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Dr Richmond Loh 
BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Vet Path), MANZCVS (Aquatics), MANZCVS (Pathobiology), DipPM.
Veterinarian | Adjunct Lecturer Murdoch University | WAVMA President-Elect |
Secretary Aquatic Animal Health Chapter – Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS)
The Fish Vet, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA. 

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I was lucky enough to be awarded the George Alexander International Fellowship in 2012 which I’ll be using this May/June to visit the US and attend Seavet.

I encourage you to give it a go if you have a specialised skill and would like to obtain funds towards CPD overseas.

ISS Institute Fellowships Available – 2013

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Dear fish pathologists,

Would any of you be interested in attending a fish pathology workshop here in Perth at our Murdoch University vet school multiheader microscope suite? It will be a prequel or satellite workshop to an International Parasitology Workshop that follows right after. Please go to: http://www.waavp2013perth.com/waavp/program.html

The synopsis of the 3-day fish pathology workshop which gives an overview, is below. Fee will be $700 (excl GST) per participant. Although the microscope suite can accommodate 60, class size will be limited to 20 participants or less, to optimise the learning process.

Murdoch University Pre-conference Fish Pathology Workshop, Perth, 22-24 Aug 2013:
This 3-day workshop will be held at the teaching multi-header microscope suites at the Murdoch University School of Veterinary Science. The workshop is designed with the fish health diagnostician as well as researcher/ would-be-researcher in mind. At the end of the workshop, participants will have developed some level of confidence in carrying out sound disease investigations in finfish, appreciate normal finfish histology as well as be able to recognize significant and emerging diseases of important cultured finfish species in Asia and Australia. The finfish species covered in this workshop will cover both freshwater ornamental fish and marine food fish. There would be opportunity to spend some time on histological glass slide materials that participants are encouraged to bring along to the workshop. Participants will receive a set of DVDs of selected virtual microscopy slides reviewed during the workshop, which will serve as invaluable resource reference materials. This workshop will be an exciting forum for you to review the histological materials of emerging and significant finfish diseases, materials brought along by your peers as well as your own materials. There will be ample opportunity to seek the opinions of presenters as well as other participants during the workshop.

The workshop program will be announced as soon as it has been finalised. Do register your interest with the conference organizers.

For more information, please click on this link – Synopsis Pre-conference fish histopathology workshop 22-24 Aug 2013

or contact Dr Susan Gibson-Kueh at S.Kueh@murdoch.edu.au

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BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Vet Path), MANZCVS (Aquatics), MANZCVS (Pathobiology), DipPM.
Veterinarian | Adjunct Lecturer Murdoch University | WAVMA President-Elect |
Secretary Aquatic Animal Health Chapter – Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS)
The Fish Vet, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA. Mobile Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services for fish and other aquatic creatures.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383

Read more here

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2013/03/hey-vegans-there-may-be-fish-bladder-in-your-guinness/

Shared by Dr Stremme via Facebook.

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Dr Richmond Loh
BSc BVMS MPhil MANZCVS (Aq & Pathol)
The Fish Vet, Perth, Western Australia.
Veterinary Medicine for fish.
W: http://www.thefishvet.com.au
E: thefishvet
P: +61 (0)421 822 383

Q. How long is a snail?
A. One-foot long of course!

Being gastropods, they only have one foot!

I read this article (source: http://www.fishupdate.com/m/fullstory.php/aid/18991/Health_firm_warns_fish_fraud_could_have_fatal_consequences.html) with interest because we really have deviated from fresh whole foods. So much of our food now come cut, filleted and packaged, that we no longer know what animal it came from and where. It might pay to buy whole fish from your local fish monger and learn to eat fish with bones.

Health firm warns fish fraud could have fatal consequences

THE ongoing controversy over fish mislabelling in the United States has taken a new twist with a warning from one of America’s leading health supplement providers that such fraud could have fatal consequences.

Bel Marra Health, which offers formulated vitamins and nutritional supplements, says a new study on the scandal is giving very real cause for concern because it could lead to sickness.

A recent study from Oceana shows that many retailers and restaurants regularly mislabel fish products that they sell to consumers.

This is cause for concern as consuming mislabelled food products can lead to sickness and emergency situations for some unsuspecting individuals, including you. The level of fraud includes swapping one species for another (usually inferior and cheaper) variety, false information on the labels and short weight.It is also happening on a grand scale. Oceana found that 39 per cent of the 142 samples they collected from supermarkets and restaurants were falsely labelled.

Dr. Victor Marchione, a spokesperson for Bel Marra Health, said: “Mislabelling of fish products is not only deceitful, it is also potentially deadly. A significant cause for concern with mislabelled fish products is that seafood products are a top allergen for many individuals. Sickness that is related to allergens is often species specific; therefore, the swapping of one species for another can lead to a dangerous, emergency situation for certain individuals.”

For example, if a person is allergic to perch and they think they are buying red snapper they wouldn’t expect to run into a problem. However, perch is often substituted in place of red snapper, leading to a potential emergency if it’s consumed by the wrong person.

From Xochi via Twitter.

Read more here

http://www.turnto10.com/story/21659479/fall-river-aquarium-vandal-may-face-animal-cruelty-charges

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Dr Richmond Loh
BSc BVMS MPhil MANZCVS (Aq & Pathol)
The Fish Vet, Perth, Western Australia.
Veterinary Medicine for fish.
W: http://www.thefishvet.com.au
E: thefishvet
P: +61 (0)421 822 383

Ever wondered how your quick decision at the local supermarket impacts others? Do we buy local and support Aussie jobs? Or should we buy “cheap” imports? Are they labelled “cheap” because they’re of lesser quality, or is it just because they can produce it more economically? Does buying imports help support the livelihoods of those who are less fortunate? Does buying imports lead to environmental destruction? Would you support it if it were sustainable? We’re just touching the surface of things…

Aquaculture Economics & Management: Official Journal of the International Association of Aquaculture Economics and Management
Volume 17, Number 1 (March 2013)
	LIVELIHOOD CAPABILITIES AND PATHWAYS OF SHRIMP FARMERS IN THE MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM
	Authors:	TranThi Phung Ha 1, Han van Dijk 2, Roel Bosma 3, LeXuan Sinh 4
	Author Affiliations:	1: School of Social Sciences and Humanities, CanTho University 2: Rural Development Sociology Group, Wageningen University 3: Aquaculture and Fisheries Group, Wageningen University 4: College of Aquaculture and Fisheries, CanTho University
	Source:	Aquaculture Economics & Management: Official Journal of the International Association of Aquaculture Economics and Management, Volume 17, Number 1 (March 2013)
	Page Numbers:	1 – 30
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	Abstract:	Shrimp farming is a major livelihood activity in the Mekong Delta in the southernmost part of Vietnam. The Vietnamese government has promoted shrimp farming as a way to reduce poverty, provide employment opportunities and increase exports to support economic development. The shrimp farming system, however, is economically and ecologically risky and may negatively influence the environment and the sustainability of local people’s livelihoods. Because very little is known about the diversity of strategies people employ to deal with these risks, a study was performed in the Mekong Delta across four shrimp farming systems: (1) improved extensive non-forest, (2) mixed mangrove-shrimp, (3) intensive and (4) clustered intensive. The risks and livelihood strategies that were encountered differed systematically across the four farming systems. It was found that the uncertainties that the shrimp farmers faced include limited access rights to the mangrove forest, crop failure due to regular occurrence of shrimp disease, high investment costs and volatile markets for shrimp. Shrimp farmers have created several strategies for coping with these uncertainties, including redesigning farms, producing salt, changing the species farmed from Penaeus monodon to Penaeus vannamei, becoming involved in a cooperative cluster, integrating aquaculture and agriculture, and farming shrimp by organic standards.
	Citation:	TranThi Phung Ha, Han van Dijk, Roel Bosma, LeXuan Sinh . LIVELIHOOD CAPABILITIES AND PATHWAYS OF SHRIMP FARMERS IN THE MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM. Aquaculture Economics & Management: Official Journal of the International Association of Aquaculture Economics and Management, Volume 17, Number 1 (March 2013), pp. 1-30, <http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=44129214A73812D21899&gt;
	URL:	http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=44129214A73812D21899

I was contacted by the Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association to make an amendment to a previous blog post. I’m happy to receive feedback and correct any misinformation that’s out there.

The passage has been changed from this:

I have heard that the tuna are slaughtered pen-side and all the discards flow back into the same waters where the fish are reared. If this is the case then, diseases such as these would become amplified. Could they perhaps have one slaughter pen where selected individuals are corralled into, this net moved to a different location where the processing boat/barge is sited?

To this: 

If fish were slaughtered pen-side and all the discards flow back into the same waters where the fish are reared, then diseases such as these would become amplified. Fortunately, all byproducts are captured by gutters and bins around harvest tables and are transported to an onshore processing facility for rendering.

See full, edited, blog post at this link –

https://thefishvet.com/2012/02/21/blood-fluke-plagues-the-south-australian-tuna-industry-easy-fix-with-praziquantel/

From: “Dr. David Scarfe”
Date: 21 February 2013 2:46:07 AWST
Subject: AquaVetMed: Putting consuming ISA infected salmon in perspective

February 20, 2013
Industry not selling “sick fish”

Canada – Hysteria created by unprofessional environmentalists will be remembered as an attempted artificial blockade of healthy food for the general population. If the environmental community was truly concerned about the health-related consequences of handling and serving food, they would not bother with some fish that may or may not contain bugs that are harmless to humans, but rather focus its efforts on products that actually represent a health hazard to the cook or the consumer.

You don’t often hear their concerns about common poultry product, despite the US FDA’s statement that “..raw poultry must be handled carefully to prevent cross-contamination. This can occur if raw poultry or its juices come in contact with cooked food or foods that will be eaten raw, such as salad. An example of this is using a cutting board to chop raw chicken and then using the same board to chop tomatoes without washing the board first”.

Most farmed salmon are excellent raw materials for serving as sushi and sashimi- in other words- served raw.
In a recent posting, the East Coast of Canada-based Act for Aquaculture web site explained why farmed salmon from a farm where a few fish were diagnosed to contain the ISA virus were perfectly safe and sensible for human consumption, despite insistence by extreme environmentalists to the contrary.

There has been a lot written and said about salmon farming and ISA – infectious salmon anemia – over the past few weeks. It’s time for all of us to remember some facts and not give in to scare tactics and misinformation. In a world where 870 million people don’t have enough to eat (Source: UN World Food Programme), anti-salmon farming activists are trying to use misinformation to needlessly waste more than one million pounds of quality protein. That’s enough for about six million meals.

Their goal is to shut down Canada’s salmon farming industry, and fear mongering about ISA – with complete disregard for science and fact – is their latest tactic. Recent headlines have been exciting to say the least. No wonder consumers are concerned when media stories leave the impression that sickly, diseased fish are being sent to local grocery stores. The truth is far less lurid.

Here are the facts … … .

See the source (http://tinyurl.com/bkhge67) for the full story.
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