The SCOFDA Network and its associated Ph.D. school focus on fish diseases in aquaculture. Various research projects will examine topics such as immuno-prophylaxis, control of bacterial infections, breeding of fish for better growth and disease resistance, management of fish diseases and the impact of allochemicals in fish production. SCOFDA will arrange a number of Ph.D. courses on topics such as the diagnosis and control of diseases in fish cultures; viral, bacterial and parasitic diseases; host response mechanisms; interactions between pathogens in fish; and chemicals in aquaculture enterprises and their environmental impact. A number of workshops will deal with fish immunology and disease problems in aquaculture.
The head of SCOFDA is Professor Kurt Buchmann, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, e-mail: