Simão Zacarias is in Thailand now. He has visited partners from BIOTEC where Saengchan Senapin is based and she is the leading researcher of the project we funded which focus on “Perceptions and Attitudes towards Fish Vaccination in Thailand”. He also visited Surintorn Boonanuntanasarn from Suranaree University who will be working on a funded project focused on “Effects of stocking density and time during transportation on stress, behavioural and morphological observations and metabolic changes in Nile tilapia fry and their impact on growth performances, survival and health status through juvenile stage”.
From left to right: Assist. Prof. Dr. Ha Thanh Dong, (AIT), Dr. Saengchan Senapin, (BIOTEC), Prof Tim Flegel, (Centex Shrimp), Dr. Simao Zacarias, (University of Stirling), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Charoonroj Chotwiwatthanakun, (Mahidol University), Dr. Anuphap Prachumwat, (BIOTEC) & Dr. Pakkakul Sangsuriya, (BIOTEC). Ms Nuchjaree Pisamai, (BIOTEC), Dr. Chumporn Soowannayarn, BIOTEC
Simao gave an introductory presentation on Fish welfare at Mahidol University where BIOTEC and Mahidol staff attended
Simao meeting Surintorn Boonanuntanasarn (first from left after Simao) and some of her researcher teams (Pailin, Jen and Namtan, from Surintorn left, respectively). They discussed their welfare projects status and planning
Suranaree University Aquaculture Farm: Tilapia hatching area
Suranaree University Aquaculture Farm: Tilapia fingerling production area
Suranaree University Aquaculture Farm indoor experiment/trial area where where part of the welfare project will be implemented
Red Tilapia juveniles production at a small scale farm in Korat (Nakhon Ratchasima. The farm sources their fingerlings from the Suranaree University Hatchery