But did you know that when crayfish get stressed, they urinate!
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Author: TheFishVet - Richmond's School of Fish
Aquatic veterinary medicine, pathology and educational services for fish.
A repository for useful information and events.
WAVMA Aquatic Medicine Wetlab Workshop – WSAVA 2018
WAVMA Wetlab at WSAVA was Wonderful
By Nick Saint-Erne
As part of the 43rd World Small Animal Veterinary Association Congress in Singapore, WAVMA sponsored an Aquatic Medicine Wetlab on Monday, September 24 prior to the start of the congress programs. Drs. Richmond Loh, Julius Tepper and Nick Saint-Erne presented the wetlab, held at the Temasek Polytechnic School, through the courtesy of Dr. Diana Chan, Head of the Centre for Aquaculture and Veterinary Science at the school.
The program started with check-in at 9:00 and lectures beginning at 10:00 and the lab continuing until 16:00. Over 20 veterinarians and students attended the wetlab. The wetlab provided lectures introducing each topic, then a demonstration of the technique, followed by participants doing the procedure themselves on koi fish from the centre’s Aquaculture facility.
The topics covered were:
Water Quality Testing – Nick Saint-Erne
Aquatic Systems and Filtration – Julius Tepper
Fish Anesthesia – Nick Saint-Erne
Fin, Gill and Skin Mucous Biopsies – Richmond Loh
Blood Sampling Techniques – Julius Tepper
Necropsy and Sample Collection – Richmond Loh
Following the wetlab, Dr. Chan provided us with a tour of the Aquaculture facility at the school, with its advanced holding tanks and filtration systems manufactured by Apollo Aquaculture Group, based in Singapore. The wetlab was very successful with lots of great interaction between the teachers and participants.
Fish Joke for Monday-itis: aquatic currencies
We’ve heard of world currencies and cryptocurrencies (bitcoin, ethereum, bitcash and more).
What currencies do fish use, to buy and sell?
Here are a few:
• ripple (cryptocurrency)
• silver dollar (USA)
• goldfish (China)
• kip (Laotian)
• gourami (Paraguayan)
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The Fish Vet’s availabilities.
The Fish Vet – Canberra will be out-of-the-office from 27th October till 7th November.
The Fish Vet – Perth will be out-of-the-office from 6th November till 17th November. Dr Loh will be at the WAVMA Conference, presenting the plenary, and other sessions.
Additionally, The Fish Vet – Sydney is still on maternity leave.
The Fish Vet – Melbourne is business as usual.
If you require veterinary assistance, please send details via our contact-form at thefishvet.com.au
Please check my YouTube channel <http://tinyurl.com/thefishdoctor>; or my blog <http://thefishvet.com> for free information.
Practical wisdom on fish and aquatics.
The internet is full of information, some are correct, some are not. It can be difficult to decipher what you need to know. What we want is practical wisdom. The sites below are highly recommended as the best I’ve seen.
● World Aquatic Veterinary Association – all aquatic veterinarian related subjects.
● The Fish Doctor (The Fish Vet) – all about veterinary clinical pet fish medicine.
http://tinyurl.com/TheFishDoctor
● US Aquaculture Society – experts who address a variety of issues in US aquaculture.
Fish Joke for Monday-itis: the squid did it.
Dr Loh, The Fish Vet, examines the crime scene in a world’s first aquatic forensic pathology case.
A: Because he left squid marks!
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Advancements in Aquatic Veterinary One Health, Clinical Practice, Biosecurity & Education.
Unable to travel to St. Kitts and attend in person?
Why not register for remote, web-based access from your home base to participate in all session lectures – and still receive CEPD Credit!
Registration will allow you to participate in the following lectures through the web in real-time, or recorded lectures if you are unable to participat in real time:
** Session I (Keynote) – Friday, Nov 9 (08:00 – 10:00)
** Session II (Education) – Friday, Nov 9 (11:00 – 17:00)
** Session III (General Diseases/Diagnostics) – Friday, Nov 9 (11:00 – 17:00)
** Session III (Koi Health & Diseases) – Saturday, Nov 10 (08:00 – 17:00)
** Aquaculture Biosesurity – Sunday, Nov 11 (13:00 – 17:00)
Click here to view daily program and specific lectures.
Note: Session II & III are concurrent, but access to recorded lectures will be available.
Click here to register for web access, or to attend in person.
Government has decided not to take a gamble on the ‘Carpageddon’ plan.
Together, scientists and veterinarians around the world have engaged with the NCCP about Australia’s plan to release the koi herpesvirus. So many questions were raised, such as:
● why were there higher rates of deaths in non-target species (e.g. rainbow trout, silver perch, Murray cod) than in carp during their transmission trials?
● what impact will poor water quality as a result of mass carp die-offs have on native aquatic, and peri-aquatic fauna?
● what consequences will bacterial (including botulism) and algal blooms (including toxic blue-green algae) have on water ways, and on watering stock and crops?
These are only some from a long list of questions of foreseeable challenges that would be almost inevitable, should the virus be let out.
Subsequently, the government has decided on a 12 month extension before making a decision. The extension will allow time for researchers to look into the current knowledge gaps and speak with more stakeholders.
“This is a comprehensive and coordinated assessment, and once completed, will play a critical role in the Government’s decision on whether or not to proceed with release of the virus.
“Whether to release the carp virus to control carp is a big decision and it is essential that we get this early work right. There will be extensive further public consultation before any final decisions are made.”
But it seems as though the NCCP are still fixated on using the virus against the carp.
Fish Joke for Monday-itis: oysters
Patrick was a youthful and hardworking Irishman at a Coastal village in Ireland.
Daily he would pole a heavy old punt out to sea then work a heavy iron grapple to bring up the sand oysters
which he sold to the local ice works. He was a man of regular habits….he always arrived home each day at a certain time.
Sadly, Patrick did not realise the heavy grappling was taking a toll on a faulty heart.
One day he failed to come home, so his wife contacted the Police to investigate.
They rowed out and found Patrick dead in the punt beside him a huge grapple full of oysters he’d tried to hoist aboard.
Headlines next day in the ‘Irish Times Newspaper’ said…………………………………..
Wait for it!
Wait for it!
OYSTERS KILPATRICK !!!!
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Classes in fish medicine and conservation – in the Peruvian Amazon
