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Aquatic Animal Health Management
The Fish Health Management is more important and good term used in Aquaculture to describe management practices, which are designed to prevent fish disease. The production of cost increased by fish disease outbreaks because of the investment lost in dead fish, control treatment and decreased growth. Moreover the expansion and diversified activities have accelerated the incidental spread of diseases into new population or different geographical regions. So, keeping in this view, the syllabi for Fish Health Management has been prepared by ICAR, New Delhi for BFSc, Post graduate and PhD programme have introduced in the syllabi of Fish Health Management courses. The courses of the Fish Health Management were under the Deptt. of Aquaculture till the 5th Deans Committee Report was implemented. The College of Fisheries, AAU, Raha has implemented the 5th Deans Committee Report in toto for which a new department named Aquatic Animal Health Management(AAHM) was created. The new AAHM department is offering 18 credit hours consisting of 7 courses for UG programme, but PG and PhD programmes are not initiated so far, but the facility is well equipped. A well established laboratory including molecular level of diagnostic facilities are available and students are availing the facilities. Presently, 2 nos. of projects are ongoing in the department. 1. National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases(NSPAAD-II), funded by PMMSY, Dept of Fisheries, Govt of India, w.e.f. 2022 to 2025 till date. 2. Aquatic Animal Health Lab(AAHL), funded by NFDB, Hyderabad (ongoing).
UG Courses
# Course No. Course Title Course Credit Syllabus
1 AAHM 222 * Therapeutics in Aquaculture 2(1 + 1)
2 AAHM 113 * Fundamentals of Microbiology 3(2 + 1)
3 AAHM 212 * Fish Immunology 2(1 + 1)
4 AAHM 312 * Fish Toxicology 2(1 + 1)
5 AAHM 313 * Pharmacology 3(2 + 1)
6 AAHM 323 * Microbial and Parasitic Diseases of Fish and Shellfish 3(2 + 1)
7 AAHM223 * Fish and Shellfish Pathology 3(2 + 1)
* courses are compulsory
Projects
    • PMMSY, Department of Fisheries, Government of India sponsored project on "National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases Phase-II", project cost Rs.48 Lakh The programme aims at rapid detection of new and exotic infectious diseases through advanced diagnostic techniques and suggestions remedial measures to farmers so that loss due to disease can be minimised. This will also help in smooth operation of international trade. The programme has four specific objectives:
      1. To improve collection of information on the occurence of aquatic animal diseases.
      2. To rapidly detect new and exotic infectious diseases in aquatic animals.
      3. To implement a national information management system for aquatic animal diseases of national concern.
      4. To improve reporting requirement of World Organisation for Animal Health(OIE) and regional Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Reporting System and in hance compliance to OIE standards. 
    • NFDB sponsored project on "Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL)", project cost Rs.115.50 Lakh
    • NFDB, HYDERABAD sponsored project on "Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory (Disease Diagnostic Services and Screening of Products for Specific Pathogen)", project cost Rs.116 Lakh implemented in 2020.

Our Faculties

Dr. Pradip Chandra Bhuyan

(i/c) Head (Associated Faculty)

Dr. Hemanta Pokhrel

Assistant Professor

Mrs. Naznin Ahmed

Assistant Professor

Mr. Debojit Dekari

Assistant Professor
Achivements

  • · A well established Molecular Disease Diagnostic Laboratory has been set up in the Aquatic Animal Health Management (AAHM) Dept. under NSPAAD project and with the support of ICAR fund.

    · Good networking activities with the fish farmers and entrepreneurs have been established and farmers are visiting day to day for health and water related problems in their fish culture and advices are being provided.

    · An Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) was established to the Dept. of Aquatic Animal Health Management (AAHM) by NFDB (Total cost Rs. 1.15 Crores) for disease diagnostic purposes for the fish farmers of Assam on payment basis and is under progress.

    · About 25 nos. of fish diseases have been identified from the Fish culture activities of Assam under NSPAAD project.

    · About 22 nos. of awareness programme have been conducted in targeted districts and non-targeted districts in Assam and a good networking have been established.

    · About 10 nos. of research papers have been published in reputed NAAS rated journals under the NSPAAD project from this department.

    · Organized 3 numbers of training programmes on fish health management funded by NFDB, Hyderabad and under NSPAAD projects for the state officials/KVKs of the department.

    · A numbers of manuals and leaflets have been published for the farmers of Assam under NSPAAD Project.

     

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