UAB Zebrafish Husbandry Education Online Course, Fall 2020

Sponsored by: Zebrafish Husbandry Association (ZHA) and University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

Offering: This course offers 60 contact hours and 6.0 continuing education units (CEU) from UAB.

Taught by: The Zebrafish Husbandry Education Team of ZHA

Cost: $450 per person

Dates: Aug 03, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020

Content:

Designed for technicians, scientists, & others working with zebrafish in research

Up-to-date curriculum created, reviewed, and presented by leaders working in zebrafish husbandry, aquaculture, laboratory animal science, and veterinary sciences

Coursework available on any computer or mobile device with an internet connection

- Each video session will be online for 4 weeks to accommodate time differences

- Two new sessions come online each week

- Each session includes PDF notes and a transcript to assist in learning

- Each session is followed by an online quiz

- Achieving a score of at least 80% on all quizzes and completion of a course evaluation results in a Certificate of Completion

The course contains 28 presentations on these topics:

• Basic Fish Biology

• Introduction to Zebrafish

• Introduction to Water Quality

• Making Water

• Temperature

• pH

• Salinity, Alkalinity, and Hardness

• Dissolved Gases

• Nitrogenous Wastes

• Mechanical Filtration

• Biological Filtration

• UV Sterilizers

• Maintenance and Troubleshooting

• Emergency Procedures and Preparation

• Spawning Techniques

For registration, please follow this link: https://prostudies.uab.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=4607518

For More Information Contact:

Dr. Susan Farmer at sfarmer@uab.edu

Mr. Erik Sanders at aquaticslabservices@icloud.com