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About the course

The course has two elective eLearning modules to provide guidance to aquatic animal professionals and interested stakeholders in aquatic animal disease investigations. 

Module 1 is intended for fisheries farm and field staff and provides the basics of best practice sample and data collection for a successful investigation.

Module 2 is intended for aquatic animal health professionals and others interested in investigating what is causing a death/disease outbreak in aquatic animals.

What you’ll learn

This course is designed to provide guidance to aquatic animal professionals and interested stakeholders in aquatic animal disease investigations.

Module 1 is intended for fisheries farm and field staff and provides the basics of best practice sample and data collection for a successful investigation. 

  • Know who to contact in the event of a suspect disease outbreak.
  • Know what samples to collect to send to the laboratory.
  • Know how to collect good quality samples from animals and the environment.
  • Collect useful data for an epidemiological investigation.

Module 2 is intended for aquatic animal health professionals and others interested in investigating what is causing a death/disease outbreak in aquatic animals.

  • Logically work through the ten steps of an outbreak investigation.
  • Describe patterns of disease over time, space and animal factors.
  • Work towards a hypothesis of factors associated with an outbreak.

Course content

The course contains 2 elective modules.

Enrolment

You will need to ‘Sign In’ to the Agriculture Victoria Learning Management System. If you are not already a member, then you will need to sign up and create a new account.

For help with the Agriculture Victoria Learning Management System please contact [email protected].

delivery method

Online Virtual training conducted entirely through digital platforms, allowing participants to learn remotely.

course provided by

Agriculture Victoria

Course Length

90 mins

State/Territory

VIC

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