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HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

Collaboration with China on fish welfare

Tildelt: kr 0,15 mill.

The main goal of the project is to establish a collaboration between Norway and Yangtze River Fisheries Institute. The institute is a key player in the conservation and research of numerous fish species from it cold and rough climate at the origin of the Yangze in Tibet to its exit in warmer temperate waters of Shanghai. The institute has significant experience in breeding, maintaining and studying many of the fish species occurring along the river. Gaining access to these species will give us unique possibilities to explore the different aspects of this application, the microbial degradation of antinutritional factors and comparison of gut incubation methods. It is our firm belief that both Norwegian and Chinese aquaculture will benefit from increased collaboration and the results produced in this application. The YRI is working towards strengthening its scientific output in international journals and are hiring bright and upcoming personnel. We have therefore chosen a young energetic female candidate for our collaboration. We would like to help her and the institute reaching their goal while establishing new methods to improve health and welfare in Atlantic salmon aquaculture. The main aim is therefore to lay foundations for a long and successful collaborative partnereship. The project will be split into 2 parts. In part one we will compare thee methods used for studying the effect of microbiota on intestinal integrity. All methods have advantages and disadvantages, but the real effects have not been compared. By comparing these methods on both Chinese and Norwegian fish species, we hope to be able to elucidate cons and pros with both methods. In teh second part we aim to establish methods for future selection of probiotic strains of bacteria that degrades antinutritional factors. If successful these could be used as ingredients in fish diets in the future.

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HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning