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Welcome to IAAAM
Upcoming Events
ACZM Board Certification Examination, University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN. Sept 18 – 20, 2009 {ACZM website}
18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Québec City, QC, Canada. October 12-16, 2009 (Website)
American College of Veterinary Pathologists 2009 Annual Meeting, Monterey Conference Center, Monterey, California. December 5-9, 2009 (Website)
Shark Reef Aquarium's Annual Aquatic Medicine Seminar, Las Vegas, NV. February 19-21, 2010. (Website)
41st Annual IAAAM Meeting and Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada. May 8 - 12, 2010 {Vancouver Aquarium Web Site}
IUCN XIth International Otter Colloquium, Pavia, Italy. September 1 - 5, 2010 {http://www.otterspecialistgroup.org/}
6th International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health, Tampa, Florida, USA. September 5 - 9, 2010 (more information)
Current IAAAM News
Fish Drug Analysis-Phish-Pharm 2008
The searchable fish pharmacokinetics database “Fish Drug Analysis-Phish-Pharm 2008” has been updated and posted on-line at: http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/ScienceResearch/ToolsResources/Phish-Pharm/default.htm .
Phish-Pharm was first released in 2005, accompanying an article in the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Journal: Fish Drug Analysis-Phish-Pharm: A Searchable Database of Pharmacokinetics Data in Fish, by R. Reimschuessel, L. Stewart, E. Squibb, K. Hirokawa, T. Brady, D. Brooks, B. Shaikh, C. Hodsdon, AAPS Journal. 2005;07(02): E288-E327, article 30, http://www.aapsj.org/view.asp?art=aapsj070230.
The database can be freely downloaded in the form of a Microsoft Office Access file in which multiple parameters can be easily searched, a stand alone Access Application or an Excel spreadsheet. In addition a 508 compliant searchable version for key words is also now available at http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/fcn/fcnNavigation.cfm?rpt=phishPharmListing.
This information in the database was gathered from over 400 articles, including data from 124 species (95 genera). Data fields include genus, species, water temperatures, the average animal weight, sample types analyzed, drug (or chemical) name, dosage, route of administration, metabolites identified, method of analysis, protein binding, clearance, volume of distribution in a central compartment (Vc) or volume of distribution at steady-state (Vd), and drug half-lives (t½). Additional fields list the citation, authors, title, and Internet links.
The document will be periodically updated, and users are invited to submit additional data. Additional updates will be announced as they are available. This database is a valuable resource to investigators of drug metabolism in aquatic species as well as government and private organizations involved in the drug approval process for aquatic species.
IAAAM Thanks all Involved with the 2009 Silent Auction
This year's student auction in San Antonio raised more than $10,000 - a record!
A huge thank you goes to Greg Lewbart, who took over all the organization at short notice, helpers Jessica Ward, Kate Freeman, Maria Serrano, Maryanne Mazzaro and, of course, Les Dalton and the very helpful SeaWorld staff. Thanks also to our donors, many of whom continue to donate generously year after year.
Let’s plan on topping this in Vancouver?!
The National Aquatic Animal Health Plan from NOAA
The National Aquatic Animal Health Plan from NOAA in collaboration with USDA and FWS will be published soon in the Federal Register soon for public comment. Basically, when finalized this plan will provide a framework for how the federal government will address infectious diseases that affect the health of aquatic animals including finfish, crustaceans, and mollusks. The primary objectives of the NAAHP would be to facilitate the legal and safe commerce of live aquatic animals and their products; protect the health of wild and farmed aquatic animals; ensure the availability of diagnostic, inspection, and certification services; and minimize the impacts of diseases when they occur in farmed or wild aquatic animals.
FREE TRIAL SUBSCRIPTION TO MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE
The publishers of Marine Mammal Science are offering a free trial subscription. The online trial is easy to utilize by following this link www.interscience.wiley.com/trial/mms and registering on Wiley InterScience, if you have not already done so. After registration, you will have full access to all content published in Marine Mammal Science for the next 30 days.
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