Fish and Shellfish Health Management

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Dr. Gagan Kumar Panigrahi

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Course Name : Fish and Shellfish Health Management

Code(Credit) : CUTM1445(3-1-0)

Course Objectives

• To provide holistic knowledge on fish and shellfish pathogens and their control measures.
• To undertake surveillance of existing and emerging fish and shellfish diseases.
• To develop improved diagnostic techniques for the detection of existing and emerging fish and shellfish diseases.
• To develop prophylactic and therapeutic measures including herbal remedies with nutraceutical and immunostimulant formulations for the control of fish and shellfish diseases and study the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of select formulations.

Course Outcome

COs Course Outcome Mapping COs with POs

(High-3, Medium-2, Low-1)

CO1 Students will gain knowledge about different types of fish pathogen and their treatments.

 

PO1-3, PO7-3, PO9-2
CO2 To understand the various systems of fishes and shrimps with specific reference to their pathological significance. PO1-3, PO4-2, PO9-1

Course Syllabus

Module I
Significance of fin Fish and Shellfish diseases in aquaculture, stress in aquaculture and its role in disease development, pathological processes: cellular response to injury, inflammatory response to diseases, pathogencity mechanism of parasite and bacteria, pathogencity mechanism of virus and fungus.

Practice
Examination of normal and diseased fish - thorough examination of external surface.


Module II

OIE listed diseases, disease surveillance and reporting, quarantine and health certification in aquaculture, health management strategies in aquaculture, good and best management practices.

Practice
Autopsy of the diseased fish.


Module III

Disease control through environmental management, sanitary and phytosanitary agreement, vaccines used in aquaculture, immuno-stimulants used in aquaculture.


Module IV

Bioremediation, viral diseases of fish, viral diseases of shellfish, bacterial diseases of fish, bacterial diseases in shellfish.

Practice
Histopathology of organs of diseased fish (sectioning – staining and mounting).


Module V

Fungal diseases of fish, fungal diseases of shell fish, protozoan diseases in fish, protozoan diseases in shellfish.

Practice
Slide preparation of fish parasites (Protozoan – Helminth and Copepod).


Module VI

Metazoan parasites of fish, metazoan parasites in shell fish, crustacean parasites of fish, environmental induced diseases of fish, nutrition deficiency diseases.

Practice
Collection of ecto parasites and its preservation


Module VII

Diseases caused by other factors: hereditary factors, tumours of hereditary origin, hydrocoel, tumours, benign and malignant, SPF and its importance, SPR and its importance, quarantine methods and its importance.<br /

Practice
Extraction of DNA from the fish fins.


Reference and Textbooks:

Fish Pathology. Author: Ronald J. Roberts.
Prevention and control of fish and prawn diseases. Author: KP Biswas.

Session Plan

Session 1

Significance of fin fish and shellfish diseases in aquaculture

Session 2

Stress in aquaculture and its role in disease development

Session 3

Pathological processes: Cellular response to injury, Inflammatory response to diseases

Session 4

Pathogencity mechanism of parasite and bacteria

Session 5

Pathogencity mechanism of virus and fungus

Session 6

Practice 1: Examination of normal and diseased fish - thorough examination of external surface. (2h)

Session 7

Office International des Epizooties (OIE) listed diseases

Session 8

Disease surveillance and reporting

Session 9

Quarantine and health certification in aquaculture

Session 10

Health management strategies in aquaculture

Session 11

Management practices

Session 12

Disease control through environmental management

Session 13

Practice 2: Autopsy of the diseased fish. (2h)

Session 14

Sanitary and phytosanitary agreement

Session 15

Vaccines used in aquaculture

Session 16

Immuno-stimulants used in aquaculture

Session 17

Bioremediation

Session 18

Practice 3: Histopathology of organs of diseased fish (Sectioning – Staining and Mounting). (2h)

Session 19

Viral diseases of shellfish

Session 20

Viral diseases of fish

Session 21

Bacterial diseases of fish

Session 22

Bacterial diseases in shellfish

Session 23

Fungal diseases of fish

Session 24

Practice 4: Slides preparation of fish parasites (Protozoan – Helminth and Copepod). (2h)

Session 25

Fungal diseases of shell fish

Session 26

Protozoan diseases in fish

Session 27

Protozoan diseases in shellfish

Session 28

Metazoan parasites of fish

Session 29

Crustacean parasites of fish

Session 30

Practice 5: Collection of ecto-parasites and its preservation. (2h)

Session 31

Environmental induced diseases of fish

Session 32

Nutrition deficiency diseases

Session 33

Diseases caused by other factors like hereditary factors, tumours of
hereditary origin

Session 34

Importance of specific pathogen free and specific pathogen resistant species>

Session 35

Quarantine Methods and its importance

Session 36

Practice 6: Extraction of DNA from the fish fins. (2h)

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Dr. Gagan Kumar Panigrahi

Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology
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Dr Yashaswi Nayak

Associate Professor
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Associate Professor, Department of Zoology (School of Applied Sciences) CUTM – Bhubaneswar Dr. Yashaswi Nayak presently serving in Centurion University of Technology and Management as faculty and Head of the Department of Zoology has around sixteen years of teaching experience and possess specialization in Poultry management , vermicomposting processes. Her area of interest is Fishery […]