Aquatic Animal Health
The course covers the following main topics:
- Fish immunology responses and pathogen handling by the host;
- Fish welfare and stress response in farmed fish;
- Overview of major bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases of salmonide fish;
- Disease treatment and control vaccines, prophylaxis and therapy;
- Tools for pathogen detection and diagnostics.
Knowledge
The student should have:
- Knowledge of defence mechanisms in fish including host-pathogen interactions;
- Knowledge of fish welfare, stress responses and how this affect the health;
- A general understanding of the major infectious diseases of farmed aquatic animals, particularly those affecting salmonide fish;
- Learned ways of detecting, controlling and treating diseases.
Skills
The student should:
- Have learned the functions of the different components of the immune system;
- Understand the stress response and how this influences the health and welfare of fish;
- Have gained skills in distinguishing different classes of pathogens and assessing both physiological and pathological changes associated with diseases;
- Have acquired basic knowledge of the importance of controlling diseases to ensure sustainable aquaculture.
General Competence
- The course is a vital component of the Master's programme in Aquaculture. The competence acquired will be useful in different sides of the profession both as a scientist and as an aquaculturist.
- The course helps students adopt new measures to prevent diseases and maintain the health of farmed fish.
Elective for:
MSc in Biosciences
Nordic Master in Sustainable Production and Utilization of Marine Bioresources
Compound evaluation.
Assignment, comprises 40/100 of the grade, grading scale A-F.
Oral exam, comprises 60/100 of the grade, grading scale A-F.
Pen, ruler and up to 2 bilingual dictionaries English - native language
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
AK310F-001 - Aquatic Animal Health - paper - 3 credits
AK310F-002 - Aquatic Animal Health - written examination - 7 credits
AKV5000 - Aquatic Animal Health - 7.5 credits
