Objectives of the Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory
- Perform fish health inspections of Maryland hatcheries
- Provide diagnostic evaluations for state hatcheries and private fish and shellfish producers
- Provide support to annual surveys of oysters and striped bass
- Provide assistance for surveillance of fish pathogens on the hatcheries
- Provide fish health testing to monitor the health status of fish populations for conservation projects throughout the state
Contains 5 section laboratories:
virology, bacteriology, parasitology, histology and biomolecular (PCR and qPCR).
Ammar Hanif laying out fish for processing
Ammar Hanif preparing to examine a rainbow trout during a fish health inspection
First look inside a trout fingerling during an inspection.
Aeromonas salmonicida grown of Coomassie Brilliant Blue agar.
American shad brood fish during inspection
