Acronym PREVINE
Category
Aquaculture
Title Innovative approach to prevent parasites and infections that affect aquaculture fish Programme Nat. Programme (supported by ESIF)
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National-European Coordinator Amparo Faustino Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
UA - University of Aveiro (Portugal)
Institutions involved
CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (Portugal) ,
IPMA - Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (Portugal) ,
Start year 2018 End year 2021 Funding (€) € 200,000 Website https://www.cesam-la.pt/projetos/previne-abordagem-inovadora-para-prevencao-de-parasitoses-e-infeccoes-que-afectam-os-peixes-de-aquicultura/ Summary "Currently, aquaculture contributes more than 40% to total fish production and the market for these products is expected to grow significantly in the coming years. It is estimated that diseases or epidemiological outbreaks that arise in aquaculture establishments are responsible for about 20% of the damage caused due to production breakdowns, and can represent a real danger to consumers and the environment due to the contamination of the water resources involved. The main cause of epidemiological outbreaks and consequent losses on aquaculture farms is the presence of potentially dangerous pathogens and fish parasites in their tanks. To face the challenge of an environmentally and financially sustainable Portuguese aquaculture industry, PREVINE proposes to act in the minimization of threats resulting from the presence of different pathogens through an innovative, environmentally friendly and cost-effective approach. The proposed strategy for the disinfection of aquaculture farm water avoids any direct contact between fish and the visible light-activated chemical agent and the fish; and at the same time without it being released into the environment. This strategy is only possible by associating the chemical agent with a solid matrix compatible with water and easily recoverable.
The objectives of PREVINE are: (a) to prevent the main threats to the welfare of fish in aquaculture farms from occurring with consequent decrease in the quality and safety of food production; (b) disinfect the water in aquaculture farm tanks using an innovative photobiological technique; (c) establish an effective preventive disinfection protocol against parasitosis and associated bacterial/fungal infections; (d) minimise the risks of toxicity to fish and the environment; (e) Develop a disinfection protocol that allows, in a first phase, the technological development aimed at implementing the photo-decontamination of water from aquaculture farms at low cost and with reduced environmental impact. The PREVINE project will focus mainly on the pathogens of the main fish farmed in aquaculture farms in the Aveiro region, namely sea bass. The target pathogens will be the bacteria Vibrio, Photobacterium damsela, and subsp. Piscicide and Streptococcus sp.; the fungus Saprolegnia, the dinoflagellate Amyloodinium ocellatum and the larvae of Isopoda Paragnathia formica, larvae of Praniza. The growing public health concern with the introduction of raw fish in the (dietary) habits has also led us to consider the inclusion of the nematode Anisakis as a zoonotic agent that infects fish and marine invertebrates, including crustaceans and molluscs, but which triggers an allergic immune response in humans."
Keywords
Fish;
Bacteria;
Algae;
Fungus;
Land-based aquaculture;
Animal welfare;
Technology;
Parasite;
Protocol;
Disease;
Fish health;
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