Aquaculture UK webinar (June 24, 2021):
Emerging diseases in aquatic species are increasing in incidence and are typically difficult to control due to the limited availability of preventative or therapeutic treatments. CAT’s Director of Fish Health, Dr. Mark Braceland, presents on emerging pathogens and diseases in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in Scotland, Norway, Canada, and Chile with reflections on mitigation and management strategies, as well as the development of in vitro and in vivo disease challenge models at CAT which are positioned to aid in the development of technologies and management practices to reduce their impacts.
READ MORE ABOUT MOUTH ROT AND OTHER DISEASE CHALLENGE MODELS DEVELOPED AT CAT.
Dr. Mark Braceland, Director of Fish Health
Dr. Mark Braceland obtained a PhD in animal health and worked as a post-doc at the University of Glasgow. His expertise is primarily in the identification and assay development of novel markers of fish health generally and of disease-associated pathology through proteomic and biochemical techniques. His work has led to a number of scientific articles and patents. At CATC he is part of the fish health team designing novel in vitro and in vivo models and efficacy markers for the development of technologies to improve the sustainability and growth of aquaculture.