Nutriad sponsored the Asia Pacific Aquaculture 2017 (APA) exhibition held recently in Malaysia. Nutriad health expert Isern Subich presented on Health Management for Profitable and Safe Aquaculture Production.

APA, organized by the World Aquaculture Society (WAS), is the biggest aquaculture exhibition in South East Asia. Nutriad sponsored the scientific session entitled “Functional Feeds for Disease Prevention.” At this session, chaired by Dr. Peter Coutteau and Prof. Dr. Rossita Shapawisurely, speakers from the industry as well as the academic sector discussed topics related to health management and farm practices in Thailand; functional feed additives to prevent fish and shrimp diseases; effects of soybean meal on tissue cholesterol status and molting relative gene expression in white shrimp as well as effects of garlic against Aeromonas hydrophila in Nile Tilapia.

“Nutriad is committed to working in the field with producers and in labs with scientists to provide practical solutions to challenges producers face," commented Dr. Peter Coutteau, Business Unit Director Aquaculture. "We feel it is important to share our knowledge and join industry professional from all over the world each day in making aquaculture production more sustainable, more efficient and more profitable.”