Report of the ninth meeting of the Asia Regional Advisory Group on Aquatic Animal Health, 8-10 November 2010

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Australia, China, Freshwater finfish, Freshwater prawns, Governance and Policy, Health and Biosecurity, Indonesia, Marine finfish, Philippines, Molluscs (shellfish and other), Shrimp, Thailand, Vietnam

The Asia Regional Advisory Group on Aquatic Animal Health meets annually to discuss regional disease issues including emerging disease threats. This is the report of the seventh meeting, held 8-10 November 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. The report discusses emerging disease problems and regional response including to:

  • Finfish diseases: Edwardsiella ictaluri, Flavobacterium columnare, Streptococcus agalactiae, Francisella spp., Vibrio spp., Tenacibaculum maritimum, S. iniae, S. agalactiae, iridoviruses, nodaviruses.
  • Crustacean diseases: Whitespot syndrome virus, yellowhead virus, taura syndrome virus, infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus, Penaeus vannamei nodavirus, Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus, abdominal segment deformity disease, Laem-Singh necrosis virus, 
  • Mollusc diseases: Abalone ganglioneuritis.
  • Amphibian diseases: Ranaviruses, megalocytiviruses and lymphocystiviruses.

Other issues discussed included:

  • Progress of NACA's Aquatic Animal Health Programme.
  • Outcomes of the OIE General Session and Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission meetings, 2010.
  • Disease reporting, including changes to the OIE list of notifiable diseases and establishment of a global online reporting system (WAHIS) by OIE.
  • Review of the Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Reporting System.
  • Progress in implementation of the the Regional Technical Guidelines on Health management for the Responsible Movement of Live Aquatic Animals.
  • Identification and designation of regional aquatic animal health resources, including experts, centres and reference laboratories.
  • Regional and international cooperation.

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