AAHRI Newsletter Article
Volume 10 No.2, December 2001
Research Projects at AAHRI
With the close collaborative with other international
institutions, AAHRI have some research projects running as follow:
I. Development and delivery of
practical disease control programs for small scale shrimp farmers in Indonesia,
Thailand and Australia.
(Funded by ACIAR)
Project details
The project includes Indonesian, Thai and Australian
components, each of which comprises concurrent, country-specific technical
and extension activities.
The project will fucus on semi-intensive P. monodon farms in
Indonesia (East Java and South Sulawesi provinces) and intensive P.
monodon farms in Thailand (Samut Sakhon and Chantaburi provinces)
and Australia (New South Wales and Queensland). Its objectives are:
1.Completion of training, in practical disease
control issues, for nucleus groups of progressive Indonesian farmers,
health management technicians and disease diagnosticians.
2.Description of pathology and epidemiology
of diseases causing significant production loss on Australian shrimp
farms, with particular attention to diseases associated with GAV and
SMV infections.
3.Development of appropriate, country-specific
extension processes for smallholder shrimp farmers in Indonesia, Thailand
and Australia.
4.Validation of farm-level disease control
programs for smallholder shrimp farmers in Indonesia, Thailand and Australia.
5.Demonstration of validated disease control
programs on selected smallholder farms in Indonesia and Thailand.
6.Extension of validated disease control programs
to smallholder shrimp farmers in Indonesia, Thailand and Australia.
II. Hazard analysis of antimicrobial
resistance associated with Asian aquacultural environments.
(Funded by EC)
University of Stirling is project co-ordinator
with other 5 partners, University of Ghent, University of Cantho, University
of Putra Malaysia, R.I.L.A.B. from Italy and Aquatic Animal Health Research
Institute, Thailand.
Objective of the project
General:
1. Assessment of the extent of antibiotic
resistance in the aquaculture environment in South East Asia (SEA)
2. Assessment of the potential for transfer
of antibiotic resistance from the aquaculture environment to the broad
public environment.
3. Identification of critical control points
(CCP) where south East Asian fish farmers can apply monitoring systems
to prevent or eliminate antibiotic resistance.
III. The Impact of Aquatic Animal
Health Strategies on the Livelihoods of Poor People in Asia.
(Funded by DFID)
Project located at Aquatic Animal Health Research
Institute (AAHRI), Thailand, Aquaculture and Fisheries Sciences Institute
(AFSI), Cantho Agricultural Univeristy of Cantho, Vietnam, Research Institute
for Aquaculture Number 2 (RIA 2), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Fish Pathology
Laboratory, Department of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries, UAS, India,
Department of Veterinary Clinical Science and Animal Husbandry, University
of Liverpool, Institute of Aquaculture (IoA), University of Stirling,
Scotland, and Anthropology Subject Group, University of Sussex, Brighton,
UK.
Objective of the project
1.Information on the role of aquaculture and
aquatic animal health problems within the livelihoods of poor people
in Asia produced.
2.Interactions between target beneficiaries
and participating institutes reviewed and improved.
3.Awareness and uptake of appropriate methods
to improve the dissemination of aquatic animal health control strategies
to poor people increased.
IV. Risk issues and socio-economic
impact associated with outbreaks of Bacillary Necrosis Disease (BNP) in
Pangasius spp. farmed in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
(Funded by DFID)
Project located at Institute of Aquaculture,
University of Stirling, Aquaculture and Fisheries Sciences Institute,
Univeristy of Cantho and Aquatic Animal Health Research Institute, Thailand.
Objective
1. Socio-economic impact of BNP outbreaks
on fish farming households and communities determined.
2. Aetiological agent(s) of BNP confirmed
3. Prevalence and associated risk factors
for BNP outbreaks identified.
4. Intervention strategies suggested and project
results disseminated.
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