Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to the Fundamentals of Biosecurity for Aquaculture Producers

    2. What is Aquaculture?

    3. Learning Objectives

    1. Important Concepts, Acronyms and Abbreviations

    2. Aquatic Animal Health

    3. Coordination of Aquatic Animal Health Whiteboard

    4. Test your knowledge

    5. Additional Resources - WOAH Aquatic Animal Health Code

    1. Biosecurity Defined

    2. Biosecurity in Aquaculture

    3. Developing a Biosecurity Plan

    4. Test your knowledge

    1. Introduction to Fish Health Management

    2. Let's hear from a veterinarian

    3. Endemic Disease

    4. Basic Necropsy and Sample Collection

    5. Mortality Assessments

    6. Example Manual for Fish Mortality Classification

    7. Test your knowledge

    8. Additional Resources - Animal Welfare Guidance Documents

    1. Sinage

    2. Site Location and Features

    3. The Risk of Visitors to your Farm

    4. Example: Visitor Risk Assesment

    5. On-Site Prevention

    6. Risk Assessment

    7. Three Levels of Risk

    8. Rating and Evaluating Biosecurity Hazards

    9. Example: On-Farm Risk Assessment

    10. Hazard Identification

    11. Hazards: Animals

    12. Hazards: Water

    13. Hazards: Feed

    14. Hazards: People

    15. Hazards: Equipment, Vehicles and Vessels

    16. Hazard Mitigation Strategies

    17. Test your knowledge

    1. Disease Surveillance

    2. Mortality Scoring

    3. Emergency Plans

    4. Mitigation Strategies & Emergency Actions

    5. Importance of Deadstock Removal

    6. Biomanagement Tips

    7. Test your knowledge

About this course

  • Free
  • 54 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content