FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) will participate at the Sixth InternationalSymposium (ISAAH-6) on Aquatic Animal Health, taking place in Tampa, Florida,September 5-9, 2010. CVM will organize and host a special session at ISAAH-6 on'Antimicrobial Use in Aquaculture - Resistance, Residues, and Research,' to bechaired by Drs. Ron Miller and Jennifer Matysczak, US FDA CVM. This session willprovide a stimulating and inclusive forum for exchange of expert opinions on currentantimicrobial resistance issues and monitoring efforts, and research approaches todetermining antimicrobial residues in fish tissues. This special session will also be usedto facilitate discussion and research ideas on issues of international importance, includingefforts to improve prudent and judicious use of antimicrobials in aquaculture. CVM'spresence and outreach at the symposium will provide global awareness regarding drugresidues in aquaculturally derived foods and antimicrobial resistance. ISAAH-6 willprovide an excellent venue for CVM's food safety and public health outreach becausethis conference is well-established, internationally recognized through professionalaquatic animal health societies, and is expected to have participation from up to 35different countries, based on past registration. Financial support of this importantsymposium will also benefit CVM's mission by providing hardcopy outreach (sessionabstracts, full-page ad space and mission statement) in the symposium proceedings aswell as the online website. The symposium website(http://aquaticpath.epi.ufl.edu/isaah6) will be available to all persons, regardless ofattendance or registration at the symposium.
FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) will participate at the Sixth International Symposium (ISAAH-6) on Aquatic Animal Health, taking place in Tampa, Florida, September 5-9, 2010. CVM will organize and host a special session at ISAAH-6 on Antimicrobial Use in Aquaculture. CVM's presence and outreach at the symposium will provide global awareness regarding drug residues in aquaculturally derived foods and antimicrobial resistance. ISAAH-6 will provide an excellent venue for CVM's food safety and public health outreach because this conference is well-established, internationally recognized through professional aquatic animal health societies, and is expected to have participation from up to 35 different countries, based on past registration.
