HEALTH MANAGEMENT IN AQUACULTURE

21-24 October 1997, Puerto Montt, Chile

organized by:

Fundacion Chile, Fish Pathology Service, Aquaculture and Environment Division, Marine Resource Department, P.O. 92

Castro, Chile

phone: (65) 633053

fax: (65) 632060

e-mail: Funchile@entelchilenet

Programme:

SESSION 1

- Economic impact of diseases in the worldwide aquaculture. Main strategies to diseases control and prevention (R. Subasinghe, FAO, Italy)

- Health management in the salmon culture in Chile: present and future, needs of R &D (P. Bustos, Chile)

- Environmental management in Chilean aquaculture: development of national programs and their influence on the status of fish health. Environmental quality program (M. Hevia, Chile)

- Fish immunology: progress in the development of vaccines - myth and reality in the use of immunostimulants (A. Ellis, Scotland)

- Present status and trends of vaccination programs and the use of immunostimulants in Chile (C. Farias, Chile)

- The influence of polyunsaturated fatty acids on the immune response of fish (K. Thompson, Scotland)

- Practical experience of the Norwegian salmon industry to control the diseases (K. Arne Hoff, Norway)

SESSION 2

- Genetic management for the control of diseases: the development of resistant strain to stress and furunculosis (P. Midtlying, Norway)

- Genetic variablity of salmonids under captivity and their influence in the susceptibility to diseases and reproductive performance (G. Gajardo, Chile)

- Carbohydrates and lipids: requirements and effects on fish health in production and reproduction stages (A. Obach, Norway)

- Risks of transmission of exotic pathogens; efficacy of the quarantine programs and the aquatic animal health certification (R. Subasinghe, FAO, Italy)

- Actual status of environmental and fish health programs carried out by the Chilean salmon and trout growers associations (D. Rebolledo, INTESAL, Chile)

- Erradication of exotic diseases in Europe, sanitary legislation: advantages, implications and difficulties to its implication (H.J. Schlotfeldt, Germany)

- Epidemiological programs for diseases control (P. Midtlying, Norway)

- Environmental and health interaction. Effect of the harmful algal blooms on health (E. Black, Canada)

SESSION 3

- Environmental influence and immunecompetence in fish (A. Ellis, Scotland)

- Plasmacytoid leukemia in Chile: advances, impacts and control strategies (R. Enriquez, Chile)

- Effects of cyclic environmental phenomenon on fish health and feeding (E. Black, Canada)

- Legal issues and requirements to register and use medicated diets in Norway (K. Arne Hoff, Norway)

- Flavobacteriosis in Chile: impacts and control measures, bacterial identification and effect of antibiotics (P. Entrala, J. Montana, Chile)

- Present and future requirements in the control of chemotherapeutant residues in fish in EU, Asia and North America

(H.J. Schlotfeldt, Germany)

- Immunomodulators of the immune response of fish (K. Thompson, Scotland)

- Vitamins C and E: demand and effect on fish health status in production and reproduction stages (A. Obach, Norway)

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