by
Professor Simon Davies, Nutrition Editor, International Aquafeed
The aquaculture industry embraces so many disciplines and is reliant on a vast array of technologies in the biosciences to advances in technology and engineering. It is obvious that large trade shows and industrial events will form an important gateway for the meeting of stakeholders such as academics, commercial agents, technologists and those in the feed and health sectors particularly. These meetings can be transformative and greatly contribute to joint ventures and lucrative trade agreements.
Such was my experience last month in a most dynamic setting at the VIV Asia
2019 event I held in Bangkok, Thailand. It was an excellent opportunity to meet
with the industry face on and meet up with so many past friends and to make new
acquaintances. It was a very large venue and after a long 13-hour flight worth
it all to see the many stands and exhibits from many countries making it really
an international venue.
I cannot do justice to the many companies attending but suffice to say that this reflected the wider animal production industry with a strong emphasis on pig, poultry production as well as many examples of products for aquaculture. It was a goldmine for IAF considering our new incorporation of fish farming technology as well as our long-standing expertise in reporting developments in feeds and nutrition of fish and crustaceans.
The aquafeed area has many new opportunities to advance and I was delighted by the increased awareness that feed enzymes could play a major role to this effect. Many companies have excellent products at hand, and I was impressed by the display of products at VIV Asia available for mono-gastric animal production that seem to work so well for poultry and pigs.
We have challenges for fish due to the effects of extrusion on the thermolabile nature of many enzymes but I am assured that much is being done to develop more robust and stable enzymes such as xylanases and hemicellulases, mixed function proteases and specific phytases that can greatly enhance the efficacy of plant based ingredients of low fishmeal formulations.
Read more HERE.
The aquaculture industry embraces so many disciplines and is reliant on a vast array of technologies in the biosciences to advances in technology and engineering. It is obvious that large trade shows and industrial events will form an important gateway for the meeting of stakeholders such as academics, commercial agents, technologists and those in the feed and health sectors particularly. These meetings can be transformative and greatly contribute to joint ventures and lucrative trade agreements.
I cannot do justice to the many companies attending but suffice to say that this reflected the wider animal production industry with a strong emphasis on pig, poultry production as well as many examples of products for aquaculture. It was a goldmine for IAF considering our new incorporation of fish farming technology as well as our long-standing expertise in reporting developments in feeds and nutrition of fish and crustaceans.
The aquafeed area has many new opportunities to advance and I was delighted by the increased awareness that feed enzymes could play a major role to this effect. Many companies have excellent products at hand, and I was impressed by the display of products at VIV Asia available for mono-gastric animal production that seem to work so well for poultry and pigs.
We have challenges for fish due to the effects of extrusion on the thermolabile nature of many enzymes but I am assured that much is being done to develop more robust and stable enzymes such as xylanases and hemicellulases, mixed function proteases and specific phytases that can greatly enhance the efficacy of plant based ingredients of low fishmeal formulations.
Read more HERE.
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