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Dr C S Bedi – Guybro Animal Health Pvt. Ltd. Honoured with INFAH AWARD 2020

Dr C S Bedi – Guybro Animal Health Pvt. Ltd. Honoured with INFAH AWARD 2020

Indian Federation of Animal Health Companies – INFAH at the 9th Annual General Body Meeting presented INFAH AWARD 2020 to DR C S BEDI.

The event was virtually attended by more than 100 industry colleagues representing Indian Health & Nutrition industry.

“Dr C S Bedi has been awarded for outstanding contribution to Indian Animal Health Industry, immensely contributed in the area of Veterinary Pharmaceutical, Nutritional product marketing, Product development, Product promotion along with consistent interaction and admirable relationships with academicians, research workers, practicing veterinarians and farmers”.

The ceremony was conducted by INFAH MC Executive Members.

IAAVR and INFAH Collaborate to Promote Judicious and Prudent Use of Antimicrobials in Animal Health

IAAVR and INFAH Collaborate to Promote Judicious and Prudent Use of Antimicrobials in Animal Health

World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) as Tripartite Executive Committee agreed to organise World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) during 18-24th November’2020 and onwards every year.

Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research (IAAVR) and Indian Federation of Animal Health Companies (INFAH) commemorated WAAW2020 by hosting a webinar on ‘Working Together to Tackle Antimicrobial Residence’ on 24th November’ 2020. The webinar was participated by more than 250 Veterinarians and Veterinary stakeholders deliberating on the antimicrobials use and managing antimicrobial resistance better in animal healthcare segment. The webinar was also supported by Federation of Asian Veterinary Associations (FAVA) and posted by One Health initiative team on the OHI website and in One health news as well.

The webinar had four speakers namely Dr Kamini Walia, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR); Dr Jyoti Misri, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR); Dr A S Yadav, ICAR-Central Avian Research Institute (CARI) and Dr Nitin Bhatia, Indian Federation of Animal Health Companies ( INFAH) . The presentations highlighted initiatives of ICMR, India’s plan to contain AMR, Antimicrobial usage in Animal healthcare in India, AMR in poultry sector and potential alternatives. The deliberations demystified the myths and highlighted the facts of antimicrobial usage as an economical burden on the farming community and its usage was only as per the requirements and suggested need to work on diagnostic infrastructure to strengthen the animal health systems. The presentations were followed by panel discussions by experts viz. Dr Arun Atrey, Dr D K Dey, Dr Manoj Kumar Pandey, Mr Satish Pasrija and Dr Sugata Hazra. The event was organised and moderated by Dr Rishendra Verma, Founder Secretary, IAAVR and Mr Vijay Teng, President, INFAH.

Indian Poultry Status post Covid-19

Indian Poultry Status post Covid-19

The domestic poultry industry has bounced back since June 2020 after grappling with a tough period in the first six months of 2020, amid rumours and lockdown because of Covid-19, leading to a sharp decline in broiler demand and realizations.

By Ricky Thaper

Poultry industry has witnessed fastest growth amongst agriculture and allied sectors in India. While the production of agricultural crops has been rising at a rate of 1.5 to 2 %t per annum, that of eggs and broilers has been rising at a rate of 8 to 10 % per annum. According to Basic Animal Husbandry statistics, 2019 released by the Department of Animal Husbandry, the poultry meat production was reported by 4.06 million tones in 2019-20, which is an increase of 7.8% increase from the previous year.

Directly and indirectly this sector provides employment to over six million small and medium farmers, who are mostly engaged in contract farming system under larger integrators and there are around three million farmers engaged in backyard poultry as per 20th Livestock Census.

The share of the poultry sector in the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is approximately 1% and 11.70% in the livestock GDP. According to the National Action Plan for egg and poultry – 2022 for Doubling Farmers’ Income by 2022 prepared by Department of Animal Husbandry, poultry sector in India is valued at about Rs.1,00,000 crore. Poultry sector in India can be broadly divided into two sub-sectors – commercial sector (80% of the total market share) and backyard poultry (20% of the total market share).

India is the fifth largest producer of broilers. The increase in the average income and the urban population has led to a significant increase in the poultry demand and a steady increase in consumption over the years. Poultry meat is the fastest growing component of global meat demand, and India, the world’s second largest developing country, is experiencing rapid growth in its poultry sector. The emergence of vertically integrated poultry producers that have reduced consumer prices by lowering production and marketing costs. In 15 major India cities alone account for 62% of all poultry meat consumption.

Lockdown adversely impacted poultry industry

Even before India reported the first case of COVID-19, the rumours of poultry birds as the likely carrier of the virus widely circulated in social media had led to reduced demand of the chicken meat in several parts of the country especially in the month of February, 2020. The clarification issued by different agencies that eating chickens is quite safe, however, could convince the consumers to a large extent. The poultry industry in India hit hard because of a nation-wide lock-down to stop the rapid spread of COVID19 virus. This lock-down has disrupted the entire supply chain.

The poultry industry which had witnessed steady growth rate because of rising consumer demand for protein rich food especially in the last two decades or so, has incurred huge losses since the beginning of the 2020. The losses incurred by Indian poultry industry is mainly attributed to sharp decline in demand (because of supply disruption as well as fear of COVID19 virus spread), realization and profitability.

The liquidity condition of all the stakeholders in the poultry value chain – farmers, feed suppliers and retailers had remained precarious. The drop in demand and supply chain disruption especially hit the smaller farmers and many of these units closed down. Till May, 2020, the industry was looking at a bleak future.

To bring back the poultry sector into some short of normal operations, both the Central as well as the State Government provided policy support through declaring supply of livestock and poultry products under essential services, ensuring huddle-free interstate transport of poultry produce.

The situation changed sharply since June, 2020 mainly because of rising demand of poultry meat and eggs as doctors advised people to take protein rich food for improving immunity against the COVID19 virus. As a major chunk of the working population continued to be Work from Home (WFH) mode, the domestic chicken consumption has seen a sharp rise. In the last six months or so, when all the COVID19 restrictions were removed, the demand for hygienic and quality poultry products grew sharply leading to a sharp spike in sales of online retail players.
Many new online retail players with their dedicated sourcing as well as modernised processing facilities offered quality poultry meat at the doorstep of consumers. Thus, many farmers went for ‘contract farming’ offered by many players. Even demand for poultry meat has been robust. Many who used to consume vegetarian food have commenced consuming poultry meat and eggs. The consumer demand for poultry meat and eggs started picking up from June and post Navratras & Onam festivals witnessed a sharp spike. The demand for poultry meat and eggs have been rising along with a rise in farm gate prices. The onset of winter months also pushed up the demand for poultry meat and eggs.

Poultry meat a vital source of protein

Poultry is a key source of protein and vitamins and minerals, such as iron, selenium, zinc, and B vitamins. It is also one of the main sources of vitamin B12. It has several advantages as half of the fat from chicken meat is made up of the desirable monounsaturated fats, and only one-third of the less healthy saturated fats. Chicken meat is therefore seen as a healthy meat. Chicken meat does not contain the trans-fats that contribute to coronary heart disease. Poultry meat is rich in the omega-3 fats and is an important provider of the essential polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), especially the omega (n)-3 fatty acids.

Sensing opportunities, many poultry players have set up new processing plants and the robust demand in the winter months would definitely see the poultry industry operating at a level witnessed prior to COVID19 emergence in the global scene. With the huge spike in demand and demand for quality products rising, the industry would soon witness growth in the range of 8 – 10% annually.

Poultry meat production (in million tonne)

2009-10 2.08
2010-11 2.19
2011-12 2.48
2012-13 2.68
2013-14 1.92
2014-15 3.05
2015-16 3.26
2016-17 3.46
2017-18 3.76
2018-19 3.62
2019-20 4.06

Source: Department of Animal Husbandry

(Author is Treasurer, Poultry Federation of India & working in Poultry Industry for last 34 years).

Sri Lanka – Five year income tax waiver for Agriculture, Fisheries and Poultry sectors

Sri Lanka – Five year income tax waiver for Agriculture, Fisheries and Poultry sectors

Agriculture, Fisheries and Poultry sectors will be exempted from income tax for the next five years, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said.

Addressing the event, the President said tax concessions will be granted for strategic investments larger than ten million US dollars in value for agricultural product processing, IT, dairy, fabric, tourism and export industries.

“Exports are being strongly encouraged through the removal of import taxes on required raw materials, machinery, and equipment used by direct and indirect exporters. The private sector must introduce new technologies that enable farmers to produce more, and to target lucrative new export markets,” he remarked.

Addressing the event, the President also said the Government was in the process of bringing in new laws to protect investments. He emphasised the need to attract more Foreign Direct Investment and encourage more local investment for economic growth.
“Our overreliance on loans must come to an end. That is why the focus of the Government is on fostering investments.

We are also committed to enhancing the ease of doing business in Sri Lanka so that returns on investment can be generated faster,” he added.

He noted that the Government was keen on addressing the problems which had delayed and stalled various projects including some funded by foreign Governments.
He also highlighted that the Government strongly encourages new investment into digital infrastructure.

“In some ways, the new normal conditions have forced the adoption of many new work practices. Working from home has been normalised for most knowledge workers. Offices where the physical presence of staff remains necessary are devising means to improve efficiency so that work can be carried out even by a skeletal staff. Innovative technology driven solutions have been adopted to solve logistical problems. Consumers have become more familiar with using online platforms for day-to-day activities, whether in accessing financial services or for shopping.

“Such changes can potentially transform how economies operate even after this pandemic is a thing of the past. If our institutions are agile and adapt quickly, we will see gains in productivity resulting from these changes,” he added.

“By converging four prominent technologies – social, mobile, analytics, and cloud-we have the potential to transform the way governance works. The recent introduction of the Staysafe.gov.lk website to ease COVID-19 contact tracing is a case in point.

Source: www.dailynews.lk

Proteon Pharmaceuticals Unveils ‘BAFACOL™’, a bacteriophage-based feed additive for protecting poultry against E. coli infections

Proteon Pharmaceuticals Unveils ‘BAFACOL™’, a bacteriophage-based feed additive for protecting poultry against E. coli infections

Proteon Pharmaceuticals

E. coli infections are among the most common infections affecting poultry of all ages and categories.

Overuse of antibiotics has led to emergence of antibiotic resistant E. coli strains in poultry which can have a serious consequence on human health.

Bacteriophage technology helps preventing bacterial infections naturally, improving the health of poultry and reducing usage of antibiotics. 

Leading global biotechnology company Proteon Pharmaceuticals, a leader in bacteriophage technology for livestock, has launched BAFACOL™, a new poultry feed additive which provides a natural guard against avian pathogenic E. coli bacteria. The product offers an innovative solution for Indian poultry farmers to improve the health and safety of their flocks.

Poultry sector is currently one of the fastest-growing sectors in agriculture in India. However, bird’s health (and consequently bird’s productivity) can be affected by rampant threat of bacterial infections such as colibacillosis which is caused by avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC). There are different strains of E. coli present in the intestines of flocks . While most of them are harmless, certain strains are specialized in pathogenicity due to the acquisition and expression of virulence genes. E. coli strains which are major cause of infections in birds are called APEC or avian pathogenic E. coli.

Colibacillosis is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in poultry species. Indiscriminate antibiotic usage to treat a variety of bacterial infections has led to a higher prevalence of antibiotic-resistant E. coli strains in chicken. Considering that poultry is one of the most popular meat and that avian E. coli are more resistant to antibiotics than bacteria from other animal species, it can be extremely dangerous to human health.

Proteon Pharmaceuticals’ BAFACOL™ is an innovative feed additive comprising five lytic bacteriophages that selectively target APEC.

Introducing the new product in India during an online session, Ms. Justyna Andrysiak, Chief Product Development Officer at Proteon Pharmaceuticals said, “BAFACOL™ is a cocktail of five lytic bacteriophages that are highly effective only against virulent avian pathogenic E. coli bacteria without affecting negatively the beneficial microflora of the gut ”

“BAFACOL™ is an environmentally sustainable product that ensures healthy growth of poultry without the need to overuse antibiotics. It can be used in both organic and industrial poultry production to reduce the mortality rate occurring due to avian pathogenic E. coli,” she added.

Recently, a in vivo trial was conducted with BAFACOL™ at Agrivet Consultancy P Ltd., Kolkata, on broiler chickens for a period of 35-days. The results showed that the product is effective in controlling colibacillosis which showed lower mortality rates compared to the untreated groups. Dr. Sudipto Haldar, R&D Director at Agrivet Consultancy said “A controlled experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of BAFACOL™ as a therapeutic and prophylactic agent against APEC infections. The test induced positive results confirming that BAFACOL may be considered as an alternative to antibiotic treatments in poultry production to combat colibacillosis”

With the poultry market projected to grow to INR 4,340 billion by the year 2024, it is obvious that the demand for poultry products is set to rise in India. The rampant antibiotic usage in poultry and the wide consumption of poultry products threatens to increase antibiotic resistance in human beings.

Bacteriophages are naturally occurring organisms that attack only specific bacteria, while remaining completely safe for animals, humans and the environment. Phage preparations are a new hope for modern agricultural industry and can help the farmers to prevent bacterial diseases. In nature they co-evolved with bacteria, and every single bacterium has a phage opponent that can control its population. Phages outnumber bacteria by a ratio of 10 to 1, and also play an important role in recycling the carbon in bacteria. Bacteriophage-based preparations are increasingly gaining interest in the global market as they help farmers raise safe and healthy livestock.

Practical Feed Formulating Tips For Indian Winter

Practical Feed Formulating Tips For Indian Winter

Its January and winter chills have started. For broiler farmers in India winter management of poultry is all about Curtain management, Brooding, Space management and Litter management. If heating of houses and curtain management is well enough, the litter is dry and performance is good. Mismanagement of these can have a typically moist condition within the farm during winter; gut health can also be more affected by coccidiosis, enteric bacteria and viral challenges. In many cases, the nutritionist tries to help maintain performance through feed manipulations, but it is not as powerful as providing good heat and air. To summarize the nutritionist and farm manager must work together in an integrated way to keep performance from slipping during the cold part of the year.

Below are some of the strategies for formulating feed for next 3 months.

Cold weather ME levels in Feed: Some nutritionist increases the ME levels (not protein) in winters so that there is no increased feed intake by birds for heat production. Extra calories are provided to offset environment related bird heat loss maintaining constant feed intake, growth and FCR. Research suggest higher energy feed resulted in less water intake, most likely due to lower feed intake. This becomes important as we battle litter moisture during the cold seasons.

  • 40-50 kcal/kg ME can be enhanced in winter formulations by use of lipids.

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Mineral and electrolyte adjustment: First step should be to reduce the Sodium in feed due to increased litter moisture. It is well documented that lower Sodium can reduce water intake, water excretion and litter moisture. Keeping Na levels around 0.18% for early diets and 0.16% for later diets including additive (Phytase) matrix is useful.

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Slightly lower Ca and Av P levels in cold weather will also have a positive impact. Reduction in levels should be rational. Trace mineral supplementation also should be rational as per breed requirement. Excess feeding that too in Inorganic form must be stopped for winters.

  • Sodium, Calcium, Available Phosphorus and trace mineral levels needs to be tapered down while formulating for winters.

Replacing soybean with animal protein: Many nutritionists have experienced performance improvement and better litter conditions when they replaced a portion of Soymeal with a reliable MBM, Poultry Meal. NSP levels in Soymeal along with high K level creates stresses on the intestinal tracts. Generally, if Soymeal is reduced below 30% in starters and 25% in finishers using animal protein with all amino acid balanced will give better performance and drier litter. For someone making veg feed, replacement of Soymeal with Rapeseed, MGM, DDGS etc. can be helpful as these are lower K substitutes for Soymeal.

  • Replacement of a portion of Soymeal with animal protein or others protein ingredient enhances performance in winters.

Crude protein and amino acid adjustments: Low protein diets are beneficial in winters. Higher protein diets will result in higher water intake, more water excretion and higher depositions of nitrogen in the litter.

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Multiple studies have indicated that slightly lower protein feeds seem to reduce gut insults, especially during cold weather, where possibly housing out-time is limited. Use of Multi-Protease can help significantly in lowering down protein levels without effecting performance.

  • Formulating low protein diets with Multi-Protease is economic and performs best in winters.

To conclude, maintaining cold weather performance is difficult and can only be accomplished with an integrated approach by several people. The supervisor, farmer, field veterinarian and nutritionist must all spend time on the farms evaluating and discussing the best steps to take from each area of expertise. Working together, good performance can be a reality in cold weather.

For references, questions and feedback write to Novel Life Consultants, Bangalore. Email id is novellife.bangalore@gmail.com and contact no Landline +91-(0)80-41326221 Mob- +91-96113-37444)

(This article is a work of Novel Life Consultant and is for public information purpose only. This has been written to share knowledge on poultry nutrition and is not a legal information or statement. Reference to any specific product or entity doesn’t constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the company. The views expressed by the writer are their own and their appearance does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent.)

Trouw Nutrition, the animal nutrition division of Nutreco, launches its state-of-the-art facility in India, for the first time to serve South Asia.

Trouw Nutrition, the animal nutrition division of Nutreco, launches its state-of-the-art facility in India, for the first time to serve South Asia.

Trouw Nutrition, the animal nutrition division of Dutch global company Nutreco, is now set with its technologically advanced, first-of-a-kind greenfield project in Jadcherla (Hyderabad), India. Nutreco, with its two reputed brands, Trouw Nutrition and Skretting, is a global leader in animal and aqua nutrition bringing innovative feed specialties, feed additives, premixes and nutritional services. The establishment is expected to deliver superior quality minerals, vitamin premixes, mineral blends and feed safety solutions for customers in South Asia, catering to all species – poultry, dairy, aqua and pets. The virtual inauguration of this high-end industrial facility was honoured by the ambassador of Netherlands, Mr Marten Van den Berg.

Trouw Nutrition has ramped up its operations in the South Asian and Indian market in the past 3 years, hence, the state-of-the-art production facility in Jadcherla, Hyderabad. The company’s unique ‘Nutrace’ programme, a food safety and quality initiative of Nutreco, ensures end-to-end quality and traceability, and emphasis on feed-to-food safety. The entire manufacturing process is automated right from raw material handling to bagging at the plant so that the final product is completely untouched by human hands.

The plant at Jadcherla has a total capacity of 20,000 MT/annum. Its unique 45-meter tower ensures uniform mixing for a high-quality product to meet our customer’s need. The cold store made available at the facility helps storage of vitamins and heat sensitive ingredients. Remaining true to Nutreco’s commitment to sustainability, the facility also provides recycling of liquid waste for the environment safety and rainwater harvesting for minimal impact on environment. The facility is expected to reach full capacity utilisation by 2025.

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Dr. Saurabh Shekhar, GM – South Asia, Nutreco says, “With this new facility at Jadcherla, we would like to make our contribution to the prestigious, Atmanirbhar Bharat – ‘Make in India’ initiative, as well as equally focus on the development of innovative products and solutions to help customers achieve better, faster and more sustainable results, globally.” He further adds, ‘’As an innovation-driven organization, we bring enormous operational efficiencies with lesser turnaround time and better customization to meet customer needs.’ Telangana is centrally located and one of the most investor-friendly states. It is also a major belt for poultry and aqua with logistical access to good ports.”

In addition, Mr Jurrien Zandbergen, Managing Director, Nutreco Asia said, “Asia and India are key to achieving our mission of ‘Feeding the Future’. We already have plants in Japan, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar to strengthen our presence in Asia.” He further commented, “Our establishment in Jadcherla, Hyderabad is our way of reinforcing our commitment to South Asia and Indian markets. This is just the beginning of our journey to gain a strong foothold here.”

With 70+ manufacturing units in more than 175 locations, Trouw Nutrition caters to the entire value chain of the livestock business. As a leading animal nutrition supplier, Trouw Nutrition has been supporting farmers, integrators, and the feed industry since 1931. During its remarkable 90 years of service, Trouw Nutrition has responsibly addressed various significant environmental, societal, and public health concerns like food safety, sustainable sourcing, and responsible usage of antibiotics.

Nutreco has both organic and inorganic growth plans to expand its footprint in South Asia region. Though currently the company’s thrust is on B2B segment, in future it may look at the B2F segment. By doing so, Trouw Nutrition remains focused on providing responsible, cost-effective products and solutions to the customers and progressive farmers.

 

SELEGGT CIRCULUS Technology Wins Innovation Award – Silver Medal at Eurotier Awards 2021

SELEGGT CIRCULUS Technology Wins Innovation Award – Silver Medal at Eurotier Awards 2021

Every year, millions of male chicks of the egg-laying breeds are killed because they do not lay eggs and it is uneconomical to fatten them.

Due to reasons of product quality and cost effectiveness, egg-laying genotypes are unsuitable for producing poultry meat, which is why the male chicks of these egg-laying breeds have so far not been reared in the majority of cases. In ovo sexing is regarded as an alternative, with hormone analysis on the 9th day of incubation currently being the most extensively developed and commercially useable method.

SELEGGT Circulus system

The SELEGGT Circulus system is a significant leap forwards compared to the predecessor SELEGGT Acus system. It operates fully automatically, and the allantoic fluid is now sampled contactlessly. Cleaning the sampling needles is therefore forgone and the sampling Figure1time has been reduced to 1 second per hatching egg. In three-shift operation with 20 hours of operation per day, one SELEGGT Circulus sampling unit therefore has a weekly capacity of 360,000 hatching eggs, corresponding to 150,000 to 180,000 laying chicks, a significant increase in performance in comparison with the predecessor system.

Contactless sampling and the vastly increased hourly capacity have established the prerequisites for universally replacing the previous culling of male chicks in hatcheries with in ovo sexing.

For More Information, Contact: SELEGGT GmbH
Email : info@seleggt.com, Website : www.seleggt.com

Get Ready for the 2021 IPPE Marketplace!

Get Ready for the 2021 IPPE Marketplace!

The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) is excited to announce that IPPE Marketplace will take place Jan. 25-29, 2021. IPPE will continue to support the poultry, egg, meat and feed industries through its new, online IPPE Marketplace that will be available during IPPE’s originally scheduled dates, Jan. 25-29, 2021, and beyond.

Through the IPPE Marketplace, more than 1,000 exhibitors will be connected with IPPE’s worldwide audience of 30,000-plus invited participants. The participants will be able to search for exhibitors using product categories and keywords and then review the descriptions and links provided by each matching exhibitor. Through digital personal guides, participants will be able to review all exhibitors and select those matching their individual needs.

The IPPE Marketplace will host live and on-demand, free and paid education programs during the week. These programs will include the International Poultry Scientific Forum, Pet Food Conference, Latin American Poultry Summit, Market Intelligence Forum, International Rendering Symposium, Feed Education Program and more.

Young leadership engagement and student recruitment will also be offered through ‘IPPE’s Linked In With Tomorrow’s Leaders’ program and the USPOULTRY College Student Career Program, where hundreds of students will have an opportunity to interview for jobs and internships within the poultry and egg industry.

To round out the IPPE Marketplace, on-demand TECHTalks and the opportunity to view innovative products through the Innovation Station / New Product Showcase will be available. Participants will also have access to view the industry trade publications that are typically offered during the Expo through IPPE’s website and the IPPE Marketplace.

“While we are disappointed that we will not be hosting an in-person event in 2021, we heard very clearly from our IPPE community of attendees and exhibitors that they still want to connect. More information about the exciting things you can expect during IPPE Marketplace week will be coming soon,” said IPPE show management.

Source: www.ippexpo.org