Current active course description (last updated 2021/22)
Fish Health and Disease
HAV2001
Current active course description (last updated 2021/22)
Fish Health and Disease
HAV2001
The course provides an introduction to the most commonly known infectious diseases in farmed fish caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi in the main aquaculture species. It will focus on the characteristics of the pathogenic microorganisms, including virulence mechanisms, epidemiology, ecology and antibiotic resistance, and methods for disease prevention.
Knowledge
The student
- Have an overview of the most important diseases in the Norwegian aquaculture industry
- Explain what preventive measures can be taken
- Be able to explain what treatments can be done
- Understand how disease organisms are transmitted and spread
- Have basic knowledge about how the aquaculture industry combats disease
Skills
The student
- Identify when there is a risk of disease outbreak and take action to counteract this
- Could implement specific and general measures to prevent disease
- Help improve fish health at rearing facilities
- Recognize sign when fish becomes ill
General competence
The student
- Importance of good fish health in the aquaculture industry
- How disease is prevented and combated
Compulsory
Lectures and compulsory assignment
Approved / non approved pathology course
Compound assessment, grading scale Letter grades
- Written assignment, comprises 0/100 of the grade, grading scale Passed / Not Passed.
- Oral examination, comprises 100/100 of the grade, grading scale Letter grades.