Dietary Electrolytes while formulating with alternate ingredients

Dietary Electrolytes while formulating with alternate ingredients

Dietary Electrolytes consideration while formulating with alternate ingredients

The current situation is demanding use of alternate ingredients to optimize cost. Feed when formulated with alternate ingredients, there are few things which at times becomes critical and effect broiler performance. Variation in quality of alternate ingredient, ANF (anti-nutritional factors) limitation is really of big concern while formulating with these and we have discussed many a times in Poultry nutrition bites. One parameter which is generally overlooked with use of alternate ingredients in formulation is the electrolyte balance of finished feed.

Na, Cl, K and S elements are important:

Sodium (Na), Chloride (Cl), Potassium (K) and Sulphur (S) are the elements involved in the acid base equilibrium in the bird’s body. In addition, they play important roles in the normal metabolic function of the body, for example, Na is required for the absorption of both glucose and most amino acids. Na and Cl are both contained in normal table salt and K occurs widely in plant material. Small amounts of each of these elements are critical for the well-being of all animals. Since they cannot be synthesized by the bird, they are construed to be essential in dietary terms. In large amounts, they have a deleterious effect.

Standards of Na, Cl and K for optimum performance:

The normal salt level used in broiler feed is 0.2-0.5% (2-5kg/ton). This is always an easy item for a practitioner to check on when evaluating a formulation. Bear in mind, however sometimes sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate or sodium sulphate are used as a Na source. When birds are deprived of salts, the symptoms are stunted growth, extreme agitation, and cannibalism. If Cl is deficient poor growth and mortalities are seen, with animals showing nervous symptoms, tetany, and excessive hyperirritability to external stimuli. If either Na or K levels are increased, the requirement for the other ion is automatically increased. Some of the standard recommendation of Na, Cl and K levels in finished feed as listed as follow.

Table 1
Some standard recommendation of Na, Cl and K levels in finished feed

Chickens are tolerant of high salt levels in the feed, provided that an adequate amount of drinking water is available. The salt levels in the birds drinking water can be important. If the levels are excessive, then the levels are excessive, then the levels of salt in the feed need to be reduced. Only at levels of greater than 3% of salt in the diet is there growth retardation with reduced feed efficiency. When an excess of salt is fed, birds will show muscular weakness and on post-mortem examination, impaction of the crop and dark colored liver will be observed. In addition, diets high in salt predispose the birds to increased incidences of ascites (water belly) due to increased blood pressure.

Deficiency of K is extremely rare. It is difficult to formulate a ration with a level below 0.4-0.5%. High levels of K cause gastric irritation and wet droppings, a condition that is fairly common in the case of diets containing high levels of soya bean meal.

Chloride levels can be reduced, although most species have requirement of around 1.2-1.5g/kg of diet, below which deficiency symptoms may develop. Care must be taken to meet the minimum Cl requirement when, for example, sodium bicarbonate replaces salt in a diet. Current understanding is that the bicarbonate ion is useful in assisting the bird to overcome the negative effects of heat stress, rather than the fact that it does not contain Cl.

Practical formulating tips:

  • Keep Na levels on higher side, this helps in high feed and water intake especially for Indian summers.
  • While limiting Cl, the levels shouldn’t go below 0.16%. There is no direct bad effect of excess Cl.
  • For optimization use Salt at around 2.5kg/ton and balance the remaining with Soda or other Na salts when formulating with veg ingredients.
  • Use of bicarbonates (soda) helps to overcome effects of heat stress.

dEB or CAD or DCAB levels:

Dietary electrolyte balance (dEB), also known as cation-anion difference (CAD) or dietary cation-anion balance (DCAB), is calculated using only the monovalent ions of sodium, potassium, and chlorine. A more comprehensive estimate, however, considers the contribution of divalent ions of calcium, magnesium, sulfur, and phosphorus, but it is used less frequently because it requires more chemical analyses. For all practical purposes, the following equation is sufficient under most commercial conditions:

dEB (mEq/kg) = 1,000 ´[Na(g/kg)/23 + K(g/kg)/39 – Cl(g/kg)/35.5]

In broilers, an electrolyte imbalance can cause tibial dyschondroplasia, which may affect the metabolism of a number of essential amino acids in particular lysine and arginine. In most situations, it seems as through an overall diet balance of 250 mEq/kg is optimal for normal physiological function, although the range of published figure varies from 200-350 mEq/kg.

While it is true that overall electrolyte balance is of major importance, it appears to be most critical when Cl levels are high. Low dietary Cl levels often have little response to the manipulation of electrolyte balance, but when diet Cl is elevated, it seems critical to make the adjustments to the diet cations such that overall balance is maintained. Bear in mind that microbial fermentation can be impacted on by the DCAB in its environment. It may be true that the bird can self-regulate its own DCAB, but it cannot alter the DCAB of the digesta in the intestine. Feed changes, along with changes in the DCAB, may have a negative impact on the gut microflora and gut health.

Practical formulating tips:

  • dEB is important for gut health and microbial fermentation.
  • Formulating with dEB levels above 200 in summer always helps but the vice-versa may not be always true.

S levels are very critical when formulating with alternate ingredients:

The 1994 NRC lists the toxic level of S as 14g/kg in poultry; however, this is based on data from 1960. Lesson and summers demonstrated that broiler performance was retarded when high levels of dietary S were present in feed. Raw materials such as canola meal and maize DDGS are relatively high in S. If high levels of supplementation of trace minerals (in sulphate form) are added, and crystalline Lysine in form of Lysine sulphate is used instead of Lysine HCl, then the levels for optimum broiler performance might be exceeded.

More recently, researchers showed that feed intake in broilers was significantly reduced when dietary S levels reached 3.6g/kg using copper and zinc sulphate at supplementation levels of 255 and 1363 mg/kg respectively. However, broiler performance was not affected at these levels. Some nutritionist use sodium sulphate as an alternative to sodium bicarbonate. It may be cheaper but its molecular weight of 32.5, S will change the DCAB to some extent. While it may not do any harm, it is difficult to see any real benefit from this practice. Commercial nutritionists are becoming concerned that, as we reduce the protein levels of our diets and possibly use more Lysine sulphate, there is a danger that we may exceed safe upper limits.

Practical formulating tips:

  • S levels are critical and needs to be monitored, levels going above 0.3% may affect performance.
  • Rapeseed meal, DDGS, Poultry meal, Fish meal and DORB are high in sulphur.
  • S coming from Lysine Suphate needs to be considered.
  • S coming from Sulphate form of minerals also needs to be considered.
  • Formulating low protein diet with alternate ingredients at times aggravates the issue due to high S levels in finished feed.

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Emergere – a specialized Animal Health Consultancy

Emergere – a specialized Animal Health Consultancy

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In our extensive corporate experience of leading businesses & various projects, whenever we felt the need to seek external consultancy support, more often than not, a specific gap in domain knowledge, insights & customer perspective of the Animal Health Industry was starkly visible.

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Current Breeder Challenges, Need-Gap analysis, and Solutions

Current Breeder Challenges, Need-Gap analysis, and Solutions

Natural Remedies

Natural is future 2.0 is a webinar series powered by Natural Remedies Pvt. Ltd., where eminent speakers from across the globe are invited to share their thoughts on the most relevant topics in the animal health industry. In July, we had the privilege of hosting Dr. Jayaraman K., a renowned poultry breeder specialist in the Indian sub-continent. His discussion was aimed at providing practical solutions to the challenges of breeder’s health at different stages, to improve performance and productivity.

Dr. Jayaraman started his talk with the quote – HEALTHY BUSINESS STARTS WITH HEALTHY ANIMALS.

“If we understand the underlying problem, then we understand how to overcome it.” His talk was divided into three major sections based on the different stages, of the breeder’s life such as the brooder, grower, and layer phases, for easy comprehension.

Brooding Phase Challenges
He brought the focus to the incidence of lameness being higher in male birds in the brooding phase. At an early age, the birds start to limp or drag their body on the floor, one of the reasons attributed to this could be transportation stress. But if the symptoms progress as the birds grow and the number of birds showing these symptoms increases, the issue needs to be addressed. The birds may show postural defects, such as bowed legs or bent hocks. The lesions are evident in the hock region; the joint appears swollen and red. On closer examination, swelling in the plantar regions of the bird’s feet can also be noticed. In an autopsy, the hock joints would show inflammatory changes. What causes these symptoms? Popular belief is to justify these symptoms with calcium, phosphorus, vitamin D3 deficiencies, or faulty brooding. With evidence from a peer-reviewed journal, he mentioned that “Staphylococcus is a potential pathogen in broiler breeders” that causes lameness. Staphylococci are opportunistic bacteria that invade through breaks in the skin surface (beak, and comb trimming). As a management practice, the first beak trimming happens at 1-2 weeks, making the birds susceptible to infection. Hence, he suggested that it is essential to start antibiotic treatment post beak trimming. He suggested the use of penicillin or penicillin derivatives such as strepto-penicillin, benzathine penicillin (long-acting), and amoxicillin as the drugs of choice since they can reach the synovial joints.

Why is the incidence of lameness higher in male birds? In his opinion, one of the probable reasons could be that male birds have longer shanks as compared to female birds, and the other reason is that male birds also undergo comb trimming, which facilitates the entry of staphylococcus.

Dr. Jayaraman suggested the use of a probiotic in the first week of life for the birds and dosing them with antibiotics post beak trimming along with anti-mycoplasmic therapy in the second week. Since these practices are known to give good results.

Growing Phase Challenges: In the next phase, he selected to discuss intussusception. Intussusception is the telescoping of one part of the intestine into another. Its physical manifestation is called prolapse. The incidence is usually high when the feed is changed from chick mash to grower mash. This happens in growers, but by 10-12 weeks its incidence gradually decreases. The commonly known causes are pecking, low fibre, excess pressure or irritation in the intestine, necrotic enteritis, or subclinical coccidiosis. But Dr. Jayaraman brought other causes into attention, such as bacterial (Escherichia coli, Clostridium, and Campylobacter) and parasitic causes (internal worm infestation, Coccidia, Eimeria necatrix). Hence, he recommended the use of anti-coccidial drugs around 28 days of age.

The other cause is feed restrictions. The cases of intussusception are mostly seen after 7-10 days after a period of feed restriction. The incidence is higher in heavier bodyweight birds (above average body weight) because they tend to compete to consume as much feed as possible, leading to reverse peristalsis of the distal intestine leading to intussusception. He also suggested that if the cumulative feed consumption for the specific duration is optimal as per the feed company’s recommendations, generally this problem doesn’t happen. The way to solve this issue is to measure and titrate the feed such that there is less competition. The solutions that Dr. Jayaraman suggested were dark out of grower sheds; monitoring cumulative feed consumption for a specific duration; usage of anti-coccidials is essential (even in caged birds there are incidences of coccidiosis); he strictly suggested avoiding the use of antibiotics, and recommended the use of natural plant extracts and probiotics.

Laying Phase Challenges: Male depletion is high in the layer phase. In general, the male to female ratio is 1:10 or 1:9 in laying houses. Dr. Jayaraman pointed out that, the sheer number of male birds doesn’t guarantee good fertility. Both the number and the quality of the males are equally important. In the cage system for artificial insemination (AI), the male birds are milked for the collection of semen. When the frequency of milking increases (every alternate day), the quality of semen is reduced. So, by rearing a sufficient number of male birds and giving them adequate rest between milking, the male birds can maintain a good quality of semen. Practically preserving the males on the farm is just as important. He proposed that good management is when female mortality is 8% and male mortality is 10%. But in later stages, the male mortality is twice that of females, hence the remaining males are used more frequently for semen collection, leading to poor quality of semen. Also based on a scientific report, Dr. Jayaraman suggested that the major cause of male depletion, 33.8% is because of staphylococcal infection.

To combat male mortality, Dr. Jayaraman recommended a rotation of antibiotics like OTC-LA with penicillin, amoxicillin, and Tylosin. As age advances, the semen quality, and quantity deteriorates, so he suggested supplementing the birds with male fertility enhancers.

Female non-layers: Addressing challenges in female birds Dr. Jayaraman suggested identifying the non-layers. It can be done at the time of insemination. The non-layer birds will show difficulty in eversion; pin bones will be placed closer; the vent will be dry; the beak and shank will be yellow. He listed several reasons for birds to become non-layers. The causes may range from poor management, bacterial, viral, parasitic, and nutritional causes.

  1. Management issues, if the flock doesn’t have uniformity such that it has higher body weight birds and low body weight birds in large proportion. During feed withdrawal, the higher body weight birds get less feed allocation. At this time, the body of the bird goes into conserving energy mode for maintenance and the bird becomes a non-layer.
  2. During bacterial or viral infections, the birds show symptoms of low feed consumption. But on treatment, they get better. But some infections seep into the oviduct and cause trouble, leading to non-layers.
  3. The nutritional issue is a large umbrella, and it is hard to pinpoint one nutritional cause for non-layers. In general, nutrients must be optimally provided, keeping trace minerals in mind.
  4. External parasites like lice and mites. Dr. Jayaraman opined that lice infestation is well known, but in the recent past, red mite infestation has been increasing. Red mites affect the birds during the night hours, and cause anaemia but also lead to non-layers. He suggested some key issues be taken care of while doing the anti-parasitic treatment. Firstly, is maintaining proper pressure (psi) while spraying the anti-parasiticidal. Secondly, the time of application should be a few hours before lights out, so that the medication is effective and it acts on the mites which infest the birds during the night. He also advised the use of herbal products to treat parasitic infestations. And for internal parasites, de-worming in caged birds is also necessary.

Dr. Jayaraman suggested general treatment for non-layers, with ovulotonics, which are herbal preparations when given at the right time, helps the birds to rebound. He also mentioned that we tend to pay attention to only visible non-layers, but what about the birds which are going to be non-layers in the future? In his experience, when ovulotonics are given at 40-45 weeks of age, good results are noticed.

Disease challenge during peak production: Dr. Jayaraman mentioned that nowadays broiler breeders lay eggs just like layers, and have a good peak. To support their performance, the birds should be protected from basic challenges through immunization. He further explained that the words immunization and vaccination are not synonyms. Birds may have been vaccinated, but not necessarily immunized. The immunity of a bird is compromised even after vaccination. If the vaccine is not spaced out properly or if birds are immunocompromised, the expected titre will not be achieved. Hence, instead of repeating vaccination, immune-boosters and immunomodulators can be used to achieve higher titres. Supplementing the birds with vitamin E, selenium, glucomannan, herbal, and algal immune boosters were suggested along with the proper spacing of the vaccines.

Fatty liver syndrome (FLS): He gave examples from his experience and mentioned that breeder producers notice the FLS in their birds post-peak. It is caused due to a mismatch between the energy supplied (excess) and that of the bird’s actual requirement, toxins, or damaged liver. Hence, it is important to understand the bird’s requirements and be cautious during feed allocations and feed withdrawal. To treat FLS, he suggested choline supplements, either herbal or synthetic and /or liver tonics.

Egg production failed to recover after a challenge: Dr. Jayaraman mentioned that in recent days, the major problem is posed when the birds do not come back to normal egg-laying after recovery from toxin, viral or bacterial challenges. He suggested that when recovering from challenges; please do not wait for a long duration to bring the production to a normal level.

Respiratory disease complex (RDC): He mentioned that RDC was very common. It may be caused due to coryza, mycoplasma, ornithobacterium (ORT), or avian metapneumovirus. A thorough investigation needs to be done to narrow down the cause of respiratory distress. He recommended treating the flock with drugs like tiamulin, tilmicosin, and tylan. To avoid resistance to the drugs, shuffling and rotation of antibiotics can be followed. He recommended herbal products and essential oils to protect the birds from respiratory distress.

Enteritis: He spoke about enteritis and emphasized that it can be caused by several reasons; toxins, worms, bacterial infection, hormonal, etc. but common practice is to treat the flock with antibiotics, which isn’t right. Removing the root cause of enteritis is a good approach. But when one is unsure, herbal anti-diarrheal preparations can be used.

He concluded his talk by stating that breeder management is an art that combines balancing health, nutrition, and biosecurity aspects. There will be challenges. The way to get through them is by understanding the root cause, with diagnostics, and scientifically tackling the problem for better performance and profitability.

Dr. Jayaraman answered the questions posed by the participants as below:

At what age should the feed restriction be practiced?

Dr. Jayaraman mentioned that the restriction of feed between male and female birds is different. There is a difference of one week. The breeding company’s recommendations should be followed. For instance, 3-4 weeks of age is the right time to start the restriction, but the duration must be followed as per the producer’s recommendation. But the important thing is to study the cumulative gain for 5 weeks and correlate it with the average feed given in grams. Based on this, nutritional modifications should be made.

How do we treat tapeworms in birds?

He opined that tapeworms have been noticed in recent days, especially if there is a presence of ants in the sheds. Broad-spectrum anthelmintics like albendazole or levamisole have been known to work well. But the dosages of the anthelmintics should not be confused with those of immunomodulatory doses. He would personally prefer albendazole to treat tapeworms.

How to control egg breakage in older birds?

Dr. Jayaraman mentioned that egg breakage in older birds is physiological to some extent; it cannot be completely avoided. But through nutritional manipulations, one could reduce the incidence. The nutrient specifications for calcium and available phosphorus are slightly different for older birds as compared to those for other birds, which should be followed as per recommendations.

The calcium source in the feed should be split into slowly available (70%) such as grit and readily available (30%) like calcite powder.

The egg size in older birds is larger, and the bird’s body frame tends to be larger. This can be addressed through bodyweight management, along with linoleic acid and methionine level management, which will provide better eggshell quality. Additionally, supplementing with slightly higher doses of trace minerals can help this condition.

What could be the reason for feather loss in birds?

Dr. Jayaraman suggested that improper nutrition, or imbalanced sulphur-containing amino acids in feed, and stress may lead to feather loss post-peak. If specific birds show feather loss, this could be considered the first indication of non-layers. But if there is feather loss in all the birds, the protein requirement is not being met as per the recommendation, which needs to be checked.

What may be the reasons for the prolapse in the layers, in mid-lay?

He suggested that the prolapse has to be differentiated if it is an intestinal prolapse or an oviduct prolapse. In intestinal prolapse, enteric substances are secreted into the oviduct, leading to inflammation, cloacitis, and ascending infection occurs. In intestinal prolapse, we need to treat the enteric causes.

If it is an oviduct prolapse, it is an ascending infection where parts of the oviduct is exposed and infected. If the cage mat isn’t well maintained, birds pick up the infection from the floor mat, leading to ascending infection. It can be treated topically with oxytetracycline long-acting (OTC-LA) ointment and neem oil. And infusing OTC-LA into the oviduct should help the recovery of the birds.

What is the minimum gap that should be given between two killed vaccines?

Dr. Jayaraman opined that ideally, 4-5 weeks is the minimum. But the decision needs to be taken depending upon the titre. Some vaccines like IBH are given in the first week, and the next dose is only after 20-22 weeks, but the gap for coryza vaccine is only 8-10 weeks. Hence, it depends if the vaccine is bacterial or viral; if it is for a parent or commercial, the decisions are made on this basis.

Can toxins in feed change the internal and external quality of eggs?

Dr. Jayaraman explained that the effects of mycotoxin on egg quality are well documented. There are effects both internally and externally. There is a change in the thickness of the shell. While internally, blood spots can be noticed. Vitamin A deficiency is usually attributed to blood spots in eggs, but mycotoxins can also cause blood spots.

Is there any way to control double-yolk egg condition in early production?

He answered that double yolk eggs are a problem of mismanagement of the actual feed requirements of the birds and what is supplied to them. When challenging birds with more feed with an interest in gaining faster peak, it leads to jumbo eggs, which will lead to a higher incidence of peritonitis and egg retention along with increased mortality.

The other reason is light stimulation. When birds have reached the desired body weight but haven’t matured yet, they are challenged with overstimulation of light. This can lead to jumbo eggs. Hence, proper management of bird feed increments and light stimulation are important to control double yolk eggs.

What is the reason for the white legs in poultry birds?

He mentioned that in his experience, he had seen white legs in some broiler breeds, and has found a correlation between white legs when birds are given feed devoid of maize.

In broilers, would you suggest the same treatment for tapeworms?

He suggested that treating broilers for tapeworms may not be judicial. On the other hand, he also mentioned that the farmers use Areca catechu or betel nuts soaked water. 1kg of betel nuts soaked in water for 1000 birds, which has been effective. Secondly, control of ants is very important, which would give the best result for the next flock.

At what age, during brooding, should the light be stopped? After brooding, at what age should one introduce antibiotics?

Dr. Jayaraman recommended that in the first two weeks, 22-23 hours of light is important, and then gradually taper down to natural light. Antibiotics can be introduced on the day or the next day of beak trimming.

Contributed by: Dr. Raina Raj, Head of Marketing, Natural Remedies Pvt. Ltd.

Unparalleled Digital Event for Business Growth in Animal Protein Production

Unparalleled Digital Event for Business Growth in Animal Protein Production

The unparalleled Digital Event for Business Growth in Animal Protein Production is taking off 22-24 September 2021

Learn, network & make deals at V-Connect Asia Edition. Join for free now.

Every professional along the feed-to-food value chain can unlock substantial business growth by attending this 3-day B2B digital event by VIV worldwide. V-Connect Asia Edition takes place 22-24 September, providing the industry with top relevant industry updates and a convenient networking opportunity despite travel limitations in Asia.

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Exciting online Conference Program with 20+ high-level sessions to gain valuable knowledge

V-Connect Asia 21What is the future of alternative proteins in Asia? And the region’s next evolution in insect-based ingredients for livestock and aquaculture? What are the latest developments in animal health & nutrition, feed, micro-ingredients and additive management? How is farm production embracing cage-free solutions in Asia? And what are the new, advanced technologies for sustainable future food production?

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Webinar Invitation on Trends in Poultry Health

Webinar Invitation on Trends in Poultry Health

Infah LogoCPDO&TI in collaboration with Indian Federation of Animal Health Companies (INFAH) is organizing Online Discussion Forum (ODF), on Trends in Poultry Health, Season – 2.

Date: 16th September 2021 (Thursday)

Time: 10.30 hrs to 1300 hrs (India Time).

Inaugural Address: Mr. Vijay Teng, President, Indian Federation of Animal Health Companies (INFAH).

Organizer: Dr. Mahesh P.S. Joint Commissioner & Director, CPDO&TI.

Coorganizer: Dr. Vijay Makhija, General Secretary, Indian Federation of Animal Health Companies (INFAH).

Three eminent speakers to speak on practical experiences.
1.” *Immunity simplified” Understanding Immunity development after vaccination.
2.” Data management and traceability” – Tracking for effective decisions.
3.” Food safety in chicken and Egg“- creating safe Chicken and Egg

Expert delegates of INFAH will deliberate in panel Discussion.

Secretary General WPSA is special Invitee .

ODF 2 Participants

On behalf of CPDO&TI and INFAH we invite you all to participate.

Register in advance for the webinar at : https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7aLPLoYRQhiceeNZLsPL3Q

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Management lessons from Olympics

Management lessons from Olympics
Pattabiraman Nagarajan
Pattabiraman Nagarajan (Author)

The Tokyo Olympics has been special for several reasons as it comes in the midst of pandemic and has seen best performance of our contingent. I am not a sports analyst and I intend to write about what management lessons could we learn from Olympics.

I am sharing these lessons through stories.

1. No substitute for Preparation, focus and hard work – Look at our women hockey team. They started their intense preparations about a year back. They did a break down of all small things that will help them to be successful. They worked on Stamina, Endurance, speed, Aerial shot, ball control, running fast etc. and held focused training sessions. PV Sindhu worked muscle by muscle. She did workouts to strengthen the muscle that helps her jump in the court, helps her lunge forward to reach the net and the agility to cover the court. She too worked on her mental toughness through relaxation exercises, swimming. Results are there to see. Playing in such energy sapping conditions, against stronger opponents, our teams made the country proud. If we want to be successful, we also need to break that down to the smallest of things and make improvements in each of them through focused work. For more on this please read the book “Atomic habits”.

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2. Believe in your abilities – Our badminton doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Rankireddy were playing against the top ranked Chinese Taipei duo who have a superior track record. Nothing deterred them in putting their best and defeating them. Alexander Zeyerev was up against the top seed Novak Djokovic. Zeyerev is criticised for not being mentally tough as he had given away his two set advantage against Dominic Theim in US open finals last year. But he believed in his abilities and went on to unleash of barrage of forehand and backhand shots to demolish the top ranked Serb. He went on to bag the gold medal too, only the second German after Steffi Graph. Similarly we too need to believe on our ability and just focus on giving our best without spending our energies on the the opponents. The more we work on our abilities, higher are the chances.

3. Too much competition leads to stress and ruins our happiness – One of the memorable instances happened in High Jump. Barshim of Qatar and Tamberi of Italy were tied at 2.37m after three failed attempts each at 2.39. Officials asked for a jump off to decide the winner by which Tamberi withdrew citing an injury. What Barshim said was “Could we share gold” which was accepted. Given the intense rivalry between these two athletes who never won Gold at olympics, Barshim could have half gold medal. But he did not see Tamberi as a competitor and was looking at win win. Today rival automobile companies are collaborating and sharing products/technologies to create a symbiotic growth. How often we tend to compete with our own colleagues across functions in our own organization? For not serving customer on time, we blame Manufacturing, manufacturing blames Supply chain and they blame finance. This win lose, lose lose game does not help anyone. Focus on how you could collaborate and ensure everyone emerges successful.

4. No short cut to success. Anyone indulging in wrongdoing will be caught some day or other and it will hurt – 2012 London Olympics saw a record number of 135 athletes, 39 medalist’s (13 of them had won Gold) testing positive for prohibited substances. 65 of them were caught in re testing. Authorities decided to keep the samples for 10 years to help detect substances through new technologies in future as doping was becoming very scientific. A very curious case was of Russian wrestler (late) Besik Kudukhov whose sample was found positive for banned substance in retesting in 2016, good 4 years after the event and three years after his untimely death. Yogeshwar Dutt became eligible for Silver but he did not want it and said let Kudukhov family retain the medal. Family was able to retain the medal on compassionate grounds but not the reputation. Similarly any wrong doing, unethical practices, not adhering to accounting standards may go undetected for sometime but eventually will be caught some day or other and it will hurt us very badly.

Life is a wonderful journey if we learn continuously and become better on an everyday basis. James Clear, the author of book , Atomic Habits says “The secret of getting results that last is to never stop making improvements” … true.

About author: Mr. Pattabiraman Nagarajan is a HR professional, Consultant, trainer and an ICF certified coach. Has managed organization change and aligned HR practices to ensure business growth. He holds master degree in Social work and a PG Diploma in Business Management from IIM Trichy. He could be reached at npattabiraman@relyonus.in

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Victam Asia Rescheduled

Victam Asia Rescheduled

VICTAM Asia in co-location with Health & Nutrition Asia are planned on September 7-9, 2022.

Due to the ongoing worldwide pandemic, the management teams of VICTAM Corporation and VIV worldwide have decided to postpone VICTAM Asia and Health & Nutrition Asia in Bangkok to the third quarter of 2022.

The current situation is still not as optimal as it was estimated. Above all, the health of exhibitors and visitors and the successful outcome of the event are most important to the organizers.

In light of the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, which has forced the Royal Thai Government to implement new strict measures to control the spread of the pandemic, and the delays of the vaccination programs in several Asian countries, VICTAM and VIV do not see the opportunity to realize a large-scale event on the short term. Looking at the ongoing travel restrictions from and to Asia, the organizers also believe that it is not possible to guarantee the event quality as we know them for. The postponement to the third quarter of 2022 is in the interest of the whole industry.

VICTAM Asia in co-location with Health & Nutrition Asia are rescheduled to September 7-9, 2022. The new venue selected is IMPACT Halls 9-10, in Bangkok, Thailand. The objective remains the same: to realize the Total Animal Feed and Health event.

The dates secured in September 2022 will give all stakeholders room to breathe and pay attention to other vital issues. The organizers’ mission is to present a strong, value-adding event to the industry with high benefits for all parties.

VICTAM Corporation and VIV worldwide will also continue their partnership in Europe in 2022 by co-locating VICTAM International and VIV Europe at the Jaarbeurs venue in Utrecht, the Netherlands, from May 31 – June 2, 2022. With the high percentage of vaccinations in Europe there is no reason to doubt that this show can successfully go on as planned.

For more information, please visit the official websites www.victamasia.com and www.vivhealthandnutrition.nl.

Sebas van den Ende                              Heiko M. Stutzinger
General Manager                                   Director  VIV worldwide and Managing Director
VICTAM Corporation                            VNU Asia Pacific and VNU Europe

Webinar Proceedings on AHIDF

Webinar Proceedings on AHIDF

PRESS RELEASE: CLFMA organized a webinar on “Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF)” in association with the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying on 28th July 2021. Dr. O.P. Chaudhary, Joint Secretary (NLM/PC) Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Govt. of India, Dr. S.K. Dutta, Joint Commissioner, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Govt. of India, Dr. Lipi Sairiwal Assistant Commissioner, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Govt. of India, Shri. Sadique Akhtar, Team Leader, PMA (Manager, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP), Shri. Udit Paliwal, Program Management Expert, PMA (Consultant, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP) from GOI showed their valuable presence for the Webinar. Dr. O.P. Chaudhary, Joint Secretary (NLM/PC), Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Govt. of India was unable to connect the Webinar.

Dr. S. K. DuttaCLFMA’s Second Online Webinar on the AHIDF with Government of India started with Opening Remarks & Introduction by Dr. S.K. Dutta, Joint Commissioner, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Govt. of India. He briefed on the AHIDF (Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Scheme) of Rs.15000 Crores, under which, animal feed component was also included. He said that, the scheme enables the beneficiary to take the benefit of 90% the loan from the Bank, on which, 3% interest subvention is provided by the GOI., apart from this there is also a provision for availing 25% of the total borrowings as credit guarantee.

Sadique AkhtarA short movie on AHIDF scheme was played during the Webinar to give a glimpse of the entire Scheme. Shri. Sadique Akhtar, Team Leader extended his thanks to the participants. He welcomed Shri. Neeraj Kumar Srivastava, Hon’ble Chairman of CLFMA. Shri. Suresh Deora, Hon’ble Secretary of CLFMA. He has also thanked Mr. Divya Kumar Gulati, Dy. Chairman of CLFMA and all the participants & Dr. Lipi Sairiwal, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Govt. of India to participate in this program. He welcomed all the participants and the member of CLFMA for giving their valuable time to participate in the webinar.

Mr. Neeraj Kumar SrivastavaChairman, Mr. Neeraj Kumar Srivastava introducing CLFMA OF INDIA to the panelists and participants and gave a presentation on “Emerging Trend and Prospects of Feed Manufacturing”. He said that, CLFMA was very enthusiastic about this Webinar as the AHIDF scheme of Rs.15,000 Crores floated by GOI., and the same is very beneficial for the upliftment of the Livestock Industry.

He also briefed on CLFMA policy, which included three core values viz.

  1. Membership Value
  2. Visibility and Credibility of the Organization
  3. The recognition and influence.

Chairman, Mr. Neeraj Kumar Srivastava also briefed on the Poultry Feed Scenario & Industrial Scenario, current soaring price of the grains, especially the soybean meal & other protein sources which has created a huge havoc in the livestock industry. He gave an outlook of the challenges / difficulties faced by Livestock Sector during Covid 19, rising feed cost Post Covid-19 and gave the opinion of implementing better value chains, trainings, equipment, equipment’s, and employee’s safety.

He briefed on the pivotal role played by CLFMA for the upliftment and sustainability of compound feed industry and animal farmers, present ongoing trends and how the Livestock Industry could be helpful in reviving the Animal Husbandry Sector in the Country.

Dr. Lipi Sairiwal

Dr. Lipi Sairiwal, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Govt. of India explained AHIDF Guidelines and the entire process of application process in detail, which are available on the GOI.

She has also guided on how to apply for the loan to all the participants.

Website: dahd.nic.in & ahidf.udyamimitra.in

Shri. Udit Paliwal, Program Management Expert, Dr. Lipi Sairiwal, Assistant Commissioner, Dr. S.K. Dutta, Joint Commissioner, Shri. Sadique Akhtar, Team Leader interacted very well in Q&A Session with the participants and tried to resolve every question and for any further queries, they requested to contact either CLFMA OF INDIA or directly on the website, where contact details are available, so that they can try to handhold and help the related stakeholders.

Suresh DeoraClosing Remark was made by Shri. Suresh Deora, Hon. Secretary of CLFMA. He said the, AHIDF fund was a very good project for people in Industry whether they are Farmers, Section 8 companies, Proprietor, Partnership Firm, etc., as they can avail interest subvention of 3% on 90% of the Loan. He appreciated Dr. Lipi Sairiwal for presenting the detailed guidelines of the scheme.

He suggested the Government of India to consider the following requests to be included under the scheme:

  1. Please expand the scope of the Scheme;
  2. To add some more products like feed supplements and additives, by pass fat, breeder broiler and hatchery farms;
  3. To link up this scheme with CGTME scheme. Where, there is a non-collateral loan up to Rs.2 Crores & he said that, if this scheme is combined with CGTME Scheme CLFMA will be very grateful to the whole Ministry.

Mr. Suresh Deora, Hon. Secretary CLFMA extended thanks to everyone on behalf of himself and CLFMA for organizing this webinar & requested Dr. S K Dutta, Joint Commissioner that Government of India shall consider CLFMA’s requests.

Vote of thanks was proposed by Shri. Sadique Akhtar, Team Leader, PMA (Manager, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP). Total participation for the Webinar was 150 & 63 participants registered for the same.

Source: CLFMA of India

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Evaluating Protease Enzymes

Evaluating Protease Enzymes

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Enzymes increase nutrients available in feed ingredients. Since enzymes are substrate specific, the benefit of the enzyme in the diet is dependent on the mix of raw materials and the amount of substrate available.

Dr. Koushik De, Director-Technical Services, SCA
Novus International

Assessment of added value of enzymes isn’t simple. The most accurate method is to use in vivo techniques with animals consuming semi-purified diets. Using this method, the direct effect of an enzyme can be understood for each raw material. As this method is expensive and not available to do it for everybody, the matrix approach based on nutrients contribution values given by the supplier has been widely adopted to evaluate an enzyme.

Using a set of nutrient matrix values for an enzyme is a practical approach and providing unique matrix values to a given enzyme ensures it can be applied simply to any kind of diet, regardless of the raw materials or the amount of substrate. This approach has been easy to adopt in practical formulations but has consistently demonstrated enzymes failing to meet expectations. These failures have been due to the lack of or an excess of substrate, and/or over-formulation.

When evaluating enzymes, a few concepts need to be made clear:

  1. Substrate: the specific substance on which an enzyme act

  2. Enzyme Effect: nutrients that a given enzyme will make available due to the direct enzymatic effect and the additional benefits accrued by the reduction of the substrate in the diet

  3. Avoid over-formulation: enzymes need “nutritional space” to express and thus diets need to be near the deficiency point to make a good estimation of the enzyme’s potential.

Trials for evaluating enzymes

The test of an enzyme requires being aggressive in the formulation and pushing the limits. Under-performing chickens will help provide a better evaluation of the enzymes and understand how accurate the formulation is.

Challenge Model: In this model, the diet with significant reduction of nutrients, that the enzyme will liberate and make available to the birds, needs to be formulated. Different enzymes can then be added on top.

Table 1: Challenge Model-Protease-10% reduction of the CP & AA from the specifications.
Table 1: Challenge Model-Protease-10% reduction of the CP & AA from the specifications.

Objectives of the trial:

  1. “AA room” is created for enzymes to show their potential.

  2. Each supplier has different recommendations of how proteases affect the feed. This trial allows simplifying the comparison.

  3. Proteases can’t increase the AA digestibility 10% linearly. As a result, the AA ratio will be unbalanced and subsequently the performance of negative control as well as treatments will be lower than that of the control group.

  4. The most aggressive protease will have the best performance compared to T2.

  5. If any of the enzyme groups shows the same performance as the control group (T1), it signals some over formulation as no protease can increase 10% linearly on all the AA.

Response Model:

The model is a variation of the ‘Challenge model’ discussed in the previous section. In this model, two control diets will be used; the current diet (this group is optional if there aren’t enough treatments) and a diet group with anywhere between 5% to 10% lower AA specifications. The control 2 specifications will be used for the treatment groups. There will be a reformulation following the matrix value recommendation of each protease supplier.

Table 2: Response Model - Diet reformulation
Table 2: Response Model – Diet reformulation

Objectives of the trial:

  1. Having T1 compared to T2 will assist in acknowledging any over-formulation or amino acid imbalance.

  2. Having lower specifications in AA and CP creates enough space for the enzyme to express to potential.

  3. This design allows each supplier to give their ideal recommendations.

  4. If the enzyme recommendation is too aggressive, the enzyme group will clearly show lower performance than T2 as long as there is a gap of performance between T1 and T2.

  5. If the enzyme recommendation is conservative and the enzyme can deliver additional benefits it will be reflected in greater performance than T2 as long as there is a gap of performance between T1 and T2.

 

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Pro-active role of Indian Government in supporting livestock industry out of crisis

Pro-active role of Indian Government in supporting livestock industry out of crisis
Ricky Thaper
Ricky Thaper- Treasurer
Poultry Federation of India

When the animal feed prices rose sharply because of huge spike in soybean meal prices, all the trade bodies associated with poultry, fisheries and dairying industries met up with the key officials and Ministers of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Fisheries, Finance, Commerce & Industry, Agriculture, Consumer Affairs and Environment, Forest & Climate change, for ensuring imports of soybean meal so that domestic prices are curbed. The officials with the key ministries and ministers responded swiftly to the request to save livestock farmers and the industry.

Recent few weeks have witnessed hectic activities especially amongst the poultry, fisheries and dairies industries which has been hit hard by sharp spike in feed prices especially due to increase in soybean meal rates, a key source of protein used in the livestock feed.

The prices rise in the recent months have been so sharp that it has pushed up the cost of production and thus causing losses to poultry, aqua and dairy farmers. The officials from the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate change have conducted a series of meetings with delegations from All India Poultry Breeders Association, CLFMA, PFI, Fish Feed Manufacturers Association and livestock sector representatives to find a solution for addressing the sharpest spike in prices of feed in the recent years.

The rise in prices of soybean meal and maize have pushed up the cost of production. In the poultry sector both in the case of broiler (meat) and layer (for egg production), cost of feed constitutes around 65% to70% of cost of production, continuing to rise relentlessly for the last few months.

According to Mr. Bahadur Ali. Chairman, All India Poultry Breeder Association, the prices of soybean meal, has seen the sharpest increase in recent years. In July, 2021, the average price of soybean meal was Rs 85,000 per tonne against Rs 32,300 per tonne prevailed a year back and even in 2019, the prices were at a similar level. (refer table below). For other months, the prices in 2020 and 2019 have been in the range of Rs 33,500 – Rs 35,500 per ton.

Soybean meal price trend (Rs / Ton)

Soybean meal price trend
Source: All India Poultry Breeder Association, (prices excluding 5% GST)

The spike in Soybean meal prices have been mainly because of rise in soybean seed prices as mentioned in the table below.

Soybean seed prices trend (Rs / Ton)

Soyabean Seed Price trend
Source: All India Poultry Breeder Association, (prices excluding 5% GST)

Corresponding feed prices in case of poultry has risen from Rs 32,000 per ton prevailed in July, 2020 to Rs 48,000 per ton in July, 2021 thus pushing the cost of production of and poultry meat.

According to the Industry estimate, by the end of August, 2021, the feed price could rise to Rs 50,000 – 54,000 per ton if the steps to import around 12Lakh tonne of soybean meal till India’s new crop arrives by middle of October are not taken. Both the domestic prices of soybean seed and soybean meal are around 2 time costlier than the global prices.

“Due to the increase in soybean, feed prices have increased. Resultantly, the poultry farmers, and fish & shrimp farmers finding it very difficult to do placement of chicks as well as fish & shrimp. The officials from Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) on request of Industry had written letter to the Director General of Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce, requesting for import of 12Lakh tons of soybean meal till October, 2021 when new kharif crops arrive in the domestic market.

According to the Mr. Gulrez Alam, Secretary, All-India Poultry Breeder Association (AIPBA), this wide discrepancies in the production estimate of soybean by the Government as well as SOPA has led to the current crisis of supply of soybean meal. This has pushed up the cost of production for poultry, fish, shrimp, cattle and dairy farmers hugely leading to rise in prices.

According to Industry data, the annual requirement of soybean by the poultry sector (60Lakh tons), shrimp feed (4.5Lakh tons), fish feed (3Lakh tons) and dairy and direct animal feeding (5Lakh tons). The total soybean meal demand for animal feeding is 72.5Lakh ton.

Prompt actions by the government for initiating imports of soybean meal:

In anticipation of an emerging crisis caused by high soybean meal prices, officials of the various trade organizations and other stakeholders along with Mr. Bahadur Ali, Chairman AIPBA, met Shri Parshottam Rupala, Honourable Union Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries requesting him facilitate import of atleast 12Lakh tons of soybean meal on an urgent basis.

Poultry, Aqua & Shrimp Industry Delegation with AH Minister
Trade organizations and other stakeholders along with Mr. Bahadur Ali, Chairman AIPBA, met Shri Parshottam Rupala, Honourable Union Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries requesting him facilitate import of atleast 12 Lakh tons of soybean meal on an urgent basis.

Delegation of All India Poultry Breeders Association, Compound Livestock Feed Manufacturers Association and Poultry Federation of India and other Industry representatives from livestock industries met several key ministers Shri Om Birla, Speaker, Lok Sabha, Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Bhupinder Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Sanjeev Balyan, Minister of State of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Som Prakash, Minister of State of Commerce and Industry, Dr Bhagwat Karad, Minister of State of Finance and Dr L. Morgan, Minister of State for Fisheries for drawing attention towards sharp spike in feed prices and requesting them for allowing imports of soybean meal on an urgent basis.

Delegation with MOS Dr. Sanjeev Balyan
Poultry Industry Delegation met Dr. Sanjeev Balyan, Honourable Union Minister of State of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

 

Delegation with MOS Shri Som Parkash
Poultry, Aqua and Shrimp Industry Delegation had a series of meetings with Shri Som Prakash, Honourable Union Minister of State of Commerce and Industry

 

Delegation with Union Minister Shri Piyush Goyal
Mr. Bahadur Ali, Chairman AIPBA along with Poultry and Aqua Delegation, called on Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry in the Parliament House with the request to facilitate import of atleast 12 Lakh tons of soybean meal on an urgent basis.

 

Poultry Delegation with MOS Dr. Bhagwat Karad
Poultry Associations and Industry Delegation called on Dr Bhagwat Karad, Honourable Union Minister of State of Finance.

 

Delegation with MOS Fisheries Dr. L. Murugan
Poultry, Aqua and Shrimp Industry Delegation with Dr L. Morgan, Honourable Union Minister of State for Fisheries

Meanwhile, in a communication, Mr. K Gulte, Economic Adviser, asked Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, to Department of Commerce, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Department of Revenue and Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, to facilitate immediate import of 12Lakh tons of soybean meal.

All the trade representatives as well as stakeholders worked in close coordination to ensure that the government agencies apprised about soybean meal supply crisis and the government officials and ministers heading key ministries responded in a positive manner to ensure that the necessary instructions were issued for import of soybean meal. This close coordination between various departments and trade representatives would continue to be maintained for ensuring health growth of livestock sector.

Late Shri Ashish Gupta

I would like to state that one of our very dear friend and North India poultry feed industry’s dynamic personality, Shri Ashish Gupta, Managing Director, Sampoorna Feeds Pvt. Ltd, who had actively participated in most of the meetings with the key ministries in Delhi, for getting the import of soybean meal, passed away recently. Shri Ashish Gupta was actively associated with the welfare of North India poultry farmers and he always stood for the betterment of livestock industry.

May Almighty Rest his soul in peace and give strength to the family members, friends, near and dears ones, to bear this irreparable and untimely loss.