"Bringing Researchers and Industry Together to Address Research Needs on Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHNV)in the British Columbia Salmon Farming Industry"
Campbell River, British Columbia
January 10 - 12, 2003
Veterinarians, research scientists, First Nations, salmon farmers, and government and community representatives attended the 2003 IHNV Research Summit workshop on Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHNV)
Organized by the BC Innovation Council, and sponsored by the BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries; AquaNet (the Network of Centres for Excellence in Aquaculture); Fisheries and Oceans Canada; BC Salmon Farmers Association and several BC salmon farming companies and industry suppliers; the three-day workshop held January 10 - 12, 2003 attracted approximately 80 participants and included scientific presentations from 20 experts in fish disease management and fish virology addressing IHNV. The objective of the session was to gain a better understanding of IHNV and identify and prioritize research needs to help organizations create fundable research proposals that help to better manage this virus.
The proceeding of the workshop are posted below. All files are in .pdf format.
Note: the opinions expressed in these presentations and reports are not necessarily those of BCARDC or the BC Innovation Council.
Presentations remain the property of the author. Any person or group wishing to duplicate, distribute or otherwise, use all or part of these presentations should first receive written permission from the respective author.
Agenda and Participants List (Associated files: Cover page, agenda, attendees).
Presentations:
- Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus in Net-pen Reared Atlantic Salmon in British Columbia - Sophie St-Hilaire, DVM, PhD
- IHNV 2001/02 Epizootic Risk Factors and Research Needs - Sonja Sasksida, DVM, MSc
- IHNV: What It Costs and What We Need - Mary Ellen Walling
- Current Diagnostic Tests for IHNV - John Robinson, DVM, PhD
- Genetic Detection of IHNV Using Quantitative PCR - Madison Powell, PhD
- Disease Detection: Diagnostic Test Performance and Sampling Issues - Larry Hammell, DVM, MSc
- Use and Interpretation of RT-PRC in Viral Screening - Steve Griffiths
- Fish Immunology and IHN(V) - John Lumsden, DVM
- Role of Nutrients in Immune Response and Disease Resistance in Fish - Dr. Santosh P. Lall
- DNA Vaccines Against Rhabdoviral Diseases of Finfish: Tools for Understanding Virus Defense Mechanisms - Scott Lapatra, PhD
- Approaches to IHNV Vaccines - Historical Review - Bob Busch, PhD
- Roadblocks and New Directions in IHNV Vaccine Research - Julian Thornton, PhD
- DNA Vaccines: Regulatory Considerations for Research - Myron Roth, PhD
- Funding Sources - Jim Brackett, DVM
- Disease Management: Identification of Research Needs Some Lessons Learned from the Maine Experience with ISA - Peter L. Merrill, DVM
- IHN-Surveillance of Wild Fish in BC - Dorothee Kieser
- Detection and Characterization of Uncultured Environmental Viruses - Curtis Suttle
- Characterizing IHNV in BC - Garth Traxler, BSc
- Strain Typing of IHNV Isolates from Disease Outbreaks in Atlantic Salmon Seapens in British Columbia - Garth Traxler, BSc
- Preventing IHN in Farmed Atlantic Salmon in the Pacific Northwest - Sophie St-Hilaire, DVM, PhD
- Research Needs Arising from New Brunswick's ISA Surveillance Program - Mark Moore, DVM
- Investigating Risk Factors: Challenges and results from ISA Studies - Larry Hammell, DVM, MSc
- Biosecurity in IHN Management - Jim Brackett, DVM
- "In-Situ" Monitoring of Stress in Free Swimming Animals - R. Scott McKinley, PhD
