Fish Health and Welfare University of Stirling

Overview

Fish Health and Welfare at University of Stirling is aimed at all aquaculture stakeholders and is designed to provide a solid understanding of the biological particularities of fish, fish health and disease, disease prevention, fish welfare and relevant legislation, and an overview of salmon production in Scotland.

The CPD programme is offered by the Institute of Aquaculture and is focused on animal welfare. Our unique training services strive to stimulate the knowledge required as a basis for operational excellence of the workforce that will support the continuous growth of the industry.

Objectives

By attending this course you will gain insight into:

• fish welfare;
• why does fish welfare matter;
• industry standards, good practice and legislation;
• fish biology, anatomy and physiology;
• salmon life cycle and smolt production;
• handling techniques, dissection and tissue sampling;
• fish stress, health and disease;
• how vaccines work;
• main fish diseases and pathogens;
• sea lice monitoring and control;
• preventive and therapeutic strategies;
• managing gill problems;
• biosecurity, veterinary health and welfare plans and record keeping.