In collaboration with NCE Seafood Innovation, PatoGen invites to workshop regarding harmful plankton and gill health in Bergen.

The workshop is aimed at fish health professionals and veterinarians in aquaculture.

When: 2^nd and 3^rd November 2023

Two-day workshop: Thursday 9:30-12:00 and Friday 9:30-15:30

Where: University of Bergen

Cost: 3 250,- NOK per participant

Instructors: Dr. Hamish Rodger and Dr. Ana Herrero (PatoGen AS)

Topics covered:

• Introductions, outline, and aims of the workshop
• Gill and skin anatomy and physiology
• Harmful algae blooms and harmful zooplankton swarms; why do they occur and impacts in aquaculture (clinical signs, gross pathology, and histopathology)
• What to do about them? Mitigation strategies
• Research projects update
• Monitoring methods: phytoplankton and zooplankton sampling, preservation, identification, and sampling for disease diagnosis
• Practical water sampling, microscopy, plankton identification and quantification session

SPACES ARE LIMITED – EARLY BOOKING IS ADVISABLE 

Sign up here: Workshop: Harmful Plankton and Gill Health (deltager.no)