On this week's episode of Aquadocs, Host Michelle Greenfield interviews Dr. Roy Yanong and Dr. Hugh Mitchell, members of the executive board of the AAFV (American Association of Fish Veterinarians). Tune in as we discuss the history of developing this organization and the incredible progress we have made for fish veterinarians at large. (such as a credentialing program in the works).
On this week's episode of Aquadocs, host Michelle Greenfield interviews Dr. Kathleen Hartman, Senior Staff Veterinarian of Aquaculture Health at USDA APHIS, Veterinary Services. Tune in to learn about the development of the new CAHPS Program (Comprehensive Aquaculture Health Program Standards), which is a nonregulatory framework for the improvement of the health of farmed aquaculture animals to facilitate trade. While there are a number of certification programs that exist for aquaculture, this ...
Welcome to season 3 of Aquadocs! Thank you to everyone who made the previous two seasons so successful. To kick off our new season, host Michelle Greenfield interviews Dr. Alissa Deming, vice president of conservation medicine and science at Pacific Marine Mammal Center. Dr. Deming describes her day to day experience being a veterinarian for stranded marine mammals in Southern California. Tune in to learn about the process of rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing these animals. And stick aroun...
Hi everyone! I’m excited to launch season three of Aquadocs this week. From rehabbing pinnipeds, to saving over 1,000 cold stunned sea turtles, to solving the mystery of the electric eel, we’ve got lots of great stuff in store for you. Be sure to tune in every other Tuesday to stay up to date on the latest Aquadocs episodes! And as always feel free to reach out on social media (@aquadocspodcast) if you have any questions or you’d like to be featured on an episode. Thank you again for all of your...
FishTracker is a student-oriented citizen science project based at Cornell University that records and maps the presence of several species of fish, both endangered and invasive, in New York State. What is awesome about this program is that K-12 students and teachers from New York collect environmental DNA (eDNA) from water samples and send these samples to Cornell for analysis. FishTracker team members then use quantitative PCR to analyze these samples and incorporate their findings into a fish...
There are fewer than 400 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales left in the world. Human impacts, specifically entanglements in fishing gear and vessels strikes, serve as the biggest threats to the survival of this species. On This week's episode of Aquadocs Podcast, host Michelle Greenfield interviews Dr. Michael Moore, senior scientist in the biology department of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution about his long-term work with this species. Dr. Moore recently published a book tit...
On this week's episode of Aquadocs, host Michelle Greenfield interviews Dr. David Scarfe PhD, DVM, MRSSAf, CertAqV, a veterinarian and an extraordinary professor at the university of Pretoria in South Africa and Ludwig Maximilians University in Germany. Dr. Scarfe shares his experience working for the AVMA and documents his perspective of the evolution of aquatic veterinary medicine.
What's the best way to age a dolphin? Previously, veterinarians would pull a tooth and count the rings within it, just like you might try to age a tree by its rings. But a recent study by Dr. Ashley Barratclough provides an even better, simpler, and less invasive option: blood and skin! On this weeks episode of Aquadocs, host Michelle Greenfield interviews Dr. Ashley Barratclough, conservation medicine veterinarian at the National Marine Mammal Foundation about her research in Epigenetics and es...
What are the appropriate painkiller drugs you can use in fish? On this week's episode of Aquadocs, Dr. Claire Grosset, assistant professor in zoological medicine at the Université de Montréal, explains a study she recently published about using Robenacoxib, an NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) in rainbow trout. We discuss the ins and outs of this study, and whether this is a safe and practical drug to use in fish (fun fact, it's commonly used in other species like cats!). And wish Mic...
Coral are such an important species that most people probably don't even recognize need veterinary attention. On this weeks episode of Aquadocs, host Michelle Greenfield interviews Dr. Ilze Berzins, an aquatic animal veterinarian who has worked with a number of coral health issues. In particular, we focus on Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD), of which over 40 species of Atlantic coral are currently facing an unprecedented infectious epidemic. We’ll discuss why this disease is different fro...
On this weeks episode of Aquadocs, Michelle interviews Dr. Ashley Emanuele, owner of Oak City Aquatics Mobile Veterinary Service, a mobile fish practice that serves hobbyists and fish enthusiasts in North Carolina. During our conversation, we explore the value, potential and need in the hobbyist community for veterinary support. And also we discuss a case (aka showdown) she recently worked on involving a koi fish and a bobcat. Spoiler alert, the bobcat wins this one :-(.
On this weeks episode of Aquadocs, host Michelle Greenfield interviews Dr. Ryan Takeshita, Deputy Director of Conservation Medicine and Research Scientist with the National Marine Mammal Foundation about his recent paper on lower salinity levels in the gulf coast off the Mississippi River delta. Dolphins experiencing low salinity can often get skin lesions that can lead to necrotic (rotting) flesh. Tune in to this week's episode to learn more about the surprising findings from this research. The...
This week on AQUADOCS, Michelle speaks with her good friends Dr. Danielle Godard, Dr. Nicole Nietlisbach, and Willow Smith from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Fish Health Team. Fun fact, nearly all of the lakes and rivers in Wisconsin need to be stocked with fish species including Trout, Muskellunge, Walleye, and Sturgeon. In order to reduce the spread of disease between habitats, the Wisconsin DNR monitors and supports fish farms across the state.
On this week’s episode of AQUADOCS, Michelle interviews Dr. Cindy Driscoll, Maryland State Fish & Wildlife Veterinarian and instructor at the University of Maryland in College Park. Starting The MD Fish & Wildlife Health Program included terrestrial and aquatic wildlife with investigations of morbidity and mortality events of all wild animals in the state. That also involved the development of a marine mammal and sea turtle stranding network - something they don’t teach you in veterinary...
Welcome to our 2022 season to Aquadocs! We are so excited to kick things off with Dr. Sarah Churgin, veterinarian at Ocean Park in Hong Kong. In this episode, Dr. Churgin discusses the perks and challenges of practicing in a new country such as learning how to do root canals on dolphins and dealing with language barriers. We also discuss Melioidosis, a disease that can cause high fevers and potentially septicemia in dolphins in Asian countries. And stick around until the end for externship and i...
Tune in on February 1, 2022 for the launch of Aquadocs Season 2! In the meantime a huge thank you to all our listeners, check our newly launched store to get your very own Aquadocs merch, and life update - I'm engaged!!
On this final Aquadocs episode of 2021, Michelle interviews Dr. Shelly Marquardt, veterinarian at Clearwater Marine Aquarium, as a special tribute to Winter the Dolphin. Winter, one of the bottlenose dolphins at Clearwater was found in the coastal waters of Florida in 2005. She was caught in a crab trap that resulted in the loss of her tail. Over the years, her team has worked tirelessly to provide unique enrichment for her unique morphology, including a silicone tail to help with her unnatural ...
On this week's episode of Aquadocs, Michelle speaks with Dr. Jenessa Gjeltema, Assistant Professor of zoological Medicine at the UC Davis School of veterinary medicine and Head veterinarian at the Sacramento Zoo, about one of her special patients Coconut. And stick around to the end to learn about the UC Davis zoological medicine residency program.
On this week's episode of Aquadocs, Michelle interviews Dr. Paola Barato, Scientific Director and CEO of CORPAVET and FAO Consultant and professor. Dr. Barato works with groups across the developing world and especially in South America to develop sustainable aquaculture practices with the goal of ending world hunger. Episode Links: https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb5067en/ https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2017109587 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozq2rTAD_us ht...
On this week's episode of Aquadocs, Michelle joins fellow podcasters Shaun O'Loughlin, Justin Grant, and Maddie Cassidy of Aquademia Podcast hosted by Global Seafood Alliance for a discussion about seafood regulation and sustainability. And check out their episode of Aquademia featuring Michelle, which aired in July 2021.
In a world where we are constantly worried about viruses and bacteria, Dr. Whitney Greene, clinical veterinary fellow at Walt Disney World, describes a treatment that can actually use these bugs to our advantage— bacteriophage therapy (when viruses invade bacterial cells). On this week’s episode of Aquadocs, Dr. Greene tells us a story about a wonderful sea turtle and the incredible measures they took to treat and save it.
Podcasts about aquatic medicine for homework? #BestHomeworkEver! Tune in this week on Aquadocs as Dr. Heather Harris, faculty at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, explains how Aquadocs has been a critical resource for her and her students during the times of Zoom University. And stick around for amazing stories about research with Leatherback sea turtles! Dr. Harris is a wildlife veterinarian for Upwell and the NOAA Marine Turtle Program as well as an associate vet at the Marine Mammal Center. On this e...
This week on Aquadocs, Dr. Hugh Mitchell, Owner of AquaTactics Fish Health, now part of the Bimeda Animal Health family, discusses the development of fish vaccines and how important they are to the industry. He also shares his experience as a foodfish veterinarian for private, state, federal and tribal aquaculture facilities throughout the United States.
Can you believe it's already season 2 of Aquadocs! Thanks to all of our amazing supporters for getting us this far. To start us off on another incredible season, Dr. Marina Ivančić founder of ZooRadOne discusses aquatic animal diagnostic imaging. Ever wondered how to take a dolphin to a human hospital for a CT scan? Or what to look for on an ultrasound to see if a dolphin is pregnant? Well, tune in as Dr. Ivančić answers these questions and more! This is an episode you definitely don't want to m...
Have you missed Aquadocs? Well, get excited! Season 2 launches next Tuesday, October 5th. We've got lots in store for you this season. Here's a little sneak peak.
Squirting blood into a ruptured lung might sound crazy, but it is actually a very successful method for saving the lives of injured sea turtles. On our season 1 finale of Aquadocs, Dr. Shane Boylan from the South Carolina Aquarium shares how he often has to think outside the box when treating many of his aquatics patients. If you want to hear some fascinating cases and how to use fish skin for injured turtles and burn victims, this is an episode you definitely don’t want to miss!
Is it possible to monitor the health of dolphins and other cetaceans just through sound? On this week's episode of Aquadocs, Dr. Laura May-Collado, senior lecturer at the University of Vermont and research associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, discusses her research on marine mammal acoustic communication in Panama. And stick around to the end to listen to some special Aquadocs surprises!
Ever considered how salmon grow from an egg to fry to mature adult and then make it onto your plate? On this week’s episode of Aquadocs, host Michelle Greenfield interviews Dr. Nora Hickey and Dr. Katharine Onofryton, program Veterinarians at the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission about salmon aquaculture, production, and conservation. Tune in to learn about this very important food system and the role veterinarians play in ensuring both animal and human health and safety. And stick around to...
In honor of world ocean’s day, this week’s episode of Aquadocs discusses important conservation messages and how everyone has a role in making a difference in one’s community. Dr. Claire Simeone, a marine mammal veterinarian and founder of Sea Change Health, provides key insight into how to create a call to action and how to be part of the solution. And stick around to the end for some updates from this summer’s AQUAVET program. Episode Notes: New York Times story about Cronutt’s surgery: https:...
How do you introduce an entire nation to aquatic medicine? On this week's episode of Aquadocs, Dr. Carla Phillips Savage, an aquatic one health practitioner and Trinidad and Tobago's only aquatic veterinarian, describes her journey to developing an aquatic animal health program and building one of the foremost marine mammal stranding networks in the Southern Caribbean.
