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#WeAreSydneyID - Aquaculture
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I'm Francisca Samsing, working here at the Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, at the School of Veterinary Science.
I'm a veterinarian and my area of expertise is aquatic animal health.
Fish farming - or aquaculture - is one of the fastest growing food production sectors on the planet and plays a pivotal role in global food security.
Like many other aspects of our daily lives, climate change is having a large impact on aquaculture, increasing the emergence and the spread of infectious diseases.
Rising water temperatures have increased the prevalence of ‘Vibrios’, a marine bacteria that infect fish and have been labelled the microbial barometer of climate change.
Positioned downstream from urban environments and agricultural activities, marine fish farms can be a major reservoir for antimicrobial resistance, an issue that is further exacerbated by the use - or the misuse - of antimicrobials for controlling Vibrios.
Understanding these infections will help us develop novel preventive approaches to control them. This will ultimately reduce the use of antimicrobials in fish farms, and help us develop sustainable food production systems for generations to come.
I'm a veterinarian and my area of expertise is aquatic animal health.
Fish farming - or aquaculture - is one of the fastest growing food production sectors on the planet and plays a pivotal role in global food security.
Like many other aspects of our daily lives, climate change is having a large impact on aquaculture, increasing the emergence and the spread of infectious diseases.
Rising water temperatures have increased the prevalence of ‘Vibrios’, a marine bacteria that infect fish and have been labelled the microbial barometer of climate change.
Positioned downstream from urban environments and agricultural activities, marine fish farms can be a major reservoir for antimicrobial resistance, an issue that is further exacerbated by the use - or the misuse - of antimicrobials for controlling Vibrios.
Understanding these infections will help us develop novel preventive approaches to control them. This will ultimately reduce the use of antimicrobials in fish farms, and help us develop sustainable food production systems for generations to come.