Case Study: World Aquatic Veterinary Medical Association achieves reduced disease risk and cost-effective biosecurity with Palisade's @RISK

Reducing the Risk of Disease in Aquatic Animals Using @RISK From Palisade

The World Aquatic Veterinary Medical Association (WAVMA) needed a practical way to demonstrate biosecurity and quantify disease risk to aquaculture farmers without imposing the high costs of extensive testing. Palisade’s risk‑analysis software @RISK was adopted by WAVMA veterinarians to model disease probabilities and present complex uncertainty visually so farmers could understand and trust the results.

Using Palisade’s @RISK, vets run Monte Carlo simulations (for example, 10,000 iterations based on small sample tests such as 30 fish) to produce probability distributions and clear graphs. These outputs gave actionable risk estimates that let farmers decide whether to buy, test more, or reject stock—reducing the need for costly full‑population testing, increasing uptake of biosecurity practices, and helping safeguard farmers’ livelihoods and global aquatic stock.

World Aquatic Veterinary Medical Association

Chris Walster

Veterinary Surgeon