Core Area: Aquatic Animal Health

Faculty and Staff: 

Dr. Ruth Francis-Floyd
Dr. Roy Yanong
Dr. Denise Petty
Debbie Pouder

Dr. Francis-Floyd is the director of the Aquatic Animal Health Program at the College of Veterinary Medicine. Go here to visit the website:http://marinemammal.vetmed.ufl.edu/

The Fish Health Laboratory is located in the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences in Gainesville, FL, and is supervised by Dr. Petty. The laboratory offers diagnostic support to Florida aquaculture producers and assists county agents.

The Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory is located in Ruskin, FL, and is supervised by Dr. Yanong. This laboratory offers diagnostic support to Florida aquaculture producers. Go here to visit the website: http://tal.ifas.ufl.edu/

If you are a hobbyist in need of diagnostic services, you should contact a local veterinarian or make an appointment with the Zoological Medicine department in the Small Animal Clinic of the Veterinary Medical Center, University of Florida, Gainesville. The number is 352-392-4700.

To locate a veterinarian in your area who will see fish patients go here http://aquavetmed.info/

Education
Extension: For information on fish health related workshops, go here:
http://tal.ifas.ufl.edu/calendar.htm

Publications:
http://fishweb.ifas.ufl.edu/Extension/Extenspubs.htm
http://tal.ifas.ufl.edu/publications.htm

Florida Aqua News: a newsletter for aquatic animal veterinarians
Winter, 2005 - (Download pdf)
Spring, 2005 - (Download pdf)
Fall, 2005 - (Download pdf)
Winter, 2006 - (Download pdf)
Summer, 2006 - (Download pdf

Teaching:
Diseases of Warmwater Fish is an 2 week intensive introductory course to fish medicine, and is taught in even years (2008, 2010, etc.).
Advanced Fish Medicine is a 1 week intensive fish medicine course taught in odd years (2007, 2009, etc.). For more information on these courses, go here:
http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/ame/

Introduction to Fish and Aquatic Invertebrate Histological Interpretation is a semester length course offered in the fall of odd years.

The Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences offers a seminar series that occasionally includes fish health topics.