the same question, the most common answer is that they keep fish for educational purposes...”

So it’s a fact! Fish make you smarter!

Check back here (http://www.wavma.org/webcepd“>http://www.wavma.org/webcepd)
to watch, when the recording is available.

A news interview of our speaker can be found at http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-08/fish-care-tanks-goldfish-intelligence-puppies-kittens/5500544“>http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-08/fish-care-tanks-goldfish-intelligence-puppies-kittens/5500544

 
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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh 

DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
THE FISH VET, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA. 

Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au/”>http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383

Next week, I hope to see you at the
40th World Small Animal Veterinary Association Congress which will be held 15-18 May, 2015, in Bangkok, Thailand.

The WAVMA.org has a panel of fish veterinarians (including yours truly) who’ll inspire you with their presentations!

Come and say, “Hi!”

There’s also an app you can download for the event –  https://mobileeventguide.de/download/wsava2015

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh 

DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
THE FISH VET, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA. 

Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383

A limited amount of financial support is available to assist veterinary students and newly graduated veterinarians participate in aquatic veterinary educational activities in the next 12 months that will increase their knowledge and involvement in aquatic veterinary medicine.

Funding from these awards can be used for a variety of aquatic veterinary educational opportunities, including attending aquatic veterinary workshops or meetings, externships or internships, or to support modest aquatic veterinary research projects for which other funding is unavailable.  They may be used towards offsetting personal costs for:

·        Travel, accommodation, and/or registration at aquatic veterinary conferences, symposia and other continuing education and professional development (CEPD) meetings, including on-line aquatic CEPD;

·        Travel, accommodation, and other activities directly associated with veterinary student externships that expose individuals to clinical aquatic veterinary medicine; or,

·        Equipment and supplies needed for aquatic veterinary research projects not funded by other financial sources.

Applications for the 2015 Program close on May 15, 2015.  Awards will be made on a competitive basis based on information submitted by each applicant, with 2015 awards to be announced in mid to late June.

For more information and to download the application form, go to www.wavma.org/scholarships.  A 2015 flyer is attached for posting on bulletin boards.  Please feel free to distribute this information to interested veterinary students and new graduates.

Program Coordinators

administrators@wavma.org

Discover more about the World Aquatic Veterinary Medical Association atwww.WAVMA.org.

The Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (CTSA)-funded project “Economic Analyses of Aquaponics Systems in Hawaii and Guam” is pleased to release Aquaponics Decision Software, a commercial aquaponics spreadsheet modeling system. The purpose of this generalised spreadsheet modeling system is to provide a user-friendly tool that can be used by existing and potential aquaponics producers as an on-farm decision aid, and by extension and research personnel to identify key areas where operations can be improved in order to sustain the profitability of aquaponics production.

The link to the Aquaponics Decision Software:

http://www.ctsa.org/index.php/news/download_free_aquaponics_decision_software

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics & Pathobiology), CertAqV, CMAVA, NATA Signatory.
THE FISH VET, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA.
Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
Skype: thefishvet

President WAVMA 2014

Adjunct Lecturer Murdoch University | Secretary Aquatic Animal Health Chapter – ANZCVS.

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I came across this recently and it reminds me why we need to thread the waters with care…

http://www.perthcichlid.com.au/forum/index.php?showtopic=43541

From a recent article, "of the hundreds of comments, 53 per cent of anonymous commenters were uncivil, as opposed to only 29 per cent of non-anonymous commenters. Their behaviour is rooted in three words: Online. Disinhibition. Effect."

What do you think? Is there too much hate on the internet?

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics & Pathobiology), CertAqV, CMAVA, NATA Signatory.
THE FISH VET, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA.
Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
Skype: thefishvet

President WAVMA 2014

Adjunct Lecturer Murdoch University | Secretary Aquatic Animal Health Chapter – ANZCVS.

Angler fish.

Have a FINtastic week!
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Doubling the dose, or using medicines unnecessarily does harm.

 
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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh 

DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.
THE FISH VET, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA. 

Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383

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" Eventually, we all have to experience our first loss, and this little boy’s was caught on camera after his beloved goldfish died."

I’ve received countless calls about sick fish, dying from misdiagnosis and incorrect medications. Precious time is lost, and fish suffering is prolonged.

"The reality of the moment catches up with him and the boy suddenly bursts into tears, until his mom wraps him up in a hug while he sobs on her shoulder."

https://youtu.be/F-mbfDB9bN4

To avoid this situation in, make TheFishVet your first option.

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics & Pathobiology), CertAqV, CMAVA, NATA Signatory.
THE FISH VET, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA.
Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
Skype: thefishvet

President WAVMA 2014

Adjunct Lecturer Murdoch University | Secretary Aquatic Animal Health Chapter – ANZCVS.

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Dudvyou know that the oarfish can self-amputate? Can they really predict earthquakes?

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I was directed to this article.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7164248

What are your thoughts?

For me,
I think farmed prawns are more environmentally sustainable since you can produce a lot more in limited resources. Prawns live in the bottom. Catching prawns in the wild entails trawling; and even though bycatch reduction devices are now used to exclude animals like turtles, there is still massive damage to the seafloor inhabitants.

There are  more than 200 species of Vibrio.  It’s ubiquitous in seawater. You can isolate them from water at the beach. Most are not significant as a cause of disease in aquatic animals. Moreover,only a handful can cause human disease. What I’d be more concerned about is if they don’t isolate anything from raw prawns!

Antibiotics residues are the real concern. But this can be avoided by farmers working closely with trained Aquatic Veterinarians on better farm practices and proper use of medicines.