B-1046: Enhancing aquatic disease surveillance towards One Health

Presenter: Dr. Fernando O. Mardones

Date: July 15, 2021 Time: 02:00 PM UTC

CEPD credits are available for this event

Costs for training: Free to full members, Free to student members, Non member/guest: $15

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The emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases and non-infectious threats in aquaculture settings require the implementation of comprehensive surveillance programs at local, regional and global levels. In this presentation, Dr. Mardones will list key components when establishing a surveillance and how such system will contribute to the One Health idea.

Presentation Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand relevance of aquatic disease surveillance
  2. Identify key components of a disease surveillance
  3. Understand disease surveillance in context to One Health

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Mardones is Assistant Professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University, Santiago Chile. Dr. Mardones is a veterinarian who obtained his Master in Preventive Veterinary Medicine (MPVM) and PhD in epidemiology at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Mardones is a specialist on infectious disease epidemiology in aquaculture with almost 40 scientific publications and book chapters in the field.