Oral

DISEASES IN ASIAN AQUACULTURE –DAA VIII
November 21- 25, 2011

Scientific Program

Monday, 21 November
8.30 – 10.00	Registration
10.00 -11.00	Opening Ceremony
11.00 -11.30	Tea Break
Session 01 : Global Aquaculture and Emerging Aquatic Animal Health Issues -Thematic Presentations(TP) Chairpersons : Tarun Shridhar and Timothy W Flegel
11.30 – 11.55	TP-1: *Implementation of good aquaculture practices to prevent animal diseases and ensure consumer protection* Lahsen Ababouch (Italy)
11.55 – 12.20	TP-2: *Disease Control in Aquaculture: the Future for Food Security* Rohana Subasinghe (Italy)
12.20 – 12.45	TP-3: *New and emerging OIE standards for aquatic animal health* Barry Hill (United Kingdom)
12.45 - 13.05	TP-4: *Zoonotic potential of pathogens of aquatic animals and public health issues associated with aquaculture* Iddya Karunasagar (Italy )
13.05 – 14.00	Lunch Break
Oral Presentations (OP)
Session 02 : Epidemiology of Shrimp Disease Chairpersons : Rohana Subasinghe and Chu Fang Lo
14.00 - 14.25 Keynote - 01	OP-A1: *Epidemiology and evolution of white spot syndrome virus:* *implications for shrimp farming* Just Vlak (The Netherlands)
14.25 - 14.50 Keynote - 02	OP-A2: *Longitudinal disease studies in small-holder black tiger shrimp* (Penaeus monodon) ponds in Andhra Pradesh, India (OP-A2) Peter J Walker (Australia)
14.50 - 15.05	OP-A3: Effect of different temperatures on the mortality and viral load of experimentally infected Penaeus monodon with White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) Eleonor A Tendencia (Phillipines)
15.05 - 15.20	OP-A4: *Variable tandem repeat structure of white spot syndrome virus genome populations correlates with shrimp disease status* Tran Thi Tuyet Hoa (Vietnam)
15.20 - 15.35	OP-A5: *Effects of fluctuating temperature and the lower salinity on the* *disease transmission of WSSV in Penaeus monodon* Tuyen Ngo Xuan (Vietnam)
15.35 - 15.50	OP-A6: *Cost-benefit analysis of removable rain protection for shrimp* *ponds* Roel H Bosma (The Netherlands)
15.50 – 16.30	Tea Break
16.30 - 19.00	Local sight seeing (Pilikula /Kudroli Temple /Aloysius Chapel
19.30 onwards	Welcome Dinner and Cultural show
Tuesday, 22 November
Session 03 : Application of Diagnostics Chairpersons : Andrew Goodwin and Alexandra Adams
9.00 - 9.25 Keynote - 03	OP-B1: *Loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP): Application for* *fish and shellfish diseases* Mashahiro Sakai (Japan)
9.25 - 9.45 Keynote - 04	OP-B2: Research development in Crustacean viral diseases (OP-B2) Jean Roberts Bonami (France)
9.45 – 10.00	OP-B3: *Gyrase B gene sequencing and molecular detection of Vibrio harveyi* Linda M Nunan (USA)
10.00 – 10.15	OP-B4: *False rumours of disease outbreaks caused by infectious* myonecrosis virus (IMNV) in the whiteleg shrimp in Asia (OP-B4) Saengchan Senapin (Thailand)
10.15 – 10.30	OP-B5: *Evaluation of several detection methods for koi herpesvirus (KHV)* Kei Yuasa (Japan)
10.30 - 10.45	OP-B6: *White tail disease (WTD) of Macrobrachium rosenbergii* A S Sahul Hameed (India)
10.45 – 11.00	OP-B7: *In vitro propagation of shrimp Taura syndrome virus (TSV) in a* *C6/36 mosquito cell line* Jurairatana Phromjai (Thailand)
11.00 -11.15	OP-B8: *Development of a multiplex PCR for the identification of pathogenic Edwardsiella tarda and application to edwardsiellosis diagnostics* Zhao-Lan Mo (China)
11.15 -11.30	Tea Break
Session 04 : Crustacean Viruses and Immune Response Chairpersons : Peter Walker and I.S. Bright Singh
11.30 – 11.55 Keynote - 05	OP-C1: *The role of viral inserts in the shrimp response to viral pathogens* Tim W Flegel (Thailand)
11.55 – 12.20 Keynote - 06	OP-C2: *Interfering RNA for control of viruses in crustacea* Leigh Owens (Australia)
12.20 – 12.35	OP-C3: *Random, natural inserts of parvovirus genome fragments occur in the shrimp genome and have implications for viral disease diagnosis and control* Vanvimon Saksmerprome (Thailand)
12.35 – 12.50	OP-C4: *Development and demonstration of ‘Shrimpvac-I’ for the management of white spot syndrome virus in shrimp grow-out system* I S Bright Singh (India)
12.50 – 13.05	OP-C5: *Uptake of white spot syndrome virus and WSSV-vaccines in the gut of black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon* Amod Kulkarni (The Netherlands)
13.05 – 14.00	Lunch Break
14.00 – 15.00	Poster Session
15.00 – 15.30	Tea break
Session 05 : Fish Disease and their Management Chairpersons : Aoki T. and Barry Hill
15.30 - 15.55 Keynote - 07	OP-D1: *Managing viral infections endemic in farmed cyprinids: Goldfish herpesviral hematopoietic necrosis virus (CyHV-2) and the aquareoviruses* Andrew Goodwin (USA)
15.55 - 16.20 Keynote - 08	OP-D2: *Nodavirus in Norway: lessons learned and disease management strategies* Sonal Patel (Norway)
16.20 - 16.35	OP-D3: *Diseases of Asian seabass (or barramundi) Lates calcarifer Bloch* Gibson-Kueh Susan (Australia)
16.35 - 16.50	OP-D4: Difference in virulence of marine and freshwater isolates of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus in vivo correlates with in vitro ability to infect gill epithelial cells and macrophages of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Bjørn E. Brudeseth (Norway)
16.50 - 17.05	OP-D5: *Temperature dependent virus replication and anti-viral apoptotic* *response in viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus infected olive* *flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)* Satheesha Avunje (Korea)
Wednesday, 23 November
Session 06 : Immunology and Fish Vaccines Chairpersons : Jean Roberts Bonami and Dinakaran Michael
9.00 - 9.25 Keynote - 09	OP-E1: *Molecular immunology and genomic science of shrimp* Ikuo Hirono (Japan)
9.25 - 9.50 Keynote - 10	OP-E2: *Micro- and nanoparticles for vaccine delivery* Roy Dalmo (Norway)
9.50 – 10.05	OP-E3: *Chelated mineral zinc for growth and immune response of Pangasius* Ei Lin Ooi (Vietnam)
10.05 – 10.20	OP-E4: *Ontogeny of the thymus in barramundi (Lates calcarifer): a light microscope study* Nguyen Huu Dung (Vietnam)
10.20 – 10.35	OP-E5: *Marine macroalgal immunostimulants - An alternative to finfish vaccines ?* R Dinakaran Michael (India)
10.35 - 10.50	OP-E6: *Efficacy data of the first vaccine for pangasius in Vietnam* Vo Thanh Tung (Vietnam)
10.50 – 11.05	OP-E7: *Development and characterization of monoclonal antibodies against putative T-cell of Catla catla* Neeraj Sood (India)
11.05 -11.30	Tea Break
Session 07 : Immunology and Fish Vaccines (contd.) Chairpersons : Mashahiro Sakai and Leigh Owens
11.30 – 11.55 Keynote - 11	OP-E8: *Vaccine development for viral nervous necrosis of groupers* Toshihiro Nakai (Japan)
11.55 – 12.20 Keynote - 12	OP-E9: *From discovery to characterization of cytokines: Applications in vaccine development and diseases* Ram Savan (USA)
12.20 – 12.35	OP-E10: *Immune responses in Atlantic cod following immunisation with* *different bacterial antigens in oil adjuvant* Helene Mikkelsen (Norway)
12.35 - 12.50	OP-E11: *The immune response and disease resistance of clonal lines of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus* Kim Thompson (UK)
12.50 – 13.05	OP-E12: *Immune markers for disease resistance to aeromoniasis using rohu carp as a model species* P.K.Sahoo (India)
13.05 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 15.00	Poster Session
15.00 – 15.30	Tea break
Session 08 : Bacterial Pathogens and their Management Chairpersons : Toshihiro Nakai and Roy Dalmo
15.30 – 15.55 Keynote - 13	OP-F1: *Managing microbial activity in larviculture: the quorum sensing case* Peter Bossier (Belgium)
15.55 - 16.20 Keynote - 14	OP-F2: *Bacterial interaction in crustacean guts: pathogenesis and gene* *expression* Pikul Jiravanichpaisal (Thailand)
16.20 - 16.35	OP-F3: *Phage therapy in aquaculture -Lysozyme helps overcome phage resistance* Indrani Karunasagar (India)
16.35 - 16.50	OP-F4: *Establishing Caenorhabditis elegans model for screening anti-* *infectives against aquaculture pathogens* K Balamurugan (India)
16.50 - 17.05	OP-F5: *Major Diseases and health management in striped catfish* *(Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) farming in the Mekong River* *Delta, Vietnam* Dang Thi Hoang Oanh (Vietnam)
17.05 – 17.20	OP-F6: *Antibiofilm compounds from marine bacteria – A novel strategy to conquer antibiotic resistance in aquaculture industries* S Karutha Pandian (India)
17.20 – 17.35	OP-F7: *Sustaining Shrimp Culture in the Philippines Using Molecular Applications* Benedict A. Maralit (The Philippines)
18.00 – 19.30	9th TGM of FHS (AFS)
Thursday, 24 November
Session 09 : Genomics, Bioinformatics and Novel Approaches Chairpersons : Just Vlak and Ingo Ernst
9.00 - 9.25 Keynote - 15	OP-G1: *Using systems biology approaches to understand shrimp cellular responses during viral infection* Chu Fang Lo (Taiwan)
9.25 - 9.50 Keynote - 16	OP-G2: *Development of SPF and SPR stocks for shrimp aquaculture* Carlos Pantoja (USA)
9.50 – 10.05	OP-G3: *Mining a comprehensive collection of shrimp expressed sequence tags for viral responsive genes* Anuphap Prachumwat (Thailand)
10.05 – 10.20	OP-G4: Molecular characterization, down-stream signaling analysis, and prediction of ligand binding key domains in toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) of the Indian Major Carp, rohu (Labeo rohita) Mrinal Samanta (India)
10.20 – 10.35	OP-G5: *White spot syndrome virus induces a Warburg-like effect in* *shrimp hemocytes in the early stage of infection* KC Han-Ching Wang (Taiwan)
10.35 - 10.50	OP-G6: *Reverse genetics of fish viruses* K Riji John (India)
10.50 – 11.05	OP-G7: *Semiconductor based sequencing technology: Applications and tools* Anupama Gaur (India)
11.05 – 11.30	Tea Break
Session 10 : Immune Mechanisms and Pathogenesis Chairpersons : Nobuaki Okamoto and Carlos Pantoja
11.30 – 11.55 Keynote - 17	OP-H1: *Induction of type I interferon gene expression mediated by pattern recognition receptors in Japanese flounder* Takashi Aoki (Japan)
11.55 – 12.20 Keynote - 18	OP-H2: *Anti viral and anti-bacterial defence in a crustacean: role of Dscam* *and gC1qR* Kenneth Söderhäll (Sweden)
12.20 – 12.35	OP-H3: *Cloning, expression analysis, and silencing study of three inhibitor* *of apoptosis protein genes (IAP) from Litopenaeus vannamei* *shrimp* Jiann-Horng Leu (Taiwan)
12.35 - 12.50	OP-H4: *Pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs) in teleost fish: An overview* Rajendran K V (India)
12.50 – 13.05	OP-H5: *Profiling expressed genes in the lymphoid organ of Australian banana prawn (Penaeus merguiensis) using suppression subtractive hybridization* Rusaini (Australia)
13.05 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 15.00	Poster Session
15.00 – 15.30	Tea break
Session 11 : Parasitic and other Diseases of Fish Chairpersons : Øystein Evensen and Pikul Jiravanichpaisal
15.30 - 15.55 Keynote - 19	OP-I1: *In vitro and in vivo efficacies of ionophores against Cryptocaryon irritans* Tomoyoshi Yoshinaga (Japan)
15.55 - 16.10	OP-I2: Nested PCR assay, a quick and sensitive tool for the diagnosis of the Apicomplexan parasite, Perkinsus spp. in commercially important marine molluscs Vijayan K. K (India)
16.10 – 16.25	OP-I3: *Use of Bio-Surfactant as a prophylactic agent against fish protozoan* *parasite, Cryptocaryon irritans in Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer* Beng Chu Kua (Malaysia)
16.25 – 16.40	OP-I4: Caligus Müller, 1785 parasitizing cultured Lates calcarifer Bloch, 1970 in Malaysia Muhd. Faizul (Malaysia)
16.40 - 16.55	OP-I5: *Prevalence, mean intensity and site preference of Caligus* *rotundigenitalis Yü, 1933 1 (Copepoda: Caligidae) on cage cultured* *crimson snapper (Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 2 1790) from* *Bukit Tambun, Penang, Malaysia* Leaw Yoon Yau (Malaysia)
16.55 – 17.10	OP-I6: *First molluscan theta class Glutathione S-Transferase:* *Identification,* *cloning, characterization and transcriptional analysis* *post immune* *challenges* Kasthuri Saranya Revathy (Korea)
17.10 – 17.25	OP-I7: *Resurgence of Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) in India* Pravata Kumar Pradhan (India)
17.30 -	Group Photo
Friday, 25 November
Session 12 : Translating Academic Research to Field Application Chairpersons : Kenneth Söderhäll and Peter Bossier
9.00 - 9.25 Keynote - 20	OP-J1: *Identification of fish vaccine antigen candidates - finding needles in a haystack* Alexandra Adams (UK)
9.25 - 9.50 Keynote - 21	OP-J2: *Novel vaccine technologies - also for farmed fish (?)* Øystein Evensen (Norway)
9.50 – 10.05	OP-J3: *Field trial study on vaccine ALPHA JECT® Panga 1 against* *Edwardsiella ictaluri, in pangasius catfish (Pangasianodon* *hypophthalmus)* Tu Thanh Dung (Vietnam)
10.05 – 10.20	OP-J4: *Streptococcosis in fish: implications for vaccine development* Saravanane Poobalane (Singapore)
10.20 – 10.35	OP-J5: *Establishment of the technological platform for the development of rapid detection kits of aquatic animal pathogens* Qing-Li Zhang (China)
10.35 - 10.50	OP-J6: *Detecting WSSV and IMNV by using insulated isothermal polymerase chain reaction (iiPCR)* Chen Su (Taiwan)
10.50 – 11.05	OP-J7: *A comparison of the effect of live and dead Aeromonas hydrophila* *on the immune response of Pangasius hypophthalmus* Wanna Sirimanapong (Thailand)
11.05 - 11.30	Tea Break
Session 13 : Disease Preparedness and National Plans Chairpersons : Iddya Karunasagar and Eduardo Leano
11.30 – 11.55 Keynote - 22	OP-H1: *Current state of fish diseases in Japan* Nobuaki Okamoto (Japan)
11.55 – 12.20 Keynote - 24	OP-H2: *Arrangements for effective emergency aquatic animal disease* *response* Ingo Ernst (Australia)
12.20 – 12.35	OP-H3: Building capacity in aquatic animal health – Challenges, Strategies & Opportunities: Role and activities of the ASEM Aquaculture Platform in Aquatic Animal Health John Bostock (UK)
12.35 - 12.50	OP-H4: *WSSV disease and socio- economic behavior of shrimp aquaculture industry in Sri Lanka* Aruna C.D.A.M. Dissanayake (Sri Lanka)
12.50 – 13.05	OP-H5: *Mycobacteriosis in ornamental fish tank in Iran, what mycobacterium sbsp. can be accused?* Nader Mosavari (Iran)
13.05 – 13.20	OP-H6: *Current Status and Problems of Infectious Myonecrosis Virus (IMNV) Disease in Penaeus vannamei Farming in Indonesia* Yuri Sunanto (Indonesia)
13.20 – 14.30	Lunch
Session 14 : Plenary Session *Panel Coordinators*: Tim Flegel, Barry Hill and Lahsen Ababouch
14.30 – 15.30	Wrap up of oral and poster presentations Facilitated open discussions Recommendations and way forward
15.30 – 16.00	Formal closing
16.00 - 16.30	Tea
19.00 -	Cultural show, Award ceremony and Banquet