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RESAMA: A Network for Monitoring Health and Husbandry Practices in Aquatic Research Facilities

Authors :
Brigitte Guillet
Sophie Labrut
Massimiliano Bardotti
Frédéric Sohm
Emmanuel Leguay
Lorraine Michelet
Laurent Legendre
Emmanuel Meunier
Nicolas Keck
Animaux Modèles Aquatiques : ingéniérie GENétique (AMAGEN)
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Centre de Ressources Biologiques Xénopes
Université de Rennes (UR)
VETOFISH
LUNAM University (ONIRIS)
Laboratoire Départemental Vétérinaire de l'Hérault
Conseil Général de l'Hérault
Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay (NeuroPSI)
Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Laboratoire National de Référence de la Tuberculose
Université de Rennes 1 (UR1)
Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)
Institut des Neurosciences de Paris-Saclay (Neuro-PSI)
Source :
Zebrafish, Zebrafish, 2016, 13 Suppl 1, pp.S56-65. ⟨10.1089/zeb.2015.1199⟩, Zebrafish, Mary Ann Liebert, 2016, 13 Suppl 1, pp.S56-65. ⟨10.1089/zeb.2015.1199⟩
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2016.

Abstract

International audience; Health monitoring is a crucial aspect of the management of any research animal house. RESAMA is a network strong of 60 academic and private partners acting in France since the end of 2012. The network aims to increase awareness of animal caretakers and researchers on health management issues in facilities holding aquatic model species (zebrafish, Xenopus, medaka, Mexican tetra). To do so, each partner research facility will be visited at least once. The visiting team is composed at least of one veterinarian and one zootechnician specialized in aquatic species. The visit results in a health-monitoring assessment of the facility, which includes a sampling for histo-pathological, bacteriological, and molecular pathogen detection. During the visit, rearing practices are also reviewed through an interview of animal caretakers. However, the present report essentially focuses on the health-monitoring aspect. The ultimate goal of the project is to provide a network-wide picture of health issues in aquatic facilities. Performed in parallel, the rearing practice assessment will ultimately help to establish rational relationship between handling practices and animal health in aquatic facilities. The study is still in progress. Here, we describe the results to be drawn from an analysis of the 23 facilities that had been visited so far. We sampled 720 fish and 127 amphibians and performed a little less than 1400 individual tests.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15458547
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Zebrafish, Zebrafish, 2016, 13 Suppl 1, pp.S56-65. ⟨10.1089/zeb.2015.1199⟩, Zebrafish, Mary Ann Liebert, 2016, 13 Suppl 1, pp.S56-65. ⟨10.1089/zeb.2015.1199⟩
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....3427a99d27936b5e68ae163b8bf43b51
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1089/zeb.2015.1199⟩