From: Jeffrey Shields <jeff@VIMS.EDU>
To: <marine_pathol@VIMS.EDU>
Sent: February 03, 2000
NEW GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN AQUACULTURE (HEALTH MANAGEMENT)
The University of Queensland, Australia
A new Graduate Certificate in Aquaculture (Health Management) will be
offered at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, from July to October
2000. The course is aimed at university graduates in science and
veterinary science, or students with other postsecondary study who wish to
specialise in health maintenance of animals in Aquaculture.
The Certificate will cover prevention, diagnosis and treatment of
infectious diseases of prawns, molluscs and fish, and will feature
lectures by key international experts on how to solve disease
problems in warmwater and tropical aquaculture in Australia and SE Asia.
The course will be structured around hatchery and growout issues.
Topics include the biology of infectious agents, enhancement of
resistance, immunity, vaccination, epidemiology, business plans and
generic health management.
Emphasis in practical sessions will be on standardisation of
diagnostic
methods and will include PCR, DNA sequencing, antibody probes, and in
situ hybridisation.
For further information, contact:
Prof Bob Lester, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology
The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD Australia 4072
Tel: +61 7 3365 3305
Fax: +61 7 3365 158
E-mail: r.lester@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Dr Peter Walker, Cooperative Research Centre for Aquaculture
CSIRO Tropical Agriculture, PMB 3 Indooroopilly, Brisbane QLD
Australia 4068
Tel: +61 7 3214 2758
Fax: +61 7 3214 2881
E-mail: peter.walker@tag.csiro.au
The Director, International Education Directorate,
The University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia 4072
Tel: +61 7 3365 1960
Fax: +61 7 3365 1794
E-mail: IEOenquiries@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Internet applications - international students:
http://www.uq.edu.au/intstudents/
Australian students:
http://www.uq.edu.au/research/grad-school/phd/enr42-instructions.html