IMAQulate Project
| Section 1: Project details | |
| Project Title | Evaluating Costs and Benefits of Prophylactic Health Products and Novel Alternatives on Smallholder Aquaculture Farmers In Asia and Africa (IMAQulate) |
| BBSRC Grant Reference | BB/N005082/1 |
| Grant Amount | £101,628.72 |
| UK Lead Principal Investigator: | |
| Name | Organisation |
| Francis Murray [email protected] | University of Stirling, Institute of Aquaculture (UoS) |
| Please also list all other UK and international partners working on the award: | |
| Name | Organisation |
| Dave Little [email protected] | University of Stirling (UoS) |
| Will Leschen [email protected] | University of Stirling (UoS) |
| Mahmoud Eltholth [email protected] | University of Stirling (UoS) |
| Rachel Lawrence [email protected] | Royal Veterinary College (RVC) |
| Neelima Nair [email protected] | Royal Veterinary College (RVC) |
| Rob Field [email protected] | John Innes Centre, Norwich (JIC) |
| Nathalie Juge [email protected] | Institute of Food Research, Norwich (IFR) |
| Kenton Morgan [email protected] | University of Liverpool (UoL) |
| Val Smith [email protected] | University of St. Andrews (UoSA) |
| Toms C Joseph [email protected] | Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) |
| K. Padmakumar [email protected] | Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) |
| I.S. Bright Singh [email protected] | Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) |
| Mohammad Mahafuiul Haque [email protected] | Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) |
| Rahman, Muhammad Meezanur [email protected] | WorldFish Bangladesh (WFB) |
| Ali Hazrat [email protected] | WorldFish Bangladesh (WFB) |
| Ahmed Jaman [email protected] | WorldFish Bangladesh (WFB) |
| Patricia Muendo [email protected] | Machakos University (MKsU) |
| Julius Nzeve [email protected] | Machakos University (MKsU) |
| Mary Opiyo [email protected] | Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) |
Section 2: Introducation/objective |
| A collaborative research funded by BBSRC to explore the growing use of prophylactic health management products in aquaculture. With a rapidly growing demand for aquatic food products driving aquaculture towards intensification, ensuring effective fish health management has become an important challenge for sustainability of the intensification, especially, with restrictions on antibiotic use (due to their environmental impacts). Farmers are increasingly depending on prophylactic products (including prebiotics and probiotics), whose origins and efficacy are uncertain, and, the regulatory frameworks of the markets of these products are lacking . Working in three countries: India, Bangladesh and Kenya; and on four species: shrimp, tilapia, Pangasius (catfish) and carp, the project assessed existing aquatic health knowledge/practices, analysed the PHP value chain in the various countries, developed an inventory of PHP products based on microbiological assessment of active ingredients and market characteristics and assessed the efficacy/benefits of selected commercial PHPs. |
Section 3: Key outputs and impacts |
| The project: Resulted in documentation of baseline information on fish health and fish health management in Kenya (see Opiyo, M., Marijani, E., Muendo, P., Odede, R., Leschen, W. and Charo-Karisa, H. (2018) A review of aquaculture production and health management practices of farmed fish in Kenya. International Journal of Veterinary Science and Medicine 6(2): 141-148)Brought together various stakeholders (ranging from Kenyan government officers, industry, international researchers and academia) rousing interest for fish health research in Kenya and in the region. |