Enhance the usefulness of the system by examining the use of chip technology with fluorescent monitoring. As the research proceeds in each of these areas, it will be important to determine if industrial partners can be identified. Catfish may be too small a market to attract such a partner. However, the novelty and general applicability of the approaches should be selliing points. Economic - Diseases and food safety issues can greatly impact the value of a commodity.
Rapid diagnosis can help reduce such an impact.
Identification of an emerging problem can have an even greater impact. Such a surveillance method has the promise of allowing an industry to stay ahead of a new problem. Environmental - Early detection of disease organisms can reduce the use of various treatments. This should reduce the impact on the environment of any chemicals used as part of the treatments. Social - Food safety will benefit from the simultaneous monitoring.