The Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Ravi Campus, has successfully organized an international webinar entitled “Aquaculture Disease and Health Management” under the theme "Fish Bacterial Diseases and Vaccination System” today at 1:00PM (PST) in collaboration with Pakistan Science Foundation under a project entitled “Isolation, molecular characterization of pathogenic bacteria and development of fish vaccine for culturable fish species of Pakistan”. Worthy Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Nasim Ahmad, and Dean Faculty of Fisheries and Wildlife, Prof. Dr. Noor Khan welcomed the participants and international guest speakers in the opening note of the event. The seminar provided useful insight into the bacterial diseases and vaccination in aquaculture. Dr. Tae-Jin Choi, elaborate the the microalgae as a bioreactor of fish oral vaccine production while Dr. Margaret Crumlish, focuses on the emerging and re-emerging bacterial diseases affecting farmed tilapia that is gaining more attention now a days in Pakistan aquaculture sector. Dr. Truong Dinh Hoai, discussed on the "Aeromonas veronii caused disease outbreaks in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) in Vietnam". This bacterial strain has recently been isolated in one of the fish species from Pakistan.  

International Webinar on Aquatic toxicology: Impacts, Assessments and Remediation

Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore has organized an International Webinar on Aquatic Toxicology: Impacts, Assessment and Remediation via Google Meet. Professor Dr Celine Alexia Godard-Codding, Associate Chair, Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University and TTU Health Sciences Center, Texas, USA, Professor Dr. Muhammad Atamanalp, Faculty of Fisheries, Ataturk University, Turkey and Dr. Mehwish Faheem, Assistant Professor, Government College University, Lahore, gave detailed insight to the topic. This webinar served as a forum for the discussion of interrelationships between environment and animal health. It provided an opportunity for toxicologists to learn about the toxic effects of pollutants on living organisms. It also helped to understand the environmental influence, development and progression of disease and create awareness among researchers about harmful consequences and effects of toxicants in food chain and food web.