Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-00492, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : LaRoche, Julie (Dalhousie University), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Nova Scotia|Nouvelle-Écosse, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for Universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : The health of farmed fish in each growing season depends on a suite of factors including local environmental_x000D_
conditions, many of which are correlated with water temperature and quality. Water temperature has a strong_x000D_
influence on other important conditions such as dissolved oxygen, phytoplankton bloom and microbial_x000D_
biomass, all vitally important for fish health. Aside from water temperature, optimal feeding is critical in_x000D_
insuring good growth rate, a healthy immune system, and the overall quality of the food product and its market_x000D_
desirability. With warming seawater temperature, the aquaculture industry faces an increase in summer gut_x000D_
syndrome (SGS) in salmon, a condition that leads to poor assimilation of the feed, and reduced growth_x000D_
efficiency. Cermaq Canada, a world leader in salmon aquaculture, is engaged in reducing SGS in their local_x000D_
Vancouver Island salmon farms by considering a switch to a high temperature (HT) fish feed that may perform_x000D_
better in high water temperatures. Given the increased financial costs of this new feed, the company is eager to_x000D_
validate for their specific farming location, that benefits to fish growth and general health outweigh the increase_x000D_
cost of the HT feed. In their validation, the company has requested the expertise of my laboratory to assess the_x000D_
differences in the salmon gut microbiome associated with the conventional and novel HT feed. My laboratory_x000D_
will provide a detailed characterization of the the fish gut microbiome by Illumina Tag-sequencing of the 16S_x000D_
rRNA gene V4-V5 variable region amplicons for both types of feed. A written report to the company will_x000D_
include the data analysis through the QIIME pipeline, followed by a statistical analysis of the results. In_x000D_
addition, we will provide the company with a searchable database of the sequence types (operational taxonomic_x000D_
units or OTUs) and its associated Master OTU table containing the relative abundance data of these OTUs in_x000D_
each fish gut sample analysed., program purpose french : The health of farmed fish in each growing season depends on a suite of factors including local environmental_x000D_
conditions, many of which are correlated with water temperature and quality. Water temperature has a strong_x000D_
influence on other important conditions such as dissolved oxygen, phytoplankton bloom and microbial_x000D_
biomass, all vitally important for fish health. Aside from water temperature, optimal feeding is critical in_x000D_
insuring good growth rate, a healthy immune system, and the overall quality of the food product and its market_x000D_
desirability. With warming seawater temperature, the aquaculture industry faces an increase in summer gut_x000D_
syndrome (SGS) in salmon, a condition that leads to poor assimilation of the feed, and reduced growth_x000D_
efficiency. Cermaq Canada, a world leader in salmon aquaculture, is engaged in reducing SGS in their local_x000D_
Vancouver Island salmon farms by considering a switch to a high temperature (HT) fish feed that may perform_x000D_
better in high water temperatures. Given the increased financial costs of this new feed, the company is eager to_x000D_
validate for their specific farming location, that benefits to fish growth and general health outweigh the increase_x000D_
cost of the HT feed. In their validation, the company has requested the expertise of my laboratory to assess the_x000D_
differences in the salmon gut microbiome associated with the conventional and novel HT feed. My laboratory_x000D_
will provide a detailed characterization of the the fish gut microbiome by Illumina Tag-sequencing of the 16S_x000D_
rRNA gene V4-V5 variable region amplicons for both types of feed. A written report to the company will_x000D_
include the data analysis through the QIIME pipeline, followed by a statistical analysis of the results. In_x000D_
addition, we will provide the company with a searchable database of the sequence types (operational taxonomic_x000D_
units or OTUs) and its associated Master OTU table containing the relative abundance data of these OTUs in_x000D_
each fish gut sample analysed., agreement title english : Characterizing the modification of the gut microbiome of farmed salmon as a function of feeding regimes designed to reduce summer gut syndrome in British Columbia salmon farms, agreement title french : Characterizing the modification of the gut microbiome of farmed salmon as a function of feeding regimes designed to reduce summer gut syndrome in British Columbia salmon farms, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-08-23, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada