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Alltech and Kochi University ink five-year alliance for fish nutrition
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Thursday, 04 July, 2013, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Japan
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fiogf49gjkf0d Alltech, one of the world's leading animal health and nutrition companies, and Japan's Kochi University have signed a five-year strategic research alliance to study yellowtail and amberjack nutrition.
“Alltech has been successfully partnering with top academic institutions in the form of research alliances throughout the world with the common goal of finding long-term solutions to the key issues facing our industry,” Karl Dawson, chief research officer, Alltech, said.
“We are very excited to work with Kochi University in researching natural ways of increasing production efficiency in the aquaculture sector, particularly since aquaculture is one of the most promising industries for growth as we look to feed an increasing global population,” he added.
This five-year agreement underscores applied research alliances as one of most valuable public-private partnerships, which create value and drive development in the Japanese aquaculture sector and beyond.
Kochi University has a cooperative agreement with the city of Konan and plans to rent a large aquaculture facility in Konan City with effect from July 2013.
The facility has 18 tanks (30cu m each) and many small tanks for smaller fish (0.25cu m, 0.5cu m, 0.8cu m and 1cu m), which provide sterile borehole seawater with a permanent temperature ranging between 16 and 28 degree Celsius.
Alltech will share its more than 33 years of high-end research in improving the meat quality of different animal species to jointly develop special nutritional diets to improve the meat quality and shelf life of amberjack and yellowtail marine water species.
Supported by Tokyo Marine University's Satoh, Alltech and Kochi University will further study the application of Aspergillus Niger extracts to reduce fish meal (FM) inclusions in yellowtail and amberjack diets.
“The Japanese aquaculture industry is facing difficulties such as low fish market prices and high feed costs. We are delighted to work with Alltech, a company who has developed unique products and effective solutions to the challenges of the aqua farming industry,” Haruhisa Fukada, associate professor, Kochi University.
“By researching the animal diet, we hope to be able to help the farmers and producers reduce their feed cost and produce healthier fish. We strongly believe that the research alliance programme will help us reinforce our contribution to the industry and further more to the whole society,” he said.
In 2012, Alltech and the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Nofima) entered a three-year strategic research alliance. Nofima is working with Alltech in the understanding of microalgae in modern feed formulations and their role in health, performance and flesh quality.
The Winchester, Kentucky-based Alltech Algae – one of the largest algae production facilities in the world – is exploring the applications of algae in animal nutrition and aquaculture.
By the close of 2013, Alltech anticipates signed research alliances with 17 academic and research institutes around the world. To date, more than a dozen alliances have been formalised.
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