How do you introduce an entire nation to aquatic medicine? On this week's episode of Aquadocs, Dr. Carla Phillips Savage, an aquatic one health practitioner and Trinidad and Tobago's only aquatic veterinarian, describes her …
On this week's episode of Aquadocs, Dr. Christine Parker-Graham, Wildlife Veterinarian and Veterinary medical officer at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, discusses the principles of salmon medicine and how to run diagnostic s…
Do you know what a penguin chick sounds like? And how do you properly treat an oiled seabird? On this week's episode of Aquadocs, Dr. David Roberts from SANCCOB (Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Bi…
Vaccines seem to be all the rage today. But did you know that the Hawaiian monk seals are also receiving vaccines to keep their population alive? On this week's episode of Aquadocs, Dr. Michelle Barbieri from the Hawaiian Mo…
How do you artificially inseminate a shark? On this week's episode of Aquadocs, shark whisperer Dr. Rob Jones of the Aquarium Vet discusses his long-term passion for shark medicine and his novel techniques for artificial ins…
Do you know that Darwin wasn't the last scientist to study animals in the Galapagos? On this week's episode of Aquadocs, Dr. Greg Lewbart, professor of aquatic animal medicine at North Carolina State, discusses his long-time…
Toxicologists are constantly solving mysteries. Tune in this week as Dr. Robert Poppenga, a professor in the California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab at the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, h…
On this week's episode of Aquadocs, Dr. Claire Madden, a veterinarian at Sea World Australia, describes a recent case in which one of the dolphins in her care received three separate blood transfusions. Spoiler alert: the do…
Completing routine examinations and even difficult procedures relies on a strong relationship between the animal, veterinarian, and the owner/trainer/keeper. On this week's episode of Aquadocs, Ken Ramirez of Karen Pryor Cli…
On this week's episode of Aquadocs, tune in as Dr. Frédéric Chatigny from the Université de Sherbrooke describes his research on the great debate in fish medicine: do fish feel pain?
This week on Aquadocs, Dr. Hendrik Nollens from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center discusses his recent study in Veterinary Quarterly that defines baseline health parameters for dolphins. This study is particularly important b…
Laboratories and aquaculture farms don't always do their own diagnostic testing. Often they mail samples to large reference laboratories like IDEXX. Tune in this week as we speak to Dr. Marcus Crim, Senior Research and Desig…
Ever wondered how scientists assess the health of wild dolphins? On this week's episode of Aquadocs, Dr. Randall Wells describes his role as director of the Chicago Zoological Society's Sarasota Dolphin Research Program (SDR…
Thinking about an aquatic and zoological residency? Wish you could get advice from someone in a residency program? Tune in to this week's episode of Aquadocs featuring Dr. Tatiana Weisbrod, the current Aquatic Animal Medicin…
On this week's episode of Aquadocs, Christine Archer, president-elect of the Zebrafish Husbandry Association, shares her experiences working with laboratory zebrafish. Studies on these fish are at the forefront of human (and…
Every good vet student knows about cows... But what about SEA COWS? Tune in this week as we talk to Dr. Mike Walsh, a Veterinarian at the University of Florida, about Manatee health assessments. Every year, he and his collea…
Did you know there are state aquaculture veterinarians? Well actually they're pretty rare... Tune in to this week's episode of Aquadocs as Dr. Myron Kebus, Wisconsin State Aquaculture veterinarian, describes his role working…
On this week’s episode of Aquadocs, we speak with fellow podcaster Dr. Chris Parsons about his dolphin research in Hong Kong and the aquatic stories he's been telling since. Dugongs and Seadragons: https://dugongsandseadrago…
What does it look like when a sea turtle gets cancer? How does a virus cause cancer? Tune in as Dr. Annie Page-Karjian from Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute answers these questions and more on this week's episode of Aqu…
To kick off our 2021 season, Dr. Vanessa Fravel Hoard discusses her research and clinical experience with sea lions. Tune in as she describes domoic acid poisoning and why this terrible disease has led her and her colleagues…
This week on Aquadocs is Dr. Joe Gaydos from the SeaDoc Society. Listen as Dr. Gaydos discusses the Southern Resident Killer Whales in the Salish Sea, an area of Pacific Northwest Coastline, and his role in increasing knowle…
When the Leafy Seadragons at the Florida Aquarium were born with a congenital disorder that prevented them from floating, our guest, Dr. Ari Fustukjian, built custom buoyancy control devices to help them swim again.
Can you vaccinate a fish? Check out this week's episode of Aquadocs, where Dr. Roy Yanong, professor and aquaculture extension veterinarian based at the University of Florida IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Lab, describes his expe…
How do you prepare for a baby beluga? Tune in this week as Dr. Chelsea Anderson, Georgia Aquarium Associate Veterinarian, describes her experience working with beluga whale Whisper and calf Shila born in May 2020.