National Workshop on ‘Antibiotic Residue Analysis in Aquatic Environment’

National Workshop on ‘Antibiotic Residue Analysis in Aquatic Environment’

The first operational workshop of the project “All India Network Project on Fish Health (AINP_FH)” was conducted during 11-12 February, 2016 at ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin.

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Dr. C.N. Ravishankar, Director, ICAR-CIFT, in his said that the project is highly relevant to the current situation as the use of antibiotics in aquaculture is increasing day by day.

Dr. K.K. Vijayan, Director,    ICAR-Central Institute Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai pointed out the importance of networking and sharing of data between institutes. He also said through combined efforts a complete database on antibiotic usage in aquaculture in India can be developed which could be used as a benchmark on antibiotic usage.

An exposure training on the extraction of antibiotic residues from aquatic samples as per standard procedure optimized in ICAR-CIFT was carried out for the benefit of the scientists and research scholars.

Twelve scientists and 12 research fellows from the participating participated in the workshop.

(Source: ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin)

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