Dr. Nick Saint-Erne's presentation at the E-Aquarium Conference 2020 discussing some of the most common parasite in the aquarium and their treatments.

Dr. Nick Saint-Erne is passionate about pets, exotic animals, and aquatic veterinary medicine. He has over 35 years of experience in treating dogs, cats, rabbits, rodents, ferrets, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and other exotic animals.

Dr. Nick attended the AQUAVET Program at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA in 1982. In 1984 he received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Kansas State University.

Dr. Nick has worked in veterinary hospitals treating a variety of animals, including zoo animals and exotic pets. He was one of the first group of veterinarians certified as an Aquatic Veterinarian by the World Aquatic Veterinary Medical Association, and in 2017 was designated as a Distinguished Fellow of WAVMA. In addition to Dr. Nick’s veterinary work, he has been involved in the pet industry as a technical writer for the training materials and customer pet care handouts for a major pet store chain. He has worked with the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in drafting programs to improve the care of pets in pet stores and to reduce the risk of spreading zoonotic diseases that people could catch from their pets.

Dr. Nick lectures worldwide on animal care topics for veterinarians, the aquaculture industry, and pet owners. He also teaches classes on Exotic Pet and Aquatic Animal Medicine to veterinary students at Midwestern University College of Veterinary Medicine.