AVC Offers Mollusc Health and Disease Management Courses to International Delegates
Delegates from around the world will travel to PEI this week to take part in one of the world’s only comprehensive courses dealing with shellfish health. From September 13 to 19, the Mollusc Health and Disease Management Course will be held at the Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI. The course is coordinated by the Canadian Aquaculture Institute.
“This course is one of very few internationally that deals exclusively with shellfish,” says Dr. Jeff Davidson, Associate Professor of Aquatic Health at AVC, member of the College’s Shellfish Research Group, and an instructor for the course. “It is a comprehensive course covering topics ranging from disease causation and risk factors, to assessing pathology of molluscs.”
Veterinarians and biologists, as well as representatives from government, research institutions, and industry will travel to Prince Edward Island from New Zealand, Chile, Iceland, Thailand, the United States and other parts of Canada to take part in the course which provides continuing education certification for participants.
All courses will be instructed by AVC faculty and a representative from the University of Washington who are known around the world for their expertise in shellfish health and disease management.
The Mollusc Health and Disease Management Course is the first of three major international aquactic species events being held in PEI in September.
A workshop on Bitter Crab Disease from September 20 to 22 will bring together delegates from around the world to further address the potential global impact of Bitter Crab Disease in various crustacean hosts. The workshop is co-hosted by the world renowned Lobster Science Centre at AVC and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
From September 23 to 28, the 8th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management will take place in Charlottetown. This conference is also co-hosted by the Lobster Science Centre at AVC, as well as the Prince Edward Island Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture. More than 200 delegates from approximately 20 countries will gather to further knowledge on lobster research, biology, and management.
Together, the course, workshop and conference provide an unprecedented demonstration of the aquatic species health-related educational, research, and service expertise contained within the AVC’s Shellfish Research Group and Lobster Science Centre.
Funded by the four Atlantic provinces, the Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI is committed to excellence and innovation in education, research, and professional services. Since opening in 1984, the College has graduated approximately 1,000 doctors of veterinary medicine, has become known around the world for its research capabilities, and is the Atlantic region’s only full service veterinary referral hospital.
For further information, please contact:
Charlotte McCardle
902 566 0533
