CAT provides services
From Proof of Concept to Commercialization
The CAT Health team works with clients in aquatic animal health to develop innovative solutions for the prevention and treatment of disease. Our state-of-the-art facilities, extensive expertise, and integrated services allow us to conduct a wide range of studies to deliver quality results that our clients can use to bring products to the market faster.
What we do
How we do it
WHAT YOU GET
Who we work with
Organizations interested in developing products for use in aquatic species including:
AQUAFEED COMPANIES
AQUAFEED RESEARCHERS
AQUACULTURE PRODUCERS
ANIMAL HEALTH AND VACCINE COMPANIES
FUNCTIONAL FEED INGREDIENT/ADDITIVE COMPANIES
We provide solutions tailored to you.
Certified Facility
CAT’s world-class facilities including more than 24,000 sq/ft of aquarium space certified for containment of aquatic animal pathogens allows us to work with both domestic and non-native aquatic species and pathogens, mimic their environmental conditions, and carry out a diverse range of trials to deliver the results you can use.
GCP
Good Clinical Practice Regulations
GlP
Good Laboratory Practice Regulations
AQC-2
In vitro Aquatic Animal Pathogen Containment
AQC-3
In vivo Aquatic Animal Pathogen Containment
CCAC CCPA
Good Animal Practice® Regulations (CCAC)
Laboratory Services
The in-house CAT laboratory adds value for our clients because it provides a one-stop service to assess safety and functionality of novel compounds in an efficient and cost-effective manner before moving into tank-based studies. In-house diagnostic services are used to validate and increase the value of tank-based studies by providing timely and high-quality sample analytics.
Lab-based bioassays:
In House Analytics:
Pathogen Detection, Identification, and Characterization:
Disease Challenge Models
Our world-class facilities and containment certification allow our expert health team to work with disease-causing organisms from anywhere in the world.
Tank-based models that mimic chronic and acute conditions for a variety of cold and warm water aquatic species.
Why work with us:
CAT provides integrated services in health, nutrition and genetics to evaluate the safety, effectiveness and mode of action of test materials relative to controls.
The CAT team can manufacture and test functional and medicated aquafeeds.
CAT has developed an in-house quality assurance program and is able to conduct trials to GLP/GCP specifications. (GMP coming soon!)
Our extensive library of pathogens from around the world gives our Health team flexibility in designing custom challenge models.
CAT can mimic environmental and husbandry stressors to evaluate the efficacy of proposed treatments or select for resistance.
Our in-house statistical expertise ensures robust study design and results.
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