Department of Aquatic Animal Health Management

The Department offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses and is specialized  in Fundamentals of Microbiology, Fish and Shellfish Pathology, Fish Immunology, Therapeutics in Aquaculture, Fish Toxicology, Microbial & Parasitic Diseases of Fish and Shellfish.

Research

• Molecular diagnostics for disease of aquatic animals and microbes of public health significance
• Gene expression in aquatic animals
• Development of vaccines and Immunostimulants
• Molecular techniques in fish safety assurance
• Bioinformatics in Fisheries

Facilities

• Microbiology laboratory
• Molecular diagnostic laboratory –Polymerase Chain Reaction, Reverse Transcriptase -PCR, Real Time PCR,Electrophoresis, Gel documentation &analysis, Probe hybridization etc.
• Recombinant DNA and protein expression facility
• Cell culture laboratory
• Bioinformatics Centre
• Wet Laboratory

Services

• Shrimp seed testing for bacterial, fungal and viruses
• Microbiological analysis of water, ice, food, milk etc.
• Water potability testing
• Industrial water/effluent analysis
• Quality assessment of seafood
• Chemical analysis of hatchery and pond water
• Bioinformatics analysis and training