During November the tenth meeting of the Asia Regional Advisory Group on Aquatic Animal Health met in Mangalore, India. The meeting was attended by all members as well as OIE-AAHSC (Dr Barry Hill, President), OIE Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific (Dr Hnin Thidar Myint), FAO (Dr Rohana Subasinghe), DAFF Australia (Drs Ingo Ernst and Brett Herbert), SEAFDEC AQD (Dr Edgar Amar), NACA (R&D Manager Dr CV Mohan and Aquatic Animal Health Program Coordinator Dr Eduardo Leaño), Private sector (Dr Siow Foong Chang, Merck Animal Health) and Aquatic animal health expert from the region (Prof. Timothy Flegel, Thailand).
The meeting managed to accomplish the TOR set for the AG which includes reviewing the disease situation in Asia, considering the recent changes made to OIE global standards, revising the list of diseases for listing in the regional QAAD reporting system, assessing the progress made against the various elements contained in the Asia Regional Technical Guidelines on responsible movement of live aquatic animals, updating the regional resource centers, and developing recommendations and action points for the consideration of NACA and NACA Member Governments. Read more ...
This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.
The meeting managed to accomplish the TOR set for the AG which includes reviewing the disease situation in Asia, considering the recent changes made to OIE global standards, revising the list of diseases for listing in the regional QAAD reporting system, assessing the progress made against the various elements contained in the Asia Regional Technical Guidelines on responsible movement of live aquatic animals, updating the regional resource centers, and developing recommendations and action points for the consideration of NACA and NACA Member Governments. Read more ...
This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.
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