Health, disease and diagnosis
Recognise clinical signs, organise a diagnostic approach and select appropriate samples.
Bacterial, parasitic, viral, fungal and environment-related conditions.
Training
Practical and theoretical training in aquatic animal health, biosecurity and welfare, tailored to participants’ roles, species and facilities.
Training tailored to your facility
Each programme is designed around your context, species, facilities, participants’ experience and operational objectives.
Training may be delivered on site or remotely, as a full day, targeted module, technical session or longer programme.
Our main training topics
Modules covering the key issues in aquatic-animal health.
Biosecurity, hygiene and prevention
Limit the introduction and spread of pathogens through quarantine, flows, cleaning and disinfection.
Particularly relevant to multi-species and recirculating facilities.
Water quality and husbandry
Understand how physical and chemical parameters affect aquatic-animal health.
Connect clinical observations with housing conditions and risk factors.
Handling, anaesthesia and procedures
Develop good practice in handling, restraint, anaesthesia, analgesia, euthanasia and sampling.
Content is adapted to farmed, laboratory and display species.
Animal welfare and refinement
Improve housing, handling, monitoring and intervention practices.
Stress signs, welfare indicators, critical points and internal procedures.
Regulation and health organisation
Structure health monitoring, internal procedures, records and surveillance plans.
Aquaculture, research establishments, zoological facilities and public display.
Training built around your needs
Every aquatic facility has its own species, systems, health history, team organisation and regulatory constraints.
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Audience and level
Identify participant roles, prior knowledge and expectations.
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Operational needs
Review the facility context and the health or technical issues encountered.
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Learning objectives
Define the practical skills to acquire and the expected outcomes.
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Delivery format
Adapt the programme, duration and delivery method to the facility’s constraints.
Vetofish provides specialist aquatic-animal-health training for professionals working in farming, public aquariums and research facilities.
Specialist training, with funding potentially available
Vetofish designs and delivers training for aquatic-animal professionals. Courses draw on our field experience in animal health, welfare, disease prevention, biosecurity, diagnosis and the management of issues encountered in aquaculture, public aquariums and research establishments.
Content can be tailored to your team’s needs, the species concerned and your facility’s constraints, through theoretical sessions, practical workshops or on-site training.
Some courses are organised in partnership with Animal Welfare Consulting , a training provider certified under Qualiopi for the “Training actions” category. In this framework, an application for funding may be submitted to your OPCO or another funding body, subject to your eligibility and its prior approval.
Documents supplied by Vetofish
- Programme and learning objectives
- Duration, delivery arrangements and quotation
- Agreement and completion certificate
What is not guaranteed
- Automatic funding through your OPCO
- Identical eligibility for every organisation
- Approval before the funding body reviews the application
Who is it for?
Training is intended for technical teams, animal-care staff, veterinarians, biologists, laboratory personnel, fish farmers and health or quality managers.
Content is adjusted from introductory level to advanced specialist training.
Frequently asked questions +
Is training tailored to our needs?+
Yes. Programmes are adapted to species, facilities, participant roles, initial knowledge and the practical skills required.
Can training be delivered at our facility?+
Yes. On-site delivery can use the facility and its procedures as teaching material. Some theoretical modules can also be delivered remotely.
Can courses include practical exercises?+
Yes, where facilities, regulations and animal-welfare considerations allow. Exercises may cover observation, sampling, water quality, biosecurity or case analysis.
How many people can attend?+
This depends on the subject and practical content. Small groups are preferred for technical workshops, while theoretical modules may accommodate more participants.
Is training funding available?+
Some courses can be organised within a framework compatible with French Qualiopi requirements. Eligibility for skills funding depends on the organisation and funder rules.
Planning training for your team?
Let’s define the audience, objectives and most suitable format.
Our sectors
Explore the sectors where Vetofish adapts its veterinary expertise to each organisation.
Aquaculture
Veterinary support for aquaculture facilities, combining prevention, diagnostics, biosecurity and health monitoring to control risks and protect stocks.
- Health monitoring
- Diagnosis and treatment
- Biosecurity
Public aquariums
Veterinary support for public aquariums covering prevention, collection welfare, clinical care, biosecurity and practical guidance for animal-care teams.
- Aquatic collections
- Quarantine
- Regulatory support
Environment
Veterinary expertise for wild aquatic animals, supporting health surveillance, conservation, sampling programmes and environmental research.
- Studies and monitoring
- Scientific fishing
- Transfers and rescue
Research
Veterinary support for research facilities using aquatic animals, covering health monitoring, welfare, protocols and biosecurity within scientific programmes.
- Animal health
- Animal welfare
- Biosecurity