Aquaculture America 2026

February 16 - 19, 2026

Las Vegas, Nevada

Aquatic Animal Health

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Champagne 2
Chair: Timothy Bruce

  • 8:30 AM
    Abdulmalik Oladipupo

    HUMIC SUBSTANCES WITH BUTYRATE ALONE OR WITH YEAST CELL WALLS IMPROVE GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF NILE TILAPIA UNDER COINFECTION WITH Flavobacterium oreochromis AND Streptococcus agalactiae

  • 8:45 AM
    Ishini Anuththara Appuhami

    EFFECTS OF PROBIOTIC DOSE ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE, HEALTH, AND GUT MICROBIOTA OF PACIFIC WHITE SHRIMP Litopenaeus vannamei REARED IN BIOFLOC SYSTEM

  • 9:00 AM
    Mary Nia Santos

    GENOMIC INSIGHTS INTO THE ASSOCIATION OF TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM AND THE pirAB TOXIN GENES OF ACUTE HEPATOPANCREATIC NECROSIS DISEASE (AHPND)-CAUSING Vibrio spp.

  • 9:15 AM
    Adesoji Adebambo

    MORPHOMETRIC STUDIES OF Clarias gariepinus (BURCHELL, 1822) FARMED IN NON-WILD PONDS IN IBADAN, SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

  • 9:30 AM
    Lesley Clark

    PREDICT. PREVENT. PERFORM: SMARTER FISH HEALTH THROUGH BLOOD INSIGHTS

  • 9:45 AM
    Mark Braceland

    LEVERAGING MACHINE LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO OPTIMIZE STOCK RISK AND PERFORMANCE

  • 10:30 AM
    Allison Wise-Addison

    PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION WITH ANTI-VIRULENT Aeromonas hydrophila WHOLE SERUM PROTECTS CHANNEL CATFISH AGAINST MOTILE Aeromonas SEPTICEMIA

  • 10:30 AM
    Salit Suchart

    THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF PLANT EXTRACTS AGAINST Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei INFECTION IN PACIFIC WHITE SHRIMP Litopenaeus vannamei

  • 10:45 AM
    Brent Vuglar

    VIRULENCE ASSESSMENT OF Edwardsiella piscicida ISOLATES OF VARYING GENETIC GROUPS AND IN VIVO CO-INFECTION WITH Flavobacterium columnare IN NORTHERN LARGEMOUTH BASS Micropterus nigricans

  • 11:00 AM
    Krishna P. Singha

    COINFECTION DYNAMICS OF Edwardsiella piscicida AND Aeromonas veronii IN NORTHERN LARGEMOUTH BASS Micropterus nigricans

  • 11:15 AM
    Marcela Delgado

    COMBINED THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES AGAINST Pisciricketsia salmonis IN Salmo salar : EVALUATION OF THE SYNERGISTIC POTENTIAL BETWEEN FLORFENICOL AND A PHYTOGENIC ADDITIVE

  • 11:30 AM
    Marcela Delgado

    INNOVATIVE NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACHES FOR MANAGING Caligus rogercresseyi: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF ATLANTIC SALMON