Do you know the true cost of aquaculture diseases?

With production growing across aquaculture species the industry is having to deal with an “invasion of pathogens,” said Andy Shinn, director of Fish Vet Group Asia, during the World Nutrition Forum hosted last week in Cape Town by animal health and nutrition company Biomin.

"Some diseases go unnoticed or are not a priority when prices are high and they don't cause mortalities, but the miscalculations are contributing to millions in losses," said Shinn, who has 30 years of experience in aquatic parasitology and aquatic animal health.