Centre for Agricultural Sciences Aquaculture Department Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC

UFSC Florianópolis ~ 400,000

UFSC numbers Since 1960Since undergraduate majors65 undergraduate majors 51 Master Programs51 Master Programs 36 Doctoral Programs36 Doctoral Programs 25,737 undergrad students -1,632 lecturers - 1,313Dr.25,737 undergrad students -1,632 lecturers - 1,313Dr. 11 centres11 centres –Biology, Education, Economics, Comunication, Sports, Health, Technology, Law, Phylosophy, Math & Physics, Agriculture

Undergraduate level –Aquaculture Engeneering 60 students/yr one mandatory course on Aquaculture Nutrition 4h/wk AQUACULTURE RELATED MAJORS

Graduate level –Aquaculture Graduate Program 2 courses on Nutrition/yr AQUACULTURE RELATED MAJORS

AQUACULTURE GRADUATE PROGRAM AT UFSC started in Master program started in Master program 226 Master Thesis 226 Master Thesis currently ~40 students PhD program started in June 2005 PhD program started in June PhD dissertations currently ~22 students

AQUACULTURE GRADUATE PROGRAM AT UFSC Research areas Aquatic Resources Management & Conservation Aquatic Resources Management & Conservation Health Management and Pathology Health Management and Pathology Broodstock and Larviculture Broodstock and Larviculture Production Technology Production Technology Nutrition and Feeding Nutrition and Feeding

UFSC Agri Science Campus Administration Classrooms and teaching labs Pathology and Diagnostic Lab AQUACULTURE GRADUATE PROGRAM AT UFSC FACILITIES UFSC main campus UFSC main campus Supporting research labs Immunology, ecotoxicology, enzymologyImmunology, ecotoxicology, enzymology

Mariculture Station at Barra da Lagoa Shrimp Lab and Yakult experimental farm Molusck Lab Marine Fish Lab AQUACULTURE GRADUATE PROGRAM AT UFSC FACILITIES

Freshwater Lab at “Lagoa do Peri” LAPAD – Freshwater Fish Biology and Husbandry Lab AQUACULTURE GRADUATE PROGRAM AT UFSC FACILITIES

Municipal Park - Lagoa do Peri - Preservation area Peri’s Lagoon Atlantic ocean

NUTRITION LAB FACILITIES Proximal analyses –feed and body composition –crude protein, fat, fiber –moisture &ash –phosphorus Feed preparation –small scale

New equipment for lab analyses NUTRITION LAB FACILITIES

New equipment for feed preparation –experimental feed manufacture line –40 kg/h extruder, mixer, dryer, etc

- two 300 m 2 rooms - 3 independent 6000-L freshwater recirculating systems - 36-tank modules for growth trials 20 L,100 L, 130 L, 250L, 1000L NUTRITION LAB FACILITIES

Faeces collection system – digestibility trials Eight 200-L tanks

Nutr Lab Team 1 full time Professor 3 posdocs 3 posdocs 4 PhD students 4 PhD students 6 Master students 6 Master students 3 undergraduate trainees 3 undergraduate trainees

Establishment of nutritional requirements for native speciesEstablishment of nutritional requirements for native species –Piracanjuba Brycon orbygnianus –Dourado Salminus brasiliensis –Jundiá Rhamdia quelen RESEARCH

Evaluation of ingredient and feed digestibilityEvaluation of ingredient and feed digestibility –Channel catfish –Rainbow trout –Nile tilapia –Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei –Jundiá RESEARCH

Jundiá - omnivoreJundiá - omnivore –Protein requirement and E:P ratio Aquaculture 240: , 2004 –Amino acid requirements JWAS 37: , 2006 –CHO:Lipid ratio Aquac Res accepted 2009 –Evaluation of feed ingredient digestibility Braz J An Sci 35: ONGOING STUDIES –Fatty acid requirement wild x farmed dose-response resistance to infection –CHO digestibility sources (roots, grains) soluble x unsoluble fiber STUDIES

Dourado - carnivoreDourado - carnivore –Protein requirement Acta Scientiarum –Larvae digestive enzyme activity Aquaculture 252: STUDIES Days after hatching Acid proteases Alcaline proteases

Piracanjuba – omnivorePiracanjuba – omnivore - Energy req CHO:L ratio Aquac Nutrition 12: Channel catfish & rainbow troutChannel catfish & rainbow trout –Local feed manufacturer grant - R&D –Formulation review & amino acid digestibility of local ingredients –Form rev & ingr evaluation to lower P content –Farmers association (extension) – production certification White Pacific shrimp – omnivoreWhite Pacific shrimp – omnivore - Probiotic evaluation - digestibility studies STUDIES

Nile tilapia - omnivoreNile tilapia - omnivore –Commercial feed evaluation Rev Cien Agron in press 2009 –Evaluation of probiotics Lactobacillus plantarum on feed Saccaromyces cerevisae in water Growth, feed conversion, digestibility & resistance to infection ONGOING STUDIES –CHO digestibility sources (roots, grains) soluble x unsoluble fiber STUDIES

COLLABORATION INTERESTS Local protein-rich ingredientsLocal protein-rich ingredients –poultry by-product meal –fish waste processing meal Optimizing aquafeed manufacturingOptimizing aquafeed manufacturing –extrusion Comparative studies on CHO digestionComparative studies on CHO digestion –omnivores x carnivores Cobia nutrition and feedingCobia nutrition and feeding

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