Short Description (Company/ Institute):

Founded in 1912, through the Superior Agriculture School, the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE) is currently composed of about one thousand professors, 900 technicians and seventeen thousand students, with activities focused on the intense search for scientific knowledge in Agrarian, Human and Social, Biological, Exact and Earth Sciences. The Institution is located at the Dois Irmãos Campus (Recife), and has its actions extended throughout the State through the Academic Units of Garanhuns (UAG) and Serra Talhada (UAST). In addition, UFRPE also has supplementary agencies in other regions. On the coast, on the Coroa do Avião island, is installed the Station of Studies on Migratory Birds and Environmental Resources; in the Zona da Mata region, the Sugar Cane Experimental Station, the Small Animals Experimental Station and the Tapacurá ecological Station are located; in the Agreste Zone there is the Bovine Clinic, and in the sertão, there is the Irrigated Agriculture Station.

Fields of activity, fields of research and development:

The Shrimp Farming laboratory (LACAR) where the research is carried out has an infrastructure of 100 m² of constructed area approximately, distributed among study and research rooms. The laboratory equipment are: radial compressors (1,0 CV); 12 experimental units (1000 Liters) and 15 polyethylene units (70L); 1 tank for salt water (1000L); water quality portable meters; scales; photocolorimeter for analysis of water nutrients and minerals; Polikit for ionic balance and computers. It is currently composed by a coordinator, eight graduate students and ten undergraduate students, acting in researches related to marine shrimps intensive systems (Bioflocos and Symbiotic), water ionic balance and shrimp, fish and macroalgae integrated systems.

The Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory (LASAq) of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (DEPAq) of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE) aims to conduct and guide research in the following lines: Prophylaxis and diagnosis of diseases in aquatic organisms; Epidemiological survey of diseases and health conditions of cultured fish, molluscs and shrimps; Molecular virology applied to aquaculture; Elaboration of diagnostic kits for pathogens of viral and bacterial etiology by molecular methods; In vitro systems application for the pathogens study; Development of experimental infection protocols; Identification and analysis of expression genes related to the immune system in fish and shrimp after experimental infection. With 106.64m², LASAq is composed of a team of professors, collaborators and students, undergraduate and graduate, in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Resources area and its infrastructure is divided into eight rooms: two offices, microbiology room, sterilization and preparation of solutions room, microscopy room, nucleic acid extraction room, molecular analysis room and bioassay room, equipped with: radial compressors; rectangular polyethylene boxes with a working volume of 40 and 80L; refrigerators; freezers; ultrafreezer; pH meter; multiparameter; precision scales; refrigerated microcentrifuge; stand microcentrifuge; bacteriological stove; drying and sterilization stove; UV translluminator; horizontal electrophoresis vats; water bath; vortex; sterilizer; Biological safety cabin Class II type B2; PCR Workstation; microwave and among other equipment.

The Sustainable Mariculture Laboratory (LAMARSU) has an infrastructure of 200 m² of constructed area approximately, distributed among laboratories and study rooms. Researches are in the multitrophic cultures areas, shrimp farming bioremediation, aqua feed and algal biotechnology. In the mentioned laboratory, researches are executed by graduate students from the Fishery Resources and Aquaculture Program, as well as researches of PIBIC and PIBIC-EM linked to the course of Fishery Engineering. The Sustainable Mariculture research group – CNPq, also works in a partnership with educational, research and private sector institutions.

Main competences for international cooperation:

• Intensive shrimp system;
• Integrated biolfoc system with fish and mollusk;
• Aqua feed productions, mainly in shrimp larvicultura;
• Utilization of microalgae as live food and products for biotechnology;
• Bioremediation process by seaweed, microalgae, fish and mollusks;
• Prophylaxis and diagnosis of diseases in aquatic organisms;
• Epidemiological survey of diseases and health conditions of fish, mollusks and farming shrimp;
• In vitro systems application for pathogens study;
• Development of experimental infection protocols.

Main fields of interest for international cooperation:

• Researchers and students exchange for post-doctoral and graduate for researches focused on aquaculture;
• Technical and scientific cooperation, with shared usage of laboratory and infrastructure;
• Cooperation in the promotion of scientific events.

References / examples of most relevant products and services:

BRITO, L. O.; ABREU, J. L.; MORAES, L. B. S.; CARDOSO JR, L. O.; SEVERI, W.; GÁLVEZ, A. O.

Effects of two commercial feeds with high and low crude protein content on the performance of white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei raised in an integrated biofloc system with the seaweed Gracilaria birdiae. SPANISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH v. 16, p. e0603, 2018.

LIMA, P. C. M.; LAVANDER, H. D.; Brito, L.O., GÁLVEZ, A. O. LARVICULTURE OF THE SAND CLAM CULTIVATED IN DIFFERENT DENSITIES. BOLETIM DO INSTITUTO DE PESCA (ONLINE), v. 44, p. e271, 2018

BRITO, L. O.; CARDOSO JR, L. O.; LAVANDER, H. D.; ABREU, J. L.; SEVERI W; GÁLVEZ, A. O. Bioremediation of shrimp biofloc wastewater using clam, seaweed and fish. CHEMISTRY AND ECOLOGY, v. 34, p. 901-913, 2018.

LIMA, P. C. M.; ABREU, J. L.; SILVA, A. E. M.; SEVERI W; GÁLVEZ, A. O.; BRITO, L. O.

Nile tilapia fingerling cultivated in a low-salinity biofloc system at different stocking densities. SPANISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, v. 16, p. e0612, 2018.

LOVERA, K. Z. ; BRITO, L. O. ; LIMA, P. C. M. ; VINATEA, L. ; GÁLVEZ, A. O. ; CARDENAS, J. V. . Cultivo de alevines de tilápia en sistema biofloc bajo diferentes relaciones carbono/nitrógeno. BOLETIM DO INSTITUTO DE PESCA, v. 43, p.399-407, 2017.

MARINHO, Y. F.; BRITO, L. O.; CAMPOS, C. V. F. S.; SEVERI, W.; ANDRADE, H. A.; GÁLVEZ, A. O. Effect of the addition of Chaetoceros calcitrans ,Navicula sp. and Phaeodactylum tricornutum (diatoms) on phytoplankton composition and growth of Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) postlarvae reared in a biofloc system. AQUACULTURE RESEARCH, v. 48, p. 4155-4164, 2017.

MAIA, E. P.; MODESTO, G. A.; BRITO, L. O.; GÁLVEZ, A. O.; GESTEIRA, T. C. V. Intensive culture system of Litopenaeus vannamei in commercial ponds with zero water exchange and addition of molasses and probiotics. Revista de biología marina y oceanografía, v. 51, p. 61-67, 2016.

BRITO, L. O.; CHAGAS, AUGUSTO MONTEIRO; DA SILVA, ELIZABETH PEREIRA; SOARES, ROBERTA BORDA; SEVERI, WILLIAM; GÁLVEZ, A. O. Water quality, Vibrio density and growth of Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) in an integrated biofloc system with red seaweed Gracilaria birdiae (Greville). Aquaculture Research (Print), v.47, p. 940-950, 2016.

BRITO, L. O.; SANTOS, I. G. S.; DE ABREU, JÉSSIKA LIMA; DE ARAÚJO, MARCELE TRAJANO; SEVERI, W.; GÁLVEZ, A. O. Effect of the addition of diatoms (Navicula spp.) and rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis) on water quality and growth of the Litopenaeus vannamei post larvae reared in a biofloc system. AQUACULTURE RESEARCH, v. 47, p. 3990-3997, 2016.

ABREU, J. L.; MORAES, L. B. S.; SILVA, D. L. B.; BRITO, L. O.; BARBOSA, S. M. S.; GÁLVEZ, A. O. UTILIZAÇÃO DORESÍDUO SÓLIDO DE CULTIVO DE CAMARÃO EM SISTEMA DE BIOFLOCO PARA PRODUÇÃO DA MICROALGA Navicula sp. BOLETIM DO INSTITUTO DE PESCA, v. 42, p. 780-790, 2016.