Certificate Course in

Aquatic Animal Health Management

The objective of the course is to train Bachelors Degree holders in Fishery Science or Aquaculture/Zoology with specialization in fisheries or aquaculture to develop skills in Aquatic Animal Health Management, their applications in aquaculture industry and to develop entrepreneurship in support of the same or as freelance Aquatic Animal Health Managers.

Defined, well qualified technical personnels to support farmers at field level in the implementation of sustainable aquaculture production under preventive health care mode is lacking, especially with the right mind set to be with farmers as one among them. This causes immense difficulties to farmers and the aquaculture sector as a whole, and the situation attracts pseudo experts to dominate the scene and misguide the investors. Most of the occasions these ill qualified persons fail to trouble shoot and solve issues. A Certificate holder in Aquatic Animal Health Management must be capable to design and execute need based, species and location specific aquaculture production systems with sustainability having preventive health care as the strategy.

This programme was conceptualized along with the establishment National Facility for Sustainable Aquaculture Production system (NaF – SAPS) (opened by Dr. J. Letha, the then Honorable Vice Chancellor, CUSAT on 27th July, 2017) at NCAAH as the outcome of Indo – US knowledge initiative sponsored by University Grants Commission, New Delhi. What presented here is one of the two educational programmes envisaged to strengthen Aquaculture in the Country. This is one of the Centre’s initiatives towards poverty alleviation and nutritional security through aquatic animal health Management.

Course Outcome: By undertaking the skill development programme, the candidate will be able to implement health management strategies and implement the best practices to aquaculture for attaining sustainable production leading to livelihood expansion and poverty alleviation.

Eligibility: Bachelors Degree in Fishery Science or Aquaculture/Zoology with specialization in fisheries or aquaculture

Course Duration: 6 months (January to June, 2023)

Fee: No fee will be levied. However, the trainees have to bear boarding and lodging.

Number of seats available: 10

Application Deadline: 20 December 2022

Instructions for Online Application

Make ready a single PDF document containing Biodata, Qualifying examination Certificate(s), Mark list and other relevant documents
The document file size should be less than 1 MB.
Fill up and submit the application form before the deadline

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Syllabus

Module I. Aquaculture Environment management
Module 2. Different aquaculture production systems
Module 3. Breeding and seed production
Module 4. Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, protozoan and metazoan diseases in aquaculture
Module 5. Diseases diagnosis
Module 6. Aquaculture medicine and aquatic animal health management
Module 7: Health management in different aquaculture system
Module 8. Legal procedures in aquaculture
Module 9. Field level hands on training (Three months)