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Nutriad has strong presence at APA conference

This year Nutriad selected The 2016 APA (Asia Pacific Aquaculture) convention as its platform for organizing a number of technical seminars for its aqua distributors and customers. "These seminars provide an excellent opportunity to our central and regional aqua team as well as our partners and customers in APAC to learn about current market developments and new findings."

May 19, 2016

This year Nutriad selected The 2016 APA (Asia Pacific Aquaculture) convention as its platform for organizing a number of technical seminars for its aqua distributors and customers. “These seminars provide an excellent opportunity to our central and regional aqua team as well as our partners and customers in APAC to learn about current market developments and new findings regarding the application of our functional feed additives for fish and shrimp,” stated Dr. Peter Coutteau, Nutriad Business Unit Director Aquaculture.

The customer event, upon invitation only, featured product and trial updates presented by Nutriad’s product managers on aquaculture health and nutrition. Invited speaker Dr. Kathy Tang from the Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory of The University of Arizona, USA gave an update on emerging shrimp diseases in Asia including Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND), Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) and White Feces Syndrome (WFS).

At the scientific WAS conference, Nutriad gave two presentations. Alexander van Halteren, Business Development Manager Aquaculture Nutrition, talked on “Cost efficient replacement of essential Lipids (Cholesterol, n-3 Hufa and Phospholipids) in practical grow out diets for white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) using different sources of purified bile salts.” Maria Mercè Isern Subich DVM, Business Development Manager Aquaculture Health, lectured on “The effect of a gut health modulator on productivity and profitability of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in cage farming.”

Who is Nutriad?

Nutriad is an industry leading specialist in the development, manufacture and marketing of animal and aqua feed additives worldwide. Headquartered in Belgium, Nutriad delivers products and services to over 80 countries worldwide.