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This job opening is at the labs I used to work at as a veterinary pathologist, dealing with aquatic and terrestrial animals. They have excellent facilities and expertise of the highest calibre. I thoroughly recommend working there.

Good luck with your job application.

Position Details :
Manage the day-to-day operation of the Biosecure Fish Facility, including fish husbandry, water quality assessment, equipment maintenance, and assistance with experimentation involving live
fish which supports the research and development programme of the Aquatic Animal Health & Vaccines Research Group.

Details of the position can be found in the attached documents and on the Tasmanian Government’s Jobs Online website:http://careers.jobs.tas.gov.au/cw/en/#/job/493359

The ideal person would be someone with fish husbandry experience with some laboratory experience and good attention to detail.

This is a nine-month vacancy.

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.

Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.

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

Here’s the link to our new YouTube channel that covers aspects of aquarium fish veterinary medicine – http://tinyurl.com/thefishdoctor

Make sure you subscribe so you’ll get updates of our new videos.

Enjoy!

And have a FINtastic week!

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.

Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.

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

Food safety reminder for seafood.

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics & Pathobiology), CertAqV, CMAVA, NATA Signatory.
Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist
THE FISH VET, AUSTRALIA – PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.

W: http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383
Skype: thefishvet
President WAVMA 2014
Adjunct Lecturer Murdoch University
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Q: Why aren’t scallops good marriage material?

A: Because they have eyes, and they wander.

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Prawns are quickly becoming a domesticated farm animal. Imagine, we can grow a chicken to market size in under 6 weeks, we can have chickens producing one egg a day, breeds of sheep for meat, or for wool…

Now prawns are fast becoming domesticated. Imagine tucking into a prawn the size of a lobster!

Imagine carving up a prawn at the Christmas gathering and saying,
"How much prawn would you like?"

Check out the clip at:
https://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/watch/32838800/perfecting-the-prawn/#page1

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.

Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.

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

Have you ever had problems with birds attacking or taking fish from your ponds? How about fear of birds bringing diseases to your ponds?

This is a perennial problem whether you’re a fish farmer, or a pond owner. Birds not only injure or take fish, they also pose a very biosecurity risk, with the potential to bring diseases, or spread diseases to, and between ponds.

Ducks, herons, pelicans, storks and more. How do we control these birds humanely?

The WAVMA have been fortunate enough to have Dr Podolsky speak to us about this.

Dr. Podolsky has 30 years of experience developing humane methods to keeping bird away from fish farms, orchards, skyscrapers, landfills, wind power facilities, and other places where they do damage or are themselves at risk. Dr. Podolsky’s training is in behavioral ecology and his approach to deterrence is two-prong: first, it entails simulating pest birds most feared predators such as falcons, eagles, fox and coyotes; and second, is to keep pest birds from landing on farms by forcing them into flight which is the most energetically expensive behavior. To accomplish this, he uses, decoys, drones, pyrotechnics, live predators and other safe harassment methods tailored to the crop and the location.

This presentation will cover why fish farms, hatcheries and other related aquatic facilities attract birds, that prey on fish & serve as vectors for disease. Safe and humane methods are therefore necessary to control birds and minimize exposure to disease. "Behavioral deterrence" using decoys, drones, pyrotechnics, live predators and other safe harassment methods tailored to the facilities and location will be emphasized, using examples of a diversity of deterrence that are targeted at numerous sensory channels, and deploying high intensity deterrence both day and night, prior bird arrival of pest birds, to keep them from landing in the first place.

See when it’s on, and register at this link –

https://www.wavma.org/Webinars/b-1029-humane-control-of-birds-at-aquaculture-sites

See a summary of what was discussed at the inaugural forum.

"The need for sustained and patient capital, and an alignment of government and industry effort, were two of the key messages to emerge at a forum discussing the future of aquaculture in Western Australia earlier this year.

The 2016 Aquaculture Western Australia State Forum was the first of its kind for the state – an opportunity for industry, policy makers, regulators and funders to share information to better understand risks and barriers to aquaculture success. Participants also discussed collaborative action needed to support the sector’s development."

I really do hope that the industry can grow, and that we will be clever to utilise all the local human resources we have in the state to maximise success.

Read more at:
http://www.frdc.com.au/knowledge/publications/fish/Pages/24-3_articles/p34_WA-looks-to-aquaculture-for-growth.aspx

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.

Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.

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

Check out the excellent work by our Tasmanian counterparts who have cracked the code to breeding and raising lobster larvae!

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-08/lobster-industry-shake-up-predicted-due-to-new-research/7915232?pfmredir=sm

I wonder if some of these critters may find their way into the ornamental trade.

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.

Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.

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

Q: What did the fish say to the other, when hiding from a plesiosaur?

A: Do you think he sau-rus?

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Here’s all the evidence you’ve been looking for, in one article that you can show all your friends who say fish aren’t smart.

Check out fish smarts, when we do real comparisons –
http://m.nautil.us/issue/40/learning/fish-can-be-smarter-than-primates

"When fishes outperform primates on a mental task, it is another reminder of how brain size, body size, presence of fur or scales, and evolutionary proximity to humans are wobbly criteria for gauging intelligence. They also illustrate the plurality and contextuality of intelligence, the fact that it is not one general property but rather a suite of abilities that may be expressed along different axes. One of the reasons that the concept of multiple intelligences is so appealing is that it helps explain how one person can be an excellent artist or an accomplished athlete yet do rather poorly at, say, mathematical or logical tasks. It diminishes the importance we have historically placed on ‘intelligence’ as defined by a selection of human abilities that’s too narrow even for our own species."

Jonathan Balcombe is the director of animal sentience at the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy and the author of four books, including Second Nature and Pleasurable Kingdom.

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.

Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.

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