Aquaculture 2025

March 6 - 10, 2025

New Orleans, Louisiana USA

Innovative Veterinary Practices in Aquaculture

Saturday, March 8, 2025 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Salon A
Chair: Pat Gaunt, Grace Karreman, Nicole Nietlisbach

8:30

ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING: WHAT DO VALUES

REALLY MEAN?
Dr. Patricia Gaunt, Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State, MS

9:00

AN EVALUATION & COMPARISON OF BACTERIAL PATHOGENS ISOLATED FROM CATFISH DISEASE OUTBREAKS IN ALABAMA INCLUDING ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITIES BY YEAR DURING 2021-2023
Dr. Tim Kniffen, Merck Animal Health, Lenexa, KS

9:30

PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES FOR DISEASE MITIGATION THROUGH FEED

ADDITIVES
Dr. Jessica Fox, Fins Feathers Fur and Fetlocks, Marshall, MN

10:00

BREAK

10:30

VETERINARY INPUT INTO MANAGING LARGE AQUATIC MORTALITY

EVENTS
Dr. Grace Karreman, Karreman Veterinary Consultant, Nanaimo, BC

11:00

ENHANCING VETERINARY TRAINING IN AQUATIC MEDICINE: COLLABORATIVE MINI-SYMPOSIUMS TO ADDRESS THE GROWING NEEDS OF LATIN-AMERICAN AQUACULTURE
Dr. Esteban Soto, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA

11:30

STRENGTHENING THE AQUACULTURE VETERINARY WORKFORCE

Dr. Myron Kebus, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

12:00

MAKING BIOCHEMISTRY CLINICAL: APPLICATION OF SERUM

BIOCHEMISTRY IN AQUACULTURE
Dr. Mark Braceland, WellFish Tech, Charlottetown, PEI