NEWS 98 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE September 2023 Scientific understanding of the benefits of essential fatty acids in fish nutrition is developing fast, but the implications for commercial salmon farming proved hard to define, until now. A new partnership between Veramaris and Manolin enabled the use of big data in commercial aquaculture conditions for the first time, with the aim of gaining insights into Omega-3 (EPA & DHA) levels in commercial aquafeed and the effects upon fish performance, quality, health and welfare. Earlier this year, Veramaris recruited Manolin’s experts to conduct research and analyze anonymously provided feed and farm data. Through its innovative ‘Harpoon’ aquaculture research data intelligence platform, Manolin conducted a focused study analyzing data from most Norwegian production zones to provide insights into the impact of dietary EPA & DHA levels on farmed salmon performance. “Our platform has collected data from more than 900 generations of farm salmon, producing insights for the aquaculture industry and demonstrating the immense potential of leveraging data intelligence in aquaculture research. In addition, our anonymous and unbiased data is well-placed for industry collaborations such as this one with Veramaris,” said Tony Chen, CEO of Manolin. Veramaris has been assisting farmers make the most of its new algal oil Omega-3 product by resetting omega nutrition specifications in feed to improve farm productivity. “We started by studying performance in research conditions before progressing to individual commercial farm sites, but the study allows us to go so much deeper than this,” said Ian Carr, Senior Director for Global Business Development at Veramaris. Read more>> Veramaris and Manolin partnership reveals benefits of optimum omega nutrition Ginkgo Bioworks, which is building the leading horizontal platform for cell programming and biosecurity, and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), a leading organization on One Health approaches, announced that they entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the intent to collaborate on pandemic surveillance work. The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is a global research partnership for a food-secure future dedicated to transforming food, land, and water systems in the climate crisis. Through its ILRI research institute, CGIAR works to improve food and nutritional security and reduce poverty in developing countries while ensuring better lives through livestock cultivation. ILRI plans to work closely with Ginkgo's biosecurity and public health unit, Concentric by Ginkgo, to identify and mitigate pathogens and diseases that originate in animals and livestock. As part of this agreement, Concentric and ILRI/ CGIAR aim to develop a joint biosurveillance and pathogen testing program. They will begin with a pilot phase designed to utilize wastewater testing focused on key pathogens and antimicrobial-resistant genes through passive monitoring systems beginning in Nairobi, Kenya. "Zoonotic spillover events have been responsible for over half of novel epidemic diseases in recent decades," said Matt McKnight, General Manager, of BiosecuGinkgo and ILRI collaborate on pathogen surveillance among livestock
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