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B-1022 - Koi herpesvirus (CyHV-3) as a Potential Control Agent for Carp in Australia

Join us on April 14, 2016 at 6:00 AM GMT for this free webinar. Click on http://tinyurl.com/go36nen to see the time in your time zone anywhere around the world. 

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About this webinar: This presentation will provide some background information on the epidemiology of the disease caused by cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3), and will then consider the major questions that arise whenever the use of CyHV-3 is promoted as a biocontrol agent, including:

  1. why is it necessary to control carp in Australia?
  2. will it be effective? 
  3. is it safe to use? and,
  4. what is the origin of the virus? 

 

Learning Objectives - participants will understand:

  1. 1. Important common and emerging viral and bacterial diseases in tilapia;
  2. 2. How these disease affect tilapia and tilapia production; and, 
  3. 3. Approaches to diagnosing, treating and/or preventing infections

 

About the speaker: Dr McColl is a veterinarian with training in virology, immunology, pathology and molecular biology. After completing a pathology residency and PhD at Cornell University, he joined CSIRO-Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in 1990, and the Fish Group (at AAHL) in 2000, and is involved with KHV research that has been funded by the Invasive Animals of CRC, since 2007.

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