VIV Asia, the complete Feed to Food global trade show in Asia, is postponed to January 12-14, 2022, as announced by the show organizers VNU Asia Pacific and VNU Europe.
Meat Pro Asia, Asia’s leading processing and packaging trade fair for egg, poultry, meat, seafood & food products, organized by Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd. and VNU Asia Pacific is also postponed to be co-located with VIV Asia.
Two international leading events for the animal protein production business in Asia, under one roof: an unprecedented and remarkable opportunity. VIV Asia and Meat Pro Asia will take place on January 12-14, 2022, at the Challenger Halls – IMPACT, Bangkok, Thailand based on the announcement by The Ministry of Tourism and Sports on a new four-phase plan that would see the country fully opened to international visitors by January 2022.
“Our new dates and plan are aligned with the announcement from the Thai Government to fully reopen by January 2022.” said Heiko M. Stutzinger, Director VIV worldwide and Managing Director VNU Asia Pacific and VNU Europe. “As for VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia, the organizers are working on a forward-driven solution in order to synergistically combine the events in Bangkok. All details and implications for partners and customers regarding the new set-up will be communicated in the coming weeks.” added Stutzinger.
current shocking prices of Soya crossing Rs. 50/- per kg due to various global and national factors. He said that poultry sector cannot be in isolation in the present context because corn and soya availability and price is influenced by weather conditions in Brazil, Argentina, USA and India on an annual basis. The present observations are severe wet conditions in Brazil preventing the harvest, high dry weather in Argentina reducing the crop, extended lean season in US with stocks completely exhausted. Local issues like unforeseen rains in MP and Maharashtra during Nov., 2020 made Soya to suffer fungal infection forcing millers to crush the grain to create soya meal which was exported due to global lucrative demand. This observation set the note for further discussions. The present global crisis of grounding of ship “Ever Green” in Suez Canal impacting global movement of goods across Asia and Europe was also brought out.
Prof. Ajit S. Ranade, Associate Dean, Mumbai Veterinary College and subject matter expert on Nutrition was the Guest of Honour. In his address he appreciated the efforts of CPDO&TI in designing innovative programmes especially the release of CPDO&TI app to keep abreast with the technology. He emphasized importance of nutrition and research to exploit fullest genetic potential of the bird for the specific purpose of meat output, egg production or hatching eggs production in India matching international standards.
Green Revolution and White Revolution putting the facts of achievement in broiler sector which has grown 1825 times and layer sector 55 times since independence. He illustrated phenomenal achievement of development in broiler nutrition attaining 2 kg body wt. with efficient FCRs of 1.4 to 1.5 in 32 days.
number output, least cost formulations, altering feed formulations according to the market. These are some of the errors committed by breeders with a skewed approach. He suggested to consider breeder nutrition as an “Investment” for the future broiler chicks rather than expenditure for the present breeder farm.
country servicing not only layer farmers of Namakkal with a capacity of 5 crore layers in the district but also extending services across the country. In his presentation he shared the impact of changes of temperature on layer egg production. He advised feed intake of more than 100gm pre summer for the growers with uniform body wt. in the flock can influence to get optimum performance with egg weights over and above 55 gm in the layers in comparison to reduction in production for the birds which are fed less than 100gm with un-uniform body weights in the flock. He also narrated the availability of maize and soya presently with 30 MMTs and 8 MMTs respectively in India. Keeping in view of the growth of broilers and layers he suggested additional 2 – 3 MMTs of maize and 1 MMTs of soya requirement for the next year which sounds alarming and scary for the poultry sector. The sector has to resolve to find alternate source of energy and protein as an essentiality in the future. The layer nutrition has to cope up with the highest potential of the bird and the performance in the field. In order to do this, the need of the layer industry is to focus on better uniformity and better body wt. before the laying period, early egg start in egg size and egg percentage, touching the peak in time and sustaining it and sustain post peak maintenance without much egg shell problems. He presented a slide on distribution of modern layers across India with 8.5 crore in Andhra and Telangana, 5 crore in Tamilnadu, 4 crores in Punjab and Haryana, 2 crores in Odisha, 1.4 crore in Karnataka followed by Maharashtra 1 crore, West Bengal 80 lakhs, totally 25.5 crore population including the rest of the States.
stress factors causing “oxidative stress” by release of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) which can impact performance, gut health, liver function and immunity of the bird. He illustrated the danger of “Feeding Excess” over “Feeding Less” by pointing out under feeding during starters and over feeding during grower and finisher stage with respect to energy. Similarly, overfeeding during starter, optimum feeding during grower stage and under feeding during finisher with respect to proteins. This he said that need to change and farmers are advised to follow precision feeding i.e., apt feeding as per the requirement. Further he said about a new truth of birds adoptability for high density rations very efficiently over the earlier belief of natural downgrading by the birds. He suggested calculation of Feed Price Ratio (FPR) (cost of 1kg feed to 1kg poultry product) as a new focus Area over mere calculation of body wt. and FCR.
consumer choice is leaned towards animal protein and it has reduced by about 2% in the choice of protein.
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health. Due to presence of active ingredients, having wide range of bioactivity, they help in achieving eubiosis and exert beneficial effect on performance of birds.
We come across many poultry farmers changing feed suppliers/ integrators once they face the challenge of lameness. Culls as called in local language should be limited to maximum 1% during entire rearing of broilers. In this issue of Poultry Nutrition Bites, we will try to address lameness/culls in broilers and how can it be addressed.
necropsied. Starting at the feet, note the condition of the footpads, any joint swelling (pus or serous fluid), the thickness and firmness of the gastrocnemius tendon, and any erosions in the hips. Slice the top of the hock from the medial side to inspect cartilage formation for dyschondroplasia. Bend the tibia to detect reduced bone strength, which will be affected in rickets. Open the abdomen and check for lesions, especially around the air sacs. Check the keel for breast blisters. Check the sciatic nerve if lameness caused by Marek’s disease is suspected. With a sharp surgical blade slice ventrally through the spinal column to look for abscesses, which can be found on the free thoracic vertebrae. Check other joints, such as those of the wing, for swelling or abnormal fluid. Note the findings in each bird to determine the predominant cause. If a bacterial etiology is suspected, swab the affected joints and place the swabs in bacterial transport medium. Collect blood samples from 10 birds for serology. Collect feed and water samples. If feed retention samples are kept by the farm, collect samples from the time when leg problems were first noted.
Excess Ca in diets depress feed intake, growth rate. Trials across the world have proven that. Indian farming is full of stress and infections. Including acidifiers in feed is a common practice in India to lower pH. Increasing Ca levels in feed increases pH of crop and digesta in the small intestine. The beneficial effect of acidifier is minimized by this. To increase feed density nutritionist generally increase oil levels in summer. Excess Ca levels in diets form soap with oil/fats and lowers its digestion and absorption.
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