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​​Using today's technology to share information globally for the benefit of the animal world. This is not just our mission it is our passion. We believe the most effective way to benefit the animals with whom we share the planet is to share what is known.

We partner with animal organizations to record conference presentations and present those presentations here for our members and partners.

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2019 Conference Information

​​Information about the 2019 conferences we are covering or have covered.

National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association Symposium

NWRA March 5 - 9, 2019
conference videos are now available. Attendees and NWRA Members can login with the email address registered with NWRA.

Sea Otter Conservation Workshop

Seattle Aquarium hosted the Sea Otter Conservation Workshop March 29 - March 31, 2019. All licensed videos are posted unless otherwise noted on the pages.  Attendees can login with the email address registered for attendance.

Aquatic Animal Life Support Operators

AALSO March 30 - April 3, 2019
All licensed videos are posted unless otherwise noted on the pages. Attendees and AALSO members can login with the email address registered with AALSO.

Animal Behavior Management Alliance

ABMA April 7 - April 12, 2019
All licensed videos are posted unless otherwise noted on the pages. Attendees and ABMA Members can login with the email address registered with ABMA.

Cephalopod Symposium

Seattle Aquarium hosted the Cephalopod Symposium April 24-25, 2019.  All licensed videos are posted unless otherwise noted on the pages. Attendees can login with the email address registered for attendance.

Regional Aquatics Workshop

RAW May 12-17, 2019.  
We have begun posting the videos. Attendees can login with the email address registered for attendance.

Recent Conference Videos

​​These are the recent conferences we have available.

Spotlight Videos of the Month

​Wildlife Health in the
​Age of the Anthropocene

Sharon L. Deem, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACZM,
Saint Louis Zoo

Wildlife Health in the
​Age of the Anthropocene

Sharon L. Deem, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACZM,
Saint Louis Zoo

Sharon L. Deem, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACZM. Dr. Deem is the Director of the Saint Louis Zoo Institute for Conservation Medicine (ICM) (https://www.stlzoo.org/conservation/institute-for-conservation-medicine). A wildlife veterinarian and epidemiologist, Dr. Deem is a leader in conservation medicine / One Health. She holds a DVM from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine and a PhD in veterinary epidemiology from the University of Florida. She completed a 3-year Zoo and Wildlife Medicine Residency at the University of Florida, becoming board-certified in the American College of Zoological Medicine following her residency. Before joining the Saint Louis Zoo, Dr. Deem worked for the Wildlife Conservation Society and Smithsonian National Zoo as both a clinical zoo veterinarian and an international wildlife veterinarian. During her first three years with the Saint Louis Zoo, Dr. Deem lived and worked in the Galapagos Islands, where she served as the veterinary epidemiologist for the Zoo’s WildCare Institute Center for Avian Health in the Galapagos. Dr. Deem returned to St Louis in 2010 and since that time, she has been conducting conservation medicine / One Health programs globally, while training the next generation One Health practitioners. Dr. Deem brings years of experience to One Health from her work with zoos, universities, and field-based conservation projects. Her first textbook, “Introduction to One Health: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Planetary Health,” which she co-wrote with Drs. Kelly Lane-deGraaf and Elizabeth Rayhel, was published in January 2019. You can follow her on Twitter @deemsharon.

​Challenges of Microbial Monitoring in an Open System Aquarium

Emma Fiori,
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Challenges of Microbial Monitoring in an
Open System Aquarium

Emma Fiori,
Monterey Bay Aquarium
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The Monterey Bay Aquarium (MBA) has a robust microbiology program that focuses not only on meeting aquarium and marine regulations but also finding better ways to maintain healthy systems inside the walls. Because of MBA’s location in a National Marine Sanctuary and the Pacific Grove Area of Special Biological Significance, it is also of critical importance that health and management considerations include the Monterey Bay, from which we draw and return approximately 1,500 gallons of seawater per minute. Multi-level treatment systems ensure that water discharged back into Monterey Bay is cleaned of any hitchhikers from the aquarium, and these systems must be monitored for compliance and equipment maintenance. Meanwhile to manage the ecosystem within our walls, we utilize such processes as fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) testing for both human and animal health in systems free from human sewage input (on which standard FIB regulations are based), FIB testing in an outdoor, semi-enclosed tide pool in which children are provided a SCUBA experience, and research processes (including genetic and molecular analyses) to deal with toxic algal blooms in the bay which can be brought into the aquarium via the seawater intake pipes. Our microbial testing also extends to air breathers like birds and sea turtles which are particularly sensitive to fungal infections. Alongside all of this, changing regulations and updated research must constantly be incorporated into protocols and data analysis to ensure that MBA maintains its reputation for cutting-edge and applicable science in the aquarium industry and beyond.