POPULATION MEDICINE IN AQUACULTURE

Graduate

This course covers current developments in finfish, crustacean and bivalve clinical health management with a particular focus on the epidemiology of infectious and non-infectious production problems. The lecture and seminar course topics include disease surveillance, diagnostic test evaluation, investigation of causal factors and evaluating health management practices. Field trips to aquaculture sites in the Atlantic Canada region are necessary. PREREQUISITE: DVM, VPM 8110 (or equivalent) and VHM 8110 and permission of instructor HOURS OF CREDIT: 3 LECTURES: 2 hours LAB/SEMINARS: 2 hours