ShrimpID as a bespoke genetic analysis suite for shrimp breeding programs
Genics have partnered with Weatherbys Scientific, a global leader in high throughput genotyping, to offer ShrimpID to the world as a bespoke genetic analysis suite for shrimp breeding programs.
Weatherbys Scientific is an industry-leading laboratory specialising in genetic testing solutions. Over the past than 30 years, Weatherbys Scientific has developed a reputation as a centre of excellence in animal genotyping. This enables farmers to utilise selective breeding programs that leverage detailed relatedness information to deliver genetically diverse and robust production populations.
ShrimpID’s comprehensive marker set provides the data to establish detailed relatedness estimates among broodstock and tested animals, sex identification, and markers within genes that regulate productivity and disease resistance.
With 60,000 markers for L.vannamei and 7,800 markers for P.monodon, ShrimpID provides selective breeding programs with unrivalled data quality to drive commercial performance gains all made possible thanks to the partnership between Genics and Weatherbys Scientific.
The sustainable long term production benefits delivered through ShrimpID provides unprecedented value to industry leaders focused on improved production performance. ShimpID’s application potential is particularly valuable to industry leaders looking to embed performance traits within their genetic lines providing unique market value propositions.
Weatherbys Scientific ensures that ShrimpID is unrivalled in high density data turnaround times, meaning your live shrimp are always given priority processing at an Accredited Laboratory.
