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SUMMARY:Understanding parasites in fish mariculture - Barbara F Nowak\, Un
 iversity of Tasmania\, Launceston\, Australia
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UID:TALK61043@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Fiona Roby
DESCRIPTION:Successful health management of farmed fish is essential for s
 ustainable mariculture.  The level of potential control of parasites is re
 lated to the type of aquaculture system.  Cage culture offers little contr
 ol over parasitic infections.  Additionally\, interactions between farmed 
 fish and wild fish are unavoidable in cage culture.  Parasites can cause s
 ignificant losses and contribute to production costs through the costs of 
 treatment and loss in growth of the fish. Sea lice are one of the most sig
 nificant health problems in mariculture worldwide.   All major producers o
 f Atlantic salmon are significantly affected by different species of seali
 ce.  While there are commercial treatments available\, development of resi
 stance can reduce usefulness of some of those products.  Sealice can also 
 affect farming of other mariculture species\, such as tuna.  Amoebic gill 
 disease (AGD) is a condition affecting some species of farm-reared marine 
 fish caused by Neoparamoeba perurans.  AGD was initially reported only in 
 Australia and USA but by now it has a significant impact on salmon product
 ion in Australia\, Scotland\, Norway and Ireland.  Main treatments used co
 mmercially include bath treatment with fresh water or with hydrogen peroxi
 de.  Tuna mariculture in Japan and Australia is affected by blood flukes f
 rom genus Cardicola. Currently praziquantel is used as a treatment but the
 re is a growing concern that the blood flukes may develop resistance.  Imp
 roved knowledge of the parasites and host-parasite-environment interaction
 s has resulted in development of management strategies which reduce impact
  of parasitic diseases in mariculture.\n  \n\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Department of Veterinary Medicine
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