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AquaHealth Online: A new learning environment for capacity building in aquatic animal health
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
Due to significant requirement of trained personnel in Fish Health Management, the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD) offered 14 sessions of face-to-face (F2F) training ...
Experience on common carp mass mortality in Japan
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
The mortality rate among common carp for food reared in net pens in Lake Kasumigaura, the second largest lake in Japan, in Ibaraki Prefecture, increased from early October 2003 and koi herpesvirus (KHV) was detected in the ...
The role of quarantine in preventing the spread of serious pathogens of aquatic animals in Southeast Asia
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
Quarantine, in the strict sense, is the confinement of aquatic animals of unknown or questionable health status in secure facilities such that neither they nor any pathogens they may be carrying can escape into the external ...
Current status of transboundary fish diseases in the Philippines: Occurrence, surveillance, research and training
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
The paper discussed the current status of transboundary fish diseases in Philippines. The following were given focus in the paper: status of Koi Herpesvirus in the production of common carp and koi and the status of viral ...
Laboratory manual of standardized methods for the analysis of pesticide and antibiotic residue in aquaculture products
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
The manual contains guidelines on the detection of antibiotic and pesticide residues in aquaculture products. Different methods for the analysis of the two chemicals are discussed. The manual is expected to benefit all ...
The role of the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) in health improvement of aquatic animals
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
The paper discusses the roles of the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) in aquatic animal health. The main objectives of OIE are to: ensure transparency in the global animal disease situation; collect, analysis and ...
Giant freshwater prawn culture in Indonesia.
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
Indonesia is one of the countries that have high levels of biological diversity in terms of freshwater fishes, the country’s rich biological resources, characterized by a high level of endemism. About 30 endemic species ...
Verification of semi-intensive shrimp culture techniques: Vietnam.
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
Vietnam has about 260,000 ha devoted for shrimp culture in early 1999. The total production was estimated at about 80,000 tons in 2000, so that productivity was about 300 kg/ha only. In 1990–1997, vast areas of mangroves ...
The use of mangroves for aquaculture: Philippines
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
According to the National Forest Resource Inventory (NFRI), the estimated remaining area of mangrove forests in the Philippines in 1988 is 139,100 ha (DENR 1994). Of the total 139,100 ha mangrove forests, 78,593 ha are ...
The use of mangroves for aquaculture: Indonesia.
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
Indonesia has more than 17,500 islands and 81,000 km of coastline which bears the biggest mangrove area in the world, based on the data given by a source in 1982, which stated that mangrove areas was 4.25 million ha or 27 ...