Aquaculture America 2026

February 16 - 19, 2026

Las Vegas, Nevada

Finfish Diseases

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM Champagne 2
Chair: Laura Hoberecht

  • 1:30 PM
    Elimane Lo

    MEASURES FOR THE PREVENTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF FISH IN FISH FARMING

  • 1:45 PM
    Marie Tan

    ENCAPSULATED VACCINE DELIVERY FOR WARMWATER FISH SPECIES

  • 2:00 PM
    Sophia Okoh

    DETERMINING SHELF LIFE OF FLORFENICOL (AQUAFLOR) AND OXYTETRACYCLINE (TERRAMYCIN) IN COMMERCIAL AQUACULTURE FEEDS

  • 2:00 PM
    Vitor Silva

    SINGLE-CELL TRANSCRIPTOMICS REVEAL BETA-GLUCAN–INDUCED IMMUNE MODULATION IN HYBRID CATFISH Ictalurus punctatus × I. furcatus

  • 2:15 PM
    Sujita Balami

    IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL LIVE-ATTENUATED VACCINE CANDIDATES AGAINST Edwardsiella piscicida IN CATFISH

  • 2:30 PM
    Marco Belo

    IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGICAL STUDY OF ORAL TREATMENT WITH Artemisia annua, ARTEMISININ, AND ARTEMETHER IN NILE TILAPIA DURING INFECTION BY Aeromonas hydrophila

  • 2:45 PM
    Sujita Balami

    EVALUATING AN ORALLY DELIVERED BIVALENT VACCINE AGAINST EDWARDSIELLOSIS IN CHANNEL CATFISH Ictalurus punctatus WITH b-GLUCAN SUPPLEMENTATION

  • 3:00 PM
    Kaitlyn O'Neil

    EFFICACY OF AQUI-S®20-E (10% EUGENOL) TO LIGHTLY SEDATE FOUR SPECIES OF FRESHWATER AND MARINE WARMWATER FINFISH AT PRACTICAL LOADING DENSITIES FOR DURATIONS UP TO 5 HOURS

  • 3:15 PM
    Connor Schwepe

    MITIGATION OF BACTERIAL COLDWATER DISEASE IN SALMONIDS: ONGOING EFFORTS AT IMPLEMENTING HATCHERY SCALE PROTOCOLS

  • 3:30 PM
    Yogesh Chander

    CHROMALAMP: A NOVEL MOLECULAR TOOL FOR RAPID DETECTION OF FISH PATHOGENS

  • 3:45 PM
    Joe Tomasso

    AN EVALUATION OF THE VETSCAN 2 (ABAXIS, INC.) BLOOD ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR USE WITH CHANNEL CATFISH Ictalurus punctatus SERUM

  • 4:00 PM
    Amanda Jones

    DIETARY INCLUSION OF BLACK SOLDIER FLY LARVAE REARED ON DIVERSE FISH BY-PRODUCT SUBSTRATES IMPROVES GROWTH AND DISEASE OUTCOMES IN HYBRID STRIPED BASS CHALLENGED WITH Streptococcus iniae

  • 4:15 PM
    Ozgur Erdogan

    THE IMPACT OF SALINIZATION GRADIENT ON GENOME-WIDE EXPRESSION DYNAMICS IN Aeromonas hydrophila

  • 4:30 PM
    Marcela Delgado

    EVALUATION OF FRESHWATER IMMERSION TREATMENTS FOR FUNGAL AND FLAVOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS IN FISH: A WELFARE PERSPECTIVE

  • 4:45 PM
    Marcela Delgado

    EVALUATION OF A BOTANICAL FORMULATION AS AN IMMUNOPROTECTIVE AND ANTIMICROBIAL STRATEGY IN Salmo salar CHALLENGED WITH Piscirickettsia salmonis