Aquaculture at IHA

Torsk i kar Foto: Hans Magnus Gjøen

IHA is still developing as an aquaculture centre, and has recently been strengthened by the co-localisation of three centres, Center for Feed Technology, Aquaculture Protein Centre and Centre for Integrative Genetics.

IHA covers the following areas within aquaculture;

Breeding, genetics and genome analysis.
(Contact Hans Magnus Gjøen)
- Simulation models for optimisation of breeding schemes
- Applied breeding programs in many species, e.g. salmon, tilapia
- Theoretical development of statistical models for genetic analysis, e.g. QTLs
- Functional genomics (including mapping of complex traits)
Ethology
- Stress in context of both physiological and genetic models – including a unique high- and low-line of rainbow trout selected for cortisol response to stress
Feed and nutrition
- New and alternative feed sources for aquaculture production
- Development of new techniques for fish nutrition research
Feed manufacturing (Contact Birger Svihus)
- Effect of process conditions and ingredients in the production of all types of fish feed.
Health (Contact Ragnar Salte)
- Disease mechanisms
- The pathophysiology of circulation (salmonids)
- Where epidemiology and genetics meet (salmonids, carps, shrimp
Product quality (Contact Magny Thomassen)
- Lipid metabolism and quality of salmon, cod and halibut
- Handling, stress, feeding and chilling in relation to rigor development and quality of salmon
- Use of Computer assisted Tomography (CT) in fish quality determinations
- Feed additives and cod quality
Tropical aquaculture (Contact Hans Magnus Gjøen)
- Special focus on tilapia production

Publisert: 14.04.07
Oppdatert: 20.03.13
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Institutt for husdyr- og akvakulturvitenskap

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