AQUAFEED EXTRUSION WORKSHOP

 

Lecture topic	Speaker
Trends and Challenges in Aquaculture and Aquafeed industry	Leong Wee
Aqua Nutrition and Feed Production process	Chris Carter
Recent Developments in Aquafeeds	Meegan Vandepeer
Recent Advances in Extrusion Technology for Aquafeed	Galen Rokey
Ingredient preparation and its effect on the process and the feed	Galen Rokey
Formulating extruded aquafeed diets: meeting nutritional and processing constraints simultaneously	Galen Rokey
Single Screw Extruders and Applications in Aqua Feed	Dennis Forte
High Fat Extrusion and Product Densification	Dennis Forte
Practical Session: Demonstrate basic extrusion processes and the effects of varying extrusion parameters on fish feed production	Dennis Forte

 

 

List of Speakers

 

Leong Wee is the Aquaculture Subprogram Leader in Nutrition and Feed Technology, SARDI Aquatic Sciences. He has more than 20 years of experience as lecturer and researcher in aqua nutrition and in aquafeed manufacturing and feed additive industry in Asia and Australia.

 

Chris Carter is Professor and Head of School of Aquaculture at the University of Tasmania. His research interests includes the development of ingredients for aquafeeds, especially the replacement of fishmeal and fish oil; determining nutrient requirements and describing the growth of aquatic animals in relation to protein turnover and bioenergetics

 

Meegan Vandepeer is a Consultant Research Scientist (Nutrition) with Barneveld Nutrition Pty Ltd. She has extensive experience in the research and development of aquafeeds, with special reference to abalone diets. Prior to joining Barneveld Nutrition she was Senior Research Scientist with SARDI Aquatic Sciences, for 9 years working on aquaculture nutrition projects.

 

Galen Rokey is the Technical and Process Manager of Wenger Manufacturing Inc. He is a world-renowned expert on extrusion processes, in particular, aquafeed extrusion, and has extensive experience in commissioning of extruders world wide.

 

Dennis Forte is a Consultant with Dennis Forte and Associates Pty Ltd. He has extensive experience in the field of extrusion in food processing, pet foods and animal feeds, and has consulted widely in Australia and Overseas.

 

 

THE SUPPORT OF WENGER MANUFACTURING, INC IS GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED

 

PLANNED PROGRAM

 

The Program may be subject to minor change.

This page last updated 7 March 2006

For Further Information:

 

Registration/attendance enquiries: Gordon Young, FoodStream Pty Ltd

Email: gyoung@foodstream.com.au

Ph +61 7 3018 2800

Fax +61 7 31026252

 

Program/technical enquiries: Leong Wee

SARDI

Email Wee.Leong@saugov.sa.gov.au