The Universityof Arizona

2018 Shrimp Pathology Short Course

Disease Diagnosis and Control in Marine Shrimp Culture

June 18 – June 23, 2018

Sponsored bytheAquaculturePathologyLaboratory,Schoolof Animaland ComparativeBiomedicalSciences,UniversityofArizona,Tucson,AZ85721,USA.

RegistrationInformation:Registrationislimitedto24.

Deposit and Early Registration Deadline: $100.00 (USD) by May23, 2018.

ToApply: Completetheapplicationformindicatinghow youwillbepayingyour$100.00deposit(Bankdraft,MasterCardVisaaccepted)andsendtheformby mail,FAXoremailto:

Mailingaddress:

TheUniversityof Arizona

AquaculturePathologyLaboratory; BioScience West

1041 E. LowellStreet,Room226Tucson,Arizona85721,USAPhone:520-621-4438; FAX:520-626-5602

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Cost:

$2,000.00(USD)ifthe depositisreceivedon orbefore May 23, 2018.

$2,500.00 (USD) if the deposit is received on or after May 24, 2018.

Note: TheUniversityof Arizonareservestherightto canceltheshort-courseifparticipant pre-enrollmentislessthan 10by May 23,2018. Paymentswillberefundedif theshort-courseis cancelled.Individualdeposits and payments willbe refundedifa participant’scancellationisreceived on orbefore June 1, 2018. After June2, 2018, participant’spaymentswillnot be refunded. Noexceptions.

Accommodations:

Participants are responsible for arranging their own accommodations. Bothsingleanddouble rooms are availableatthenearbyHomewood Suites. A block of rooms will be on hold until mid-May and ratepricesfor a single suite are approximately $114.00/night and includes free breakfast, free evening social hour, and shuttles to and from U of A. Book by 5/23/18 to receive rate. Call 520-577-0007. Use group code AQA.

On campus dormitoryrooms at the Coronado dorm areavailableforapproximately

$45.00 pernightfor asingle room. Submit request here.

InternationalTravelers:

Due to morestringentU.S.entryrequirements,allow extra timefor visaprocessing.

Program

Lectures:Thefollowingtopicswill be covered

1.Short-courseintroduction,purpose,scopeandschedule.

2.Major shrimp diseases listed by World Animal Health Organization (OIE).

3.Whitespot syndrome virus(WSSV).

4.The baculovirus diseases: monodon-type baculovirus (MBV) andbaculoviruspenaei (BP).

4. The parvovirus diseases: infectioushypodermaland hematopoieticnecrosisvirus (IHHNV),and hepatopancreaticvirus (HPV).

5. RNA viruses infecting penaeid shrimp: Taurasyndrome virus (TSV),yellow head virus (YHV), infectiousmyonecrosis(IMNV), Penaeusnodavirus (PvNV), and white tail disease (WTD).

6. Bacterialdiseases: acutehepatopancreaticnecrosisdisease (AHPND;caused bysome strainsofVibriospp.),necrotizinghepatopancreatitis(NHP-B),and Vibriosis.

6. Microsporidian diseases: Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) and cotton shrimp disease

7. Methods ofdiseasepreventionand/ortreatment.

8. Development of biosecurity and quarantine protocols.

Labs and Demonstrations:Topics tobe coveredinthelabsinclude

  1. Sample preparations for histology and PCR.
  2. PCR/RT-PCRfor diagnosisof WSSV, AHPND, EHP, TSV
  3. qPCR/qRT-PCR for diagnosis ofWSSV,AHPND, TSV
  4. Laboratory bioassay: AHPND
  5. Review of histopathology of viral and bacterial diseases.

Lectures,Labsand Demonstrations will be presented by StafffromtheAquaculture Pathology Laboratory

Arun K. Dhar, PhD: Associate Professor & Director, Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory, Molecular Virologist

Luis FernandoAranguren, PhD:Crustacean Pathologist

Siddhartha Kanrar, PhD: Molecular Biologist and Bioinformatician

Carlos Pantoja, PhD: Histopathologist

Jasmine Millabas: Research Specialist Histotechnician

Michelle Garfias: Research Specialist PCR Technician

Kevin M. Gee: Research Specialist PCR Technician

West Campus Wet Lab Staff:

Brenda Noble:Senior Research Specialist
Paul Schofield: Research Specialist

Tanner Padilla: Research Laboratory Aide

Additional invited speakers and other researches will be included at a later date as we await their acceptance confirmation.

Needmoreinformation?

ContactDr.Arun K. Dhar or Ms. Deborah Huie

TheUniversityof Arizona

Schoolof Animaland ComparativeBiomedicalSciences

AquaculturePathologyLaboratory1041 E. LowellStreet,Room226

Tucson,Arizona85721USA

Phone:520-621-4438;Fax:520-626-5602

Email: ;

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The University of Arizona

2018 Shrimp Pathology Short Course

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