Onda has partnered with an aquaculture facility in Brazil to expand service offering into whiteleg shrimp. By partnering with an external facility, Onda aims to leverage its expertise in aquaculture research while benefiting from its partner’s advanced infrastructure.
Aquatic contract research organization, Onda has announced the opening of a satellite location in Brazil to expand services to include work with whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). This expansion of services will be conducted in collaboration with an aquaculture facility in Brazil, marking a pivotal step in advancing sustainable shrimp farming research globally, according to the announcement.
Shrimp is one of the fastest growing aquaculture sectors and is becoming a significant part of the ‘blue economy’. Onda points out that it’s expansion in this area through an external partner stems from a market push to provide innovative trials and testing for whiteleg shrimp. These trials aim to evaluate key performance indicators such as hatch success, growth rate, feed efficiency, survival rate and disease resistance helping the aquaculture industry build more resilient stock and sustainable practices to enhance food security and meet the growing demand for reliable seafood sources worldwide.
“After many years of development and securing reliable supply, we are very excited to expand our services in health and nutrition to include shrimp, the largest category by production in aquaculture,” says Myrna Gillis, CEO of Onda.
By partnering with an external facility, Onda aims to leverage its expertise in aquaculture research while benefiting from its partner’s advanced infrastructure. This collaboration allows Onda to design and execute trials with a species challenging to import into Canada, maintaining the quality, integrity & reliability that Onda’s clients are accustomed to. Through this partnership, the service standards that clients equate to working with Onda, such as quality customizable shrimp research trials and Onda designed models, remain available.
Onda points out it is offering this new service focused on nutrition, with growth, digestibility and palatability being the first phase of challenges available. These trials will focus on evaluating different feed formulations and ingredients to determine the impact on shrimp performance and growth rates to allow clients to enhance shrimp survival, reduce environmental impact, and improve profitability in aquaculture operations. Onda has intentions to expand into health trials at the new facility in the very near future.
