Reference number : 172-2018-2019-Q3-916911, amendment number : , agreement type : C, recipient legal name : RPS Biologiques Inc., recipient country : CA, recipient province : PE, recipient city : Charlottetown|Charlottetown, recipient postal code : C1A 3H4, program name english : Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms, program name french : Programme d’aide à la recherche industrielle – Contributions aux entreprises, program purpose english : The purpose of IRAP Contributions to Firms is to support research, development, adoption and/or adaptation of innovative or technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada up to their commercialization, program purpose french : Le PARI, par le biais des Contributions aux entreprises, vise à appuyer la recherche, le développement, l’adaptation et/ou l’adoption au Canada de produits, de services ou de processus novateurs ou axés sur des technologies nouvelles ou améliorées, et ce jusqu’à leur commercialisation, agreement title english : Pilot Study to Assess Efficacy and Safety of a Novel Bath/Wash Treatment Against Sea Lice, agreement title french : Étude pilote visant à évaluer l'efficacité et la sécurité d'un nouveau traitement pour le bain / lavage contre le pou de poisson, agreement number : 916911, agreement value : 49645.0, agreement start date : 2018-12-03, agreement end date : 2019-11-30, description english : Infections by the parasitic copepod sea lice continue to be a challenge to most Atlantic salmon farming regions of the world, including Atlantic Canada. These host-specific parasites are very pathogenic to salmonid species (e.g. Atlantic salmon) especially populations in cage culture where the stocking density is unnaturally high. Large numbers of sea lice can quickly cause severe skin and tissue damage resulting in fish stress and mortality. 
RPS Biologiques has developed a novel compound that will undergo pilot-testing prior to further pre-commercial development, to determine and compare the efficacy with other commercially available bath treatments., description french : Étude pilote visant à évaluer l'efficacité et la sécurité d'un nouveau traitement pour le bain / lavage contre le pou de poisson, expected results english : The purpose of IRAP Contributions to Firms is to support research, development, adoption and/or adaptation of innovative or technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada up to their commercialization, expected results french : Le PARI, par le biais des Contributions aux entreprises, vise à appuyer la recherche, le développement, l’adaptation et/ou l’adoption au Canada de produits, de services ou de processus novateurs ou axés sur des technologies nouvelles ou améliorées, et ce jusqu’à leur commercialisation, additional information english : nan, additional information french : nan, owner organization : nrc-cnrc, owner organization title : National Research Council Canada | Conseil national de recherches Canada