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Farmers Day Workshop Delegates are invited to attend the Welcome Cocktail Reception at Future Africa on Sunday, 4 December, 2022, 18:00-20:00
CONFERENCE DAY 1 | SUNDAY, 4 December 2022
“From Local to Global Aquatic Health: Meeting Aquatic Needs with Sound Solutions”
Location: Future Africa
| Time | Speaker | Presentation Title | |
| 08:00 | Registration | ||
| 09:00 | Gillian Taylor | Welcome President WAVMA | |
| 09:15 | Nick Nwankpa | Introductory Remarks: Perspectives of the African Union, Interafrican Bureau for African Resources (Ag. Director; AU-IBAR) | |
| 09:30 | John Walakira | Introductory Remarks: The Role of the World Aquaculture Society in Aquatic Health Management (Director, National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Abi-Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute, President, World Aquaculture Society – Africa Chapter) | |
| 09:45 | Dietmar Holm | African Association of Veterinary Education Establishments (2A2E) Programs UP (Faculty of Veterinary Science, Deputy Dean for Teaching & Learning) | |
| 10:15 | Tea/Coffee Break | Topic: Developing a well-trained aquatic veterinary workforce | |
| 10:30 | A. David Scarfe | Efforts to Ensure a Well-trained Aquatic Veterinary Workforce (UP Faculty of Veterinary Science Extraordinary Professor) | |
| 11:00 | Mario I. Alguerno | Building Capacities through the Evaluation of Performance of Aquatic Animal Health Services (WOAH PVS Tool – Aquatic) (WOAH) | |
| 11:30 | Nelly Isyagi | Strengthening the Capacity for Aquatic Animal Health in Africa (Fisheries and Aquaculture Trade and Investment Officer: AU-IBAR) | |
| 12:00 | Gillian Taylor & Johan Steyl | UP Faculty of Veterinary Science Aquatic Health Unit (UP Faculty of Veterinary Science Extraordinary Lecturer) | |
| 12:15 | Ryan Nel | The Onderstepoort Aquatics Club: the value of student body education (Chair: Onderstepoort Aquatics Club) | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | Topic: Meeting Aquatic Veterinary Services Needs | |
| 13:30 | A. David Scarfe | Expanding WAVMA’s Student Chapters throughout the World (UP Faculty of Veterinary Science Extraordinary Professor) | |
| 13:45 | Alice Namata | The benefits of establishing a WAVMA students chapter at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (COVAB) Makerere, Uganda | |
| 14:00 | Stephen Reichley | MSU Fish Innovation Lab and Activities in Africa/Asia (Deputy director and risk mitigation specialist for the Fish Innovation Lab MSU) | |
| 14:15 | Farah Gonul Aydın | Aquatic Animal Health Education in Veterinary Medicine: A Historical Perspective for Turkey | |
| 14:30 | Stephen Reichley | Development of the Aquatic Animal Health Veterinary Curriculum at Mississippi State University (Deputy director and risk mitigation specialist for the Fish Innovation Lab MSU) | |
| 14:45 | Roy Yanong | The University of Florida IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory: Providing Extension, Research, and Education for Aquaculture Industries in Florida (Professor and Extension Veterinarian UFL Tropical Aquatic Laboratory) | |
| 15:15 | Tea/Coffee Break | Topic: Supporting Sustainable Aquaculture Needs | |
| 15:45 | Melba Reantaso, Jose Paragua | Drivers and pathways to disease emergence in aquaculture and possible solutions through the PMP/AB. FAO TrueFish (FAO) | |
| 16:15 | David Verner-Jeffreys | Cefas international aquatic animal system strengthening capacities (CEFAS) | |
| 16:30 | Michael Salutin | The Ornamental Fish Industry in South Africa (Equatorial Aquatics) | |
| 16:45 | Nenene Qekwana | Summation of today’s presentations: Moving Forward to Strengthen Aquatic Animal Heath (HOD, Department of Para-clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, UP) | |
| 18:00 | EVENT | Cocktail evening function @ Future Africa | Visit Exhibitions |
19:30 WAVMA AGM
Conference Day 2 | Monday 5 December 2022
“The Role of the Veterinarian and Para-veterinarian in Aquatic Health Management Programs”
Location: Future Africa
| Time | Speaker | Presentation Title ( 30 minutes) |
| 09:00 | Roy Yanong | Challenges and Opportunities: A look into current and evolving roles for veterinarians and other health professionals in Aquatic Veterinary Medicine (Professor and Extension Veterinarian UFL Tropical Aquatic Laboratory) |
| 09:30 | Nelly Isyagi | Aquatic Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Practice in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges (Fisheries and Aquaculture Trade and Investment Officer: AU-IBAR) |
| 10:00 | Dusan Palic | Pathway to Disease Prevention, Control and Eradication using Principles of Aquatic Veterinary Biosecurity (Chair Fish Diseases and Fishery Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilions University, Munich) |
| 10:30 | Neale Strauch | A Farmers perspective: Biosecurity and Your Vet. (Farmer, Urban Aquaponics) |
| 10:45 | Tea/Coffee Break |
STREAM ONE | Topics: Meeting Aquatic diagnostic needs | STREAM TWO | Topics: Farm and system level preventative health management/ Biosecurity | STREAM THREE | Topics: Aquatic diseases of concern and sustainable aquaculture | |
| Speaker | Presentation Title | Speaker | Presentation Title | Speaker | Presentation Title | |
| 11:00 | Johan Steyl | Aquatic Diagnostics: The Role of Histopathology | Kevin Christison | Surveillance & Early Disease Detection Systems | Gaëlle Nathalie Tinak Satok | Management of Outbreaks of Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome in Cameroon |
| 11:15 | Andre Vosloo | The Use of Metabolomics to Assess Aquatic Animal Health | Gillian Taylor | Biosecurity Certification for Developing Regions: TAASA’s approach to support SA tilapia aquaculture | John Walakira | Emerging Pathogens Affecting Tilapia Farming in Uganda |
| 11:30 | Mariska Laubscher | Diagnostics in Aquaculture | Stephen Reichley | Practical Approaches to Herd Health in Food Fish Aquaculture | Bart Gorgoglione | Evaluating Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae infection in North American salmonids |
| 11:45 | Vernon Coyne | The Use of Biomarkers for Monitoring Chronic Stress in Farmed Abalone | Brandon Spolander | Lactococcus Garviae | Farah Gonul Aydın | The Virulence Characteristics of Pseudomonas spp. and Vibrio spp. Isolated from Cultured Fish Species |
| 12:00 | Abdullateef Ajadi | Effects of Different Anaesthetic Agents on Haematological Parameters of Giant African Catfish (Heterobranchus bidorsalis) | Stanley Hughes-Obresi | A Biosecurity Survey of Aquaculture Farms in Parts of Ghana | Chika Ikeogu | Vitamin C reduces gastrohepatic alterations induced by lead nitrate in juveniles of African catfish Clarias gariepinus |
| 12:15 | Gillian Taylor | Correlations Between Gill Histopathological Markers and Ecto-parasite Burdens in RAS-Farmed Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) in the Northern Provinces of South Africa | David Kassam | Malawi Taking Strides in the Aquatic Health Arena | Ezra Byakora | Determination of Edwardsiella tarda Median Lethal Dose (LD50) in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) |
| 12:30 | LUNCH |
| 13:40 | Essa Suleman | TiLV and ISKNV Diagnostics | Kevin Christison | Integrated Parasite Management Strategies | 13:30 Nana Yaa Asantewaa Donkor | Common Bacteria Isolates on Skin of Farmed Catfish in the Ashanti Region, Ghana |
| 13:55 | Thami Nogwebela | Development of Indicator Cells for Virus Detection. | Chika Ikeogu | Strategies for Overcoming Threats to Fish Production in Nigeria: A Holistic Approach | 13:45 Roy Yanong | ISKNV |
| STREAM ONE | Topics: Antimicrobial Resistance and One Health | STREAM TWO | Topics: Ornamentals and Aquaria | STREAM THREE | Topic: Aquatic diseases of concern and sustainable aquaculture | |
| 14:15 | Laura Urdes | Applying One Health to Aquatic Ecosystems | 14:15: Iva Prikrylova | Parasites from ornamental fishes imported into South Africa: so little is known | 14:15 Sahr Mamoud | Molecular and Phenotypic Analysis of Streptococcal strains: Lactococcus garvieae, Streptococcus dysgalactiae, and Enterococcus faecalis Causing Tilapia spp. |
| 14:30 Khethiwe Mtshali | Prevalence of Fasciola hepatica in non-traditional snail hosts: implications on Xenomonitoring and the Control of Fascioliasis | |||||
| 14:45 | Andrew Joseph | FAO AMR Reference centre | 14:45: Francois Lampen | Veterinary Medicine in a Modern Aquarium: Meeting the Challenges in a Changing World | 14:45 David Peter Mina Baya | Aeromonas hydropila: Fish Disease and Control Strategy in South Sudan |
| 15:00 | Sawyerr Eric Boyce | Antibiotic Use by Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) Farmers in Two Fishing Regions, in Ghana | 15:00 Abdullateef Ajadi | Evaluation of Growth, Haematological, Biochemical and Oxidative Stress Parameters of Clarias gariepinus fed with Leaf Meals of Alstonia boonei and Mitracarpus scaber | ||
| 15:15 | Adeleke Suliat | Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistant Profiles of Bacteria Recovered from Fish Farms in Oyo State, Nigeria | 15:15: Bernice van Huyssteen | The use of Gentamicin-Impregnated Polymethyl Methacrylate beads and Surgical Intervention in the Treatment of Resistant Otitis Media and Cranial Abscess in a Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) | 15:15 Dr Gugulethu Moyo | Evaluation of a Commercial Probiotic on the Biological Performance of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) during Sex-reversal and Extended Nursing in Kenya |
| 15:30 | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 15:45 | P.N Kayoka-Kabongo | Antibiofilm, Antibacterial Activity and Cytotoxicity of Plant Species from the Anacardiaceae Family Against Selected Fish Pathogens | 15:45: Dr Caryl Knox | Sedation of Southern Pompano (Trachinotus africanus) using ketamine, medetomidine and butorphanol delivered via an intramuscular pressurized dart | 15:45 Bart Gorgoglione | Diagnostic investigation upon a large mortality event in an ongrowing carp farm |
| 16:00 | I. M. Famuyide | Biofilm Forming Capacity of Some Important Fish Associated Pathogens and Determination of the Antimicrobial, Antibiofilm, Anti-inflammatory and Cytotoxic Activities of Selected Compounds of Natural Origin | 16:00 Nick St Erne | Therapeutics for Treating Ornamental Fish | 16:00 Moges Beletew Shenkute | First Report of Monongenean Flat Worms from Lake Tana, Ethiopia: Gill Parasites of Commercially Important Clarias gariepinus and Oreochromis niloticus tana |
| 16:15 | John Foord | Biotoxin risks in shellfish | 16:15 Luca Mendes | Domoic Acid Toxicosis May Explain Unusual Mortality in Cape Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) | ||
| 16:30 | Wondie Zalalem | Pesticide Concentration in Selected Fish Species and Human Health Risk in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia. | 16:30: Celia Snyman | Establishing the University of KwaZulu-Natal Zebrafish Research Facility | 16:30 Tolera Eticha | Macroinvertebrate-based Index of Biotic Integrity for Assessing the Ecological Condition of Lake Wanchi, Ethiopia |
| 16:45 Nadia Eldirdiry Karom | Hazardous Heavy Metals Contaminant in Sudan Fisheries |
| 19:00 | Gala Dinner (Future Africa) |
Conference Day 3 | TUESDAY, 6 December 2022
“KoiPrax: Introduction to Koi Pond Management and Current Clinical Problems Associated with the Environment”
Location: Future Africa
| Time | Speaker | Presentation Title |
| 09:00 | Gillian Taylor | Welcome and introductions |
| 09:15 | Julius Tepper | Clinical Aspects of Design and Function of Aquasystems |
| 10:45 | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 11:00 | Nick St Erne | Koi Life Support Systems and Water Quality |
| 11:45 | Julius Tepper and Nick St Erne | Clinical Cases Associated with the Koi Habitat |
| 12:30 | LUNCH |
| 13:30 | Julius Tepper | Cold Weather Koi Pond Problems |
| 14:45 | Nick St Erne. | Warm Weather Koi Pond Problems |
| 15:30 | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 15:45 | Julius Tepper, Nick St Erne, and Gillian Taylor | Roundtable Discussion |
Free Evening
Wetlab/Farm Tour Day 4 | WEDNESDAY, 7 December 2022
WETLAB @ 09:00-13:00
“Finfish Clinical Exam, Necropsy & Diagnostic Wet Lab”
Location: Onderstepoort Faculty of Veterinary Science
| 09:00 | Depart from Future Africa |
| 10:00 | Fish Anesthesia, Clinical Exam, Euthanasia, Necropsy & Diagnostic Sampling Demonstration |
| 10:30 | Delegate Teams perform Similar Tasks |
| 12:00 | Delegate Discussion / Q&A |
| 13:00 | Return to Future Africa |
FARM tour @ 13:00-17:00
“Aquaculture Farm Tour”
| 13:00 | Depart from Future Africa |
| 14:00 | Description of Farm Operations |
| 15:00 | Delegates Tour Farm |
| 16:00 | Delegates Discussion / Q&A |
| 17:00 | Return to Future Africa or Hotels |