Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0556780

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0556780

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Phylogeny and radiation of flatworm ectoparasites from marine fish using morphology and genetics, with novel approaches to identify pathogenic species. Fish flukes (flatworm parasites) with direct lifecycles can weaken and kill captive fish and threaten lucrative industries like finfish aquaculture and public aquaria in Australia and globally. Traditional approaches and molecular techniques will identify monogenean flukes in a family containing known pathogenic species distributed worldwide. Knowledge of fish disease is paramount for quarantine, risk assessments for import/export and for managing pathogen outbreaks in aquaculture. Benefits include: economic/social improvements in regional/rural Australia where fish farms are expanding; international excellence and core research training in fish parasitology; profitable, exportable expertise; knowledge of endemic and shared pathogens.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2005

End Date: 12-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $220,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Pests And Diseases | Aquaculture | Animal Systematics, Taxonomy And Phylogeny | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Aquaculture | Control of pests and exotic species | Biological sciences |

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