Dr. M.G.R. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri
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Aquatic Animal Health Management

Introduction:

The department of Aquatic Animal Health Management, Dr. M.G.R Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri 601 204 has started functioning with effect from 01.09.2016. The objective of the department is to perform teaching, research and extension activities related to Aquatic Animal Health. The department has dynamic faculties with international exposure and training to offer courses and degree programmes on Aquatic Animal Health Management.

Faculty

S.NO Name Designation E-mail Phone No Photo
1 Dr. D. Kaviarasu, M.F.Sc., Ph.D, Assistant Professor kaviarasu@tnfu.ac.in 9944486725
2 Dr. S. Saravanan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor saravanan@tnfu.ac.in 9677303496
3 Ms. V. Santhiya, M.F.Sc., Assistant Professor (Contractual) sant19082000@gmail.com 6369115328

Objectives:

  • To offer courses on aquatic animal health to undergraduate, post graduate and Ph. D degree programmes
  • To extend diagnostic services to the aquafarmers
  • To undertake research on the existing and emerging issues in aquatic animal health in order to evolve suitable scientific, eco-friendly and practical solutions for the benefit of the aqua farmers

Teaching:


  • To offer courses for UG (B. F. Sc.) and PG programmes (M. F. Sc. and Ph.D) in Aquatic Animal Health Management so as to impart teaching and learning process to the students.

Courses Offered in the UG Programme

SL.NO Course No. Course Title Credit Hours
1 FS 203 Fish Immunology 2 (1+1)
2 FS 213 Fish and Shellfish Pathology 3 (2+1)
3 FS 303 Pharmacology 3 (2+1)
4 FS 304 Fish Toxicology 2 (1+1)
5 FS 311 Microbial and Parasitic Diseases of Fish and Shellfish 3 (2+1)
6 FS 312 Therapeutics in Aquaculture 2 (1+1)

Courses Offered in the PG Programme

SL.NO Course No. Course Title Credit Hours
1 AAH 501 Viral and Bacterial Diseases of Finfish and Shellfish 3 (2+1)
2 AAH 502 Parasitic diseases of Finfish and Shellfish 3 (2+1)
3 AAH 503 Health Management In Aquaculture 3 (2+1)
4 AAH 504 Systemic Fish Pathology 3 (2+1)
5 AAH 506 Diagnostic Techniques 2 (1+1)
6 AAH 507 Aquatic Environment and Fish Health 2 (1+1)
7 AAH 508 Clinical Pathology 2 (1+1)
8 AAH 509 Non-Infectious and Fungal Diseases 2 (1+1)

Courses Offered in the Ph.D Programme

SL.NO Course No. Course Title Credit Hours
1 AAH 601 Fish and Shellfish Virology 3 (2+1)
2 AAH 602 Advances in Parasitology 3 (2+1)
3 AAH 603 Molecular Mechanism in Disease Process 3 (2+1)
4 AAH 606 Biotechnological Tools in Disease Diagnosis 2 (1+1)
5 AAH 608 Molecular Techniques in Microbiology 2 (1+1)
6 AAH 609 Advances in Fish Mycology and Virology 2 (1+1)

Research:

  • Research work related to diagnosis, treatment, prevention of diseases in commercially important fishes is being carried out
  • Diagnosis of bacterial, viral, fungal , parasitic and other non – infectious disease of fish is being undertaken in the samples collected for the surveillance of diseases
  • Development and standardization of environment- friendly treatment protocols for fish diseases is being developed

Research Projects:


Ongoing Research Projects

S.NO Title of the Project Year PI & Co- PI of the Project Funds(in Rs) Funding Agency
1 Rapid diagnosis of shrimp, viral and bacterial Diseases by molecular methods in hatchery and Farm Sample 2015 - till dated Dr. A. Uma 1,81,600 Self

Outreach/Extension activities

S.NO Title of the Project Year Beneficiary
1 Disease surveillance activities is being carried out on weekly basis in the aquaculture farms extending vibrio analysis services to the aquafarmers 2015 - till dated Shrimp farmers food fishes and ornamental fish farmers

Extension

  • Extending diagnostic services to the farmers for diseases of fish, shrimp and other commercially important aquatic organisms following conventional and advanced molecular methods
  • Dissemination of disease management practices and Best Management practices (BMPs) by creating awareness among the farmers
  • Conducting training programmes, on-field demonstration on the identification of diseases prevention and control the existing and emerging diseases in aquaculture

Infrastructure:

Infrastructure facilities available with the Department of Aquatic Animal Health Management

  • Microbiology laboratory equipped with BOD incubator, Digital pH meter, Serological water bath, Autoclave, Orbital shaker, Vortex mixer, Laminar air flow chamber, Microwave oven, Hot air plate, Hot air oven, Muffle furnace, Incubator and Microscopes
  • Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory equipped with PCR Thermal cycler, Real-time PCR Thermal cycler, Spectrophotometer, Deep freezers and Refrigerated centrifuge.
  • Immunology Lab equipped with all the basic equipment’s including ELISA reader to carryout immunological studies
  • Cell culture laboratory
  • Wet lab with aquarium and aeration system to carry out the fish rearing and challenge studies

Currrent focus

  • Undertaking disease surveillance for documenting existing and emerging diseases in aquaculture
  • To develop eco-friendly treatment protocols for the diseases of commercial important in fish farms
  • To assess the gene expression in fishes exposed to pollutants as to develop the fish models suitable for toxicological studies
  • To develop cell culture system for the identification of maintenance of viral pathogens of fish

Achievements:

  • Extended farm advisory services of health management to aqua farmers
  • Documented the existing and emerging diseases in the aquaculture farms and around the Tiruvallur district
  • Total number of aqua farmers benefitted so far 1,816

Lab facility of Department of Aquatic Animal Health Management

MOBILE LAB ACTIVITIES


The services are extended to the farmers through mobile laboratories. The mobile labs visit the shrimp and fish farms and the sample analysis are done at their site on paid basis.
The details of the analysis carried out are
  • 1. Water quality analysis
  • 2. Disease diagnosis – White spot syndrome virus, Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei and Early mortality syndrome by PCR

Mobile Aqua Laboratory

PUBLICATIONS:


  • 1. Uma, A H M Harresh, G Rebecca and J Praveenraj.2020. Multiple drug resistant Enterococcus spp. causes disease and mortality in Zebra fish (Danio rerio). Indian Journal of Animal Sciences.90(1): 116–119.
  • 2. Praveenraj, A. Uma, K. Saravanan, G. Rebecca, C. K. Mandal.2021. Outbreak of Hirudiniassis in aquarium reared albino red bellied pacu Piaractus brachypomus. J.Dis Aquat Org. 144,155-159.
  • 3. Prabu, E., Felix, N and Uma. A.2021. Optimizing amino acid balance in fish meal free diets for GIFT strain of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by deletion method.Aquacul.Nut., 1,1-11.
  • 4. E.Prabhu., N.Felix and A.Uma.2020. Metabolic responses of juvenile GIFT fed L-Arginine supplemented diets. Aquaculture Nutrition, 26:5, 1713-1723.
  • 5. Prabu, E, N. Felix, A. Uma, B. Ahilan and Cheryl Antony.2020. Metabolic responses of Juvenite GIFT strain of Nile Tilapia, O. niloticus. to dietary L-tryptophase supplementation. Aquaculture Nutrition. 1:11, 1724-1735.
  • 6. Prabu, E., N. Felix, B. Ahilan, C. Antony and Uma, A. 2019. Effects of Dietary Supplementation of DL-Methionine on growth and whole body amino acid profile of Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia. Journal of Coastal Research. 86:90-95.
  • 7. Prabu, E., Felix, N., Uma, A. and Praveenraj, J.2019. Effects of dietary L-lysine supplementation on growth, body composition and muscle-growth-related gene expression with an estimation of lysine requirement of GIFT tilapia. Aquaculture Nutrition. 26:568– 578.
  • 8. Praveenraj. J., Uma, A and A. Gopalakannan. 2019. Report on occurrence of Octolasmus angulata (Aurivilluis, 1894) in Portunus pelogicus (Linnaeus, 1758) from Pulicate lake, Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India. Indian Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Research 48(2),2347-2774.
  • 9. Giridharan, M. and Uma, A. 2017. A Report on the Hepatopancreatic Microsporidiosis Caused by Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) in Penaeus vannamei (Pacific White Shrimp) Farms in Thiruvallur District, Tamilnadu, India. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci, 6(6), pp.147-152.
  • 10. Uma, A., Meena, S. and Saravanabava, K. 2012. Development of a Polymerase Chain reaction (PCR) assay to detect Hepatopancreatic parvo virus (HPV) infecting shrimp. Indian Veterinary Journal. 89 (12) pp. 28-30.
  • 11. Bharathi, S., Antony. C, Rajagobalaswamy. C.B.T, Uma. A, Ahilan. B, Somu Sunder Lingam. R, Ferose Khan. F and E. Prabu.2020. Partial replacement of fishmeal with soybean meal and distillers dried grain soluble as alternative protein sources for milkfish Chanos chanos fingerlings. Indian Journal of Fish. 67:4, 72-70.
  • 12. Prabu, E, N. Felix, A. Uma, B. Ahilan and Cheryl Antony, 2020. Metabolic responses of Juvenite GIFT strain of Nile Tilapia, O. niloticus. to dietary L-tryptophase supplementation Aquaculture nutrition, 1:11.
  • 13. Gokulraj, A., Praveenraj, J., Gnanadesikan, R. and Arumugam, U., 2019. Mycobacterial infection in ornamental fishes farmed in low saline waters of Tiruvallur District, India. Journal of Coastal Research, 86(sp1), pp.134-137.
  • 14. Gokulraj, A., J. Praveenraj, G. Rebecca and Uma, A. 2019. Mycobacterial infection in ornamental fishes farmed in low saline waters of Tiruvallur District, India. Journal of Coastal Research. 86: 134-137.
  • 15. Santhoshkumar, S., Sivakumar, S., Vimal, S., Abdul Majeed, S., Taju, G., Haribabu, P., Uma, A. and Sahul Hameed, A.S., 2017. Biochemical changes and tissue distribution of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) in naturally and experimentally EHP‐infected whiteleg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931), in India. Journal of fish diseases, 40(4), pp.529-539.
  • 16. Umesha, R.K., Uma, A., Otta, S.K., Karunasagar, I. and Karunasagar, I., 2003. Detection by PCR of hepatopancreatic parvovirus (HPV) and other viruses in hatchery-reared Penaeus monodon post larvae. Diseases of aquatic organisms, 57(1-2), pp.141-146.
  • 17. Uma, A., Ramanathan, N. and Saravanabava, K., 2007. A Study by PCR on the Prevalence of Whitespot Syndrone Virus, Monodon Baculovirus and Hepatopancreatic Parvovirus Infection in Penaeus monodon Post Larvae in Tamil Nadu, Southeast Coast of India. Asian Fisheries Science, 20(3/4), p.227.
  • 18. Uma, A., Reddy, Y.K., Meena, S., Saravanabava, K. and Muralimanohar, B., 2007. Application of 16S rDNA amplification and sequencing for detection of fish and shrimp bacterial pathogens. Indian Journal of Comparative Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, 28(1and2), pp.7-9
  • 19. Uma, A., Srimathy, M. and Saravanabava, K., 2012. Development of a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) assay to Detect Monodon Baculovirus (MBV) Infecting Shrimp. Indian Veterinary Journal, 89(1), p.11.
  • 20. Uma, A., Gayathri, A, Rebecca, G. and Saravanabava, K., 2012. Development of a Polymerase Chain reaction (PCR) assay to detect Whitespot syndrome virus (WSSV) infecting shrimp. Indian Veterinary Journal. 89 (6)pp. 21-23.
  • 21. Suganthi, G., Uma, A., Rebecca, G. and Saravanabava, K., 2012. Strain variations in monodon baculovirus (MBV) infecting Penaeus monodon (tiger shrimp) in India. CIBtech Journal of Biotechnology. 1(1) pp.41-45.
  • 22. Valarmathi R, Rahman H, Saravanan S,Jagadeeshselvam N, Ashokkumar K, Sudha M, Chandrababu R and Raveendran M. 2018. OsARD4 encoding an acireductone dioxygenase improves root architecture in rice by promoting development of secondary roots. Nature Scientific Reports 8:15713.
  • 23. Saravanan S, Kumar K K, Raveendran M, Sudhakar D, Arul L, Kokiladevi E, Venkatramana S and BalasubramanianP.2018. Genetic engineering of sugarcane for Drought and Salt tolerant transgenic sugarcane plants expressing the BcZAT12 gene. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci., 7(7): 1594-1613.
  • 24. Saravanan S, Kumar K. K, Raveendran M, Sudhakar D, Arul L, Kokiladevi E, Venkatramana S and BalasubramanianP.2016. Production of Drought and Salt-Tolerant Transgenic Sugarcane Plants Expressing the AtDREB1A gene. BMC Biotechnology.16:36.
  • 25. S. Saravanan, K. K.Kumar, M. Raveendran, D. Sudhakar, L. Arul, E. Kokiladevi, S. Venkatramana and P. Balasubramanian. 2019. Sugarcane Plants Expressing AtDREB1a gene Exhibits Drought and Salt-tolerance. Physiology and molecular biology of Plants.18:03.
  • 26. Antony S, Saravanan S, Senthilkumar M and Gopalasamy G. 2015. First Report of Bacterial Wilt Caused by Ralstonia solanacearum Race I Biovar I in Egg-plant (Solanaum melongena) in Tamil Nadu, Southern India. American Psychopathological Society.8(6):713-717.
  • 27. Kaviarasu, D., K. Riji John, M. Rosalind George, B. Ahilan, P. Padmavathy and Petchimuthu, M, (2020). Experimental Infection with Koi Ranavirus (KIRV) of Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) and Rohu (Labeo rohita H.).Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 9(11): 3234-3243.
  • 28. Kaviarasu, D., John, K. R., Rosalind, M., Mansoor, M, M., & Mageshkumar, P (2019). Bacterial DNA pre-stimulation elevates antiviral gene expression in koi against koi ranavirus (KIRV) infection. Journa
  • 29. Petchimuthu, M., Rosalind George, M., Riji John, K., Kaviarasu, D., Dinesh, R, (2018). Occurrence of parasites in aquaculture systems of South Nadu. J Entomol Zool Stud. 6(2):283-286.
  • 30. Sivasankar, P., John, K.R., George, M.R., Anushalini, S.V., Kaviarasu, D., & Petchimuthu, M. (2017). Prophylactics in shrimp aquaculture health management: A review. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 5(4), 1049-1055.

Dept of Aquatic Animal Health Management - View in Tamil


Contact info

The Dean
Dr. M.G.R Fisheries College and Research Institute
Ponneri - 601 204 Thiruvallur District,
Tamil Nadu, India.

044 - 2797 1556  |  044 - 2797 1557

deanfcriponneri@tnfu.ac.in