{"id":2119,"date":"2017-02-03T08:50:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T22:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theveterinarian.com.au\/?p=2119"},"modified":"2017-02-07T08:57:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T22:57:25","slug":"recognition-for-carp-virus-researcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theveterinarian.com.au\/?p=2119","title":{"rendered":"Recognition for carp virus researcher"},"content":{"rendered":"\"KenMcColl_CSIRO\"<\/a>In recognition for his carp biocontrol research that resulted in the establishment of a National Carp Control Plan, the 2016 Professor Dave Choquenot Science Award for Excellence in Pest Animal Research has been awarded to Ken McColl, a Senior Research Veterinarian at CSIRO\u2019s Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong.\r\n\r\nInitially introduced into Australia in 1859, carp have been a serious invasive pest in the Murray-Darling Basin since the 1960s, following the accidental release of a strain adapted for fish farming. Because of their ability to rapidly multiply carp are known as \u2018river rabbits\u2019, and researchers consider the fish have contributed significantly to the ecological damage and degradation of Australia\u2019s rivers.\r\n\r\nAndreas Glanznig, CEO of Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre said Dr McColl\u2019s rigorous scientific observations over the past eight years had confirmed the Cyprinid herpesvirus-3 was an effective carp management option that had shown no adverse effects on other non-target species.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe\u2019re confident the carp herpesvirus only kills carp and doesn\u2019t infect, and therefore cannot affect, a wide range of non-target animals in Australia. Dr McColl\u2019s findings have resulted in the publication of eight peer-reviewed scientific articles and one book chapter, making him one of the global leaders and experts on this research topic,\u201d he said.\r\n\r\nThe newly appointed NCCP coordinator, Matt Barwick said there had been an \u2018overwhelmingly positive response\u2019 to the idea rivers could one day be clean again.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe Fisheries Research and Development Corporation responsible for delivering the National Carp Control Plan, is now going to move this research forward to understand further how the carp herpesvirus will work in our waterways,\u201d he said. In receiving the award McColl said that as a zoologist he was honoured to make an environmental difference to Australia\u2019s river systems, while as a veterinarian he was pleased there was no evidence the virus would affect other animals.\r\n\r\nAnne Layton-Bennett<\/strong>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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