From ocean to one health: a collaborative and multisectoral approach against infectious diseases and the antimicrobial resistance in aquaculture

 
 
 

PIs

Fernando Mardones, P. Universidad Católica

Edward Moore, University of Gothenburg

 
 

Participants

Bibiana Jara, Universidad de Magallanes

Pablo Cáceres, Universidad de Chile

Andrea Moreno, P. Universidad Católica

Gerard Olivar-Tost, Universidad de Aysén

Felipe Reyes, Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Francisco Salva Serra, University of Gothenburg

Olof Lindahl, Uppsala University

Francisca Córdova Bührle, P. Universidad Católica

 

Results

The main outcome of this workshop was to create an exercise of developing a One Health framework in a One Health issue as is AMR. Working in the aquaculture setting was because is a controversial area of animal production which has had to face significant diseased outbreaks and due to its context, it is always exposed to infectious diseases, for which the use of antimicrobials is necessary.

First, there was a round of presentations of each participant of the workshop in order to know the state of the art of their research activities, the field of work, and why they felt interested in that group. Then, the group did a brainstorming activity to identify some bullet topics/areas that we had to be focused on the second day. Some research questions were drafted, and the umbrella term of the workshop was analysed in depth to work on the second day. On the second day, the main methodology to apply in the discussion was “the System Thinking” to work on the AMR in aquaculture under the One Health perspective. The main group was divided into an “environment-systemic group” and in a “biological/pathogen/animal health” group. After around 90 minutes of discussion separately, we started to work together to match the ideas and work on a “transdisciplinary” result, which are the outcomes for future collaboration.