Puralice
Sea lice is the biggest problem in aqua health. Puralice is a natural product to use as a wash/bath for control of sea lice infestations in salmon farms.
RPS is currently pursuing a Health Canada regulatory pathway for Puralice similar to the one used to for Supratect.
Large numbers of sea lice can quickly cause severe skin and tissue damage resulting in fish stress and mortality. Currently there is no completely successful treatment for this ecto-parasite. Various chemicals and delousing procedures are used by different firms but the need for a viable product is enormous.
The global economic impact associated with loss of stock, product downgrades at harvest and the cost involved in monitoring and managing sea lice infection is estimated to exceed US$500M annually.
