Pre-KHVD Symposium Meeting

KHVD is an acronym of koi herpesvirus disease. The Pre-KHVD Symposium Meeting was organized by the Aquaculture Department of Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD) at the Conference Room of the Fisheries Research Agency of Japan (FRA) in Yokohama, Japan on 12 March 2004 as a satellite meeting of the International Symposium on Koi Herpesvirus Disease. 

Participants to this meeting were nine scientists from the SEAFDEC member countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) and three scientists from the SEAFDEC/AQD. Attendance of 11 scientists from Southeast Asia (excluding Thailand) at the meeting was funded by the Regional Fish Disease Project which was supported by the Government of Japan (GOJ) Trust Fund. The participants were: Srun Lim Song (Cambodia); Agus Sunarto (Indonesia); Chintana Chanthavisouk (Lao PDR); Azilah bte Abdullah (Malaysia); Daw Myat Myat Htwe (Myanmar); Joselito R. Sogma (Philippines); Ling Kai Huat (Singapore); Somkiat Kanchanakhan (Thailand); Tran Thi Kim Chi (Vietnam); Rolando R. Platon, Gilda D. Lio-Po and Kazuya Nagasawa (SEAFDEC/AQD). 

The participants from the SEAFDEC member countries reported on the current status of KHV disease, fish disease quarantine and surveillance in their respective countries. The program of the meeting follows:

Program of Pre-KHVD Symposium Meeting
12 March 2004, Yokohama, Japan 

13:00-13:10 Opening of the meeting and explanation of the purpose of the meeting
(Kazuya Nagasawa, SEAFDEC/AQD)

13:10-14:10 Country reports (part 1) - Current status of koi herpesvirus disease in Southeast Asia (Moderator: Kazuya Nagasawa, SEAFDEC/AQD)

1. Indonesia (Agus Sunarto, Fish Health Research Laboratory)
2. Singapore (Ling Kai Huat, Aquaculture Service Center)
3. Thailand (Somkiat Kanchanakhan, Aquatic Animal Health Research Institute)
4. Philippines (Joselito R. Sogma, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources)
5. Malaysia (Azila bte Abulla, National Fish Health Research Centre)
6. Myanmar (Daw Myat Myat Htwe, Department of Fisheries)
7. Cambodia (Srun Lim Song, Inland Fisheries and Development Institute)
8. Lao PDR (Chintana Chanthavisouk, National Animal Health Center)
9. Vietnam (Tran Thi Kim Chi, Department of Environmental and Disease Research)

14:10-14:30 Break

14:30-16:00 Country reports (part 2) - Current status of fish disease quarantine and surveillance in Southeast Asia (Moderator: Gilda D. Lio-Po, SEAFDEC/AQD)

1. Indonesia (Agus Sunarto, Fish Health Research Laboratory)
2. Singapore (Ling Kai Huat, Aquaculture Service Center)
3. Thailand (Somkiat Kanchanakhan, Aquatic Animal Health Research Institute)
4. Philippines (Joselito R. Sogma, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources)
5. Malaysia (Azila bte Abulla, National Fish Health Research Centre)
6. Myanmar (Daw Myat Myat Htwe, Department of Fisheries)
7. Cambodia (Srun Lim Song, Inland Fisheries and Development Institute)
8. Lao PDR (Chintana Chanthavisouk, National Animal Health Center)
9. Vietnam (Tran Thi Kim Chi, Department of Environmental and Disease Research)

16:00-16:50 Discussion/overview (Moderator: Gilda D. Lio-Po, SEAFDEC/AQD)

16:50-17:00 Closing remarks (Kazuya Nagasawa, SEAFDEC/AQD)