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[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Deakin University joins Ridley Agriproducts in CRC-P to develop nutritional solutions to future proof the Australian salmon industry. Deakin University’s Nutrition and Seafood Laboratory (NuSea.Lab) is excited to announce it will be collaborating on one of the largest aquaculture nutrition...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Aquaculture’s increasing role in delivering a high quality and nutritious product to consumers is predicated on continual industry advancement, including the development of improved feed formulations. The addition of naturally derived feed additives containing bioactive compounds has received attention due...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Two PhD students are sought for an innovative project addressing key challenges of abalone nutrition in aquaculture. The focus of the project is on advancing fundamental nutritional knowledge for this cultured species, coupled with innovative feeding and feed manufacturing technologies,...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" padding_bottom="15" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Assessing the efficacy of a novel bioactive in feeds for farmed Atlantic salmon: [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" padding_bottom="20" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Bioactive compounds are naturally occurring chemical components present in small amounts in plants and certain foods. Inclusion of bioactive compounds...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" padding_bottom="15" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Aquaculture is among the fastest growing food-production industries in the world with farmed fish now exceeding wild-capture fisheries in terms of tonnes produced. The vast majority of this growth has occurred in developing countries such as China, India and...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Deakin Ridley Aquaculture Research Initiative (DRARI) Deakin's School of Life and Environmental Sciences NuSea.Lab has teamed up with Australia's largest commercial provider of high-performance animal nutrition solutions, Ridley Corporation, to improve the quality of food available to fish in commercial farms,...