workshop on antibiotic resistance in asian aquaculture environments
24-25 February 2005
Chiang Mai, Thailand

Main conclusions of the EU funded project ASIARESIST:

HAZARD ANALYSIS OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED WITH ASIAN AQUACULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS

Project No. ICA4-2000-10090

Contract No. ICA4-CT-2001-10028

Workshop topics:

• Antibiotic resistance in Asian aquaculture – the Asian perspective
• Antibiotic resistance in Asian aquaculture – the European perspective
• The antibiotic resistance problem – perceptions at the level of individual countries
• The EU-funded Asiaresist project
• Sampling of aquaculture environments for antibiotic resistance
• Standardised antibiotic susceptibility testing and MIC techniques
• Bacterial identification techniques
• Bacterial DNA typing
• Characterisation and transfer of chloramphenicol resistance genes
• A web-based management system for antibiotic resistance in aquaculture; managing the problem

For further information, contact:

Dr. Supranee Chinabut
Department of Fisheries
Jatujak, Bangkok 10900
Thailand

Tel: 66 2 5796803
Fax: 66 2 5613993

e-mail: suprenee@fisheries.go.th

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