Tecnovit, the Aquaculture Department of FARM FAES, will hold a free online webinar on “Stress and parasitic challenges in aquaculture”  on April 21. The webinar will address nutritional solutions to cope with stress and parasitic challenges. Nutrition experts will share their thoughts on the following topics:

• Heat shock proteins (HSP) and the management of stress in aquaculture, Charles Saliva, technical consultant on stress and welfare in aquaculture.
• Host-pathogen interactions in the aquatic food production systems: Can nutraceuticals tip the balance?, Kartik Baruah, research director of Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
• Functional feeds: The new aquaculture frontier, Enric Gisbert, head of the aquaculture program of IRTA.
• Nutraceutical solutions: Why they work? Why they don’t? A case study, Joana Firmino, aquaculture PhD candidate at IRTA.

Register here.