Aquatic animal health and welfare

Health and welfare

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The Aquatic Animal Health Programme assists members to reduce the risks of aquatic animal disease impacting the livelihoods of farmers, national economies, trade, environment and human health by:

Improving regional cooperation in aquatic animal health and welfare.
Developing and implementing national strategies on aquatic animal health.
Improving surveillance, reporting and response to disease emergencies.
Promoting harmonisation of diagnostic procedures and risk assessment.
Widespread promotion of better aquatic animal health management practices at the farm level.

Key activities

Key activities of the programme include:

Convening the annual meeting of the Asia Regional Advisory Group on Aquatic Animal Health, coordinating the Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report and bringing regional issues to the attention of global standard setting bodies such as the Office International des Epizooties.
Establishment and expansion of a three-tier shared resource in aquatic animal health.
Development of farm-level health management tools for key aquaculture commodities.
Supporting regional disease surveillance and reporting.
Strengthening aquatic animal health and biosecurity in the region.
Facilitating harmonisation in disease diagnostic techniques.
Developing resource material in support of diagnosis and surveillance.

Contacts

National Aquatic Animal Health Coordinators and OIE National Focal Points for Aquatic Animals.

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Disease library

A collection of technical publications relating to aquatic animal disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Policy guidelines, certification and codes of practice

Policy briefs and guidelines, certification standards, codes of practice and other voluntary instruments relating to aquaculture.

Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report

The Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease report provides information about the status of aquatic animal disease in 21 participating states in the Asia-Pacific region. The diseases covered in the report are reviewed annually by the Asia Regional Advisory Group on Aquatic Animal Health. The report was first published in the second quarter of 1998. It is a joint activity between NACA, FAO and the OIE Regional Representation (Tokyo).

Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report, January-March 2000

This report, the seventh in the series, contains information about the aquatic animal health status of seventeen states in the Asia-Pacific region.

Asia Regional Advisory Group on Aquatic Animal Health

The Asia Regional Advisory Group on Aquatic Animal Health meets annually to discuss regional disease issues including emerging disease threats. The group was established by the Governing Council of NACA to provide advice to member governments in the Asia-Pacific region. This collection comprises the reports of the annual meetings of the group. The reports are a rich source of information concerning the current disease status of the region and new or emerging diseases of aquatic animals.