Genics has partnered with Weatherby’s Scientific, a global leader in high throughput genotyping, to offer ShrimpID to the world as a bespoke genetic analysis suite for shrimp breeding programs.
Weatherby’s Scientific is an industry-leading laboratory specializing in genetic testing solutions. Over the past 30 years, it has developed a reputation as a center of excellence in animal genotyping. This enables farmers to utilize 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.
"We are delighted to have partnered with Weatherby’s Scientific, combining our expertise to revolutionize shrimp breeding programs and genetic analysis,” said Melony Sellars, CEO of Genics. “This like-minded partnership paves the way for advancements in genetic diversity and disease resistance or tolerance, with a 100% customer (and shrimp) first focus. Our shared commitment to innovation and excellence is driving the development of resilient shrimp populations, empowering farmers with the data they need”.
"The partnership between Weatherbys Scientific and Genics represents a commitment to ensuring breeders have the best tools available to them to improve the health, productivity and sustainability of their shrimp populations,” said Rebecca Weld, general manager at Weatherbys Scientific. “Weatherby’s Scientific offers best-in-class genotyping which supports some of the world’s leading animal breeding programs and we are excited to build on our partnership with Genics to ensure that ShrimpID will have a global impact on sustainable shrimp production.”
With 60,000 markers for L. vannamei, and 7,800 markers for P. monodon, ShrimpID provides selective breeding programs with unrivaled data quality to drive commercial performance gains — all made possible thanks to the partnership between Genics and Weatherby’s 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.
Weatherby’s Scientific ensures that ShrimpID is unrivaled in high-density data turnaround times, meaning your live shrimp are always given priority processing at an accredited laboratory.
