Global experts study aquatic animal disease to help feed a hungry planet

Dr. Edgar Brun of Norway (centre left) and Dr. Larry Hammell of AVC (centre right), Co-directors, OIE Collaborating Centre for Epidemiology and Risk Assessment of Aquatic Animal Diseases, with provincial aquaculture veterinarians Dr. Daryl Whelan (far left) of Newfoundland and Labrador, Dr. Mike Beattie (second from left) of New Brunswick, and Dr. Roland Cusack (far right) of Nova Scotia, and Neil MacNair, Director of Aquaculture, PEI (second right)

The Atlantic Veterinary College and the National Veterinary Institute in Norway have joined forces to establish the world's only OIE Collaborating Centre for Epidemiology and Risk Assessment of Aquatic Animal Diseases.

The establishment of the Centre formalizes a network of global experts and will greatly increase knowledge and capacity needed to solve health management issues involving aquatic species. Click here for more information.