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5 names to remember in the feed industry
As from last year the most innovative of international agribusiness meet at the Animal AgTech Summit. Last year in San Francisco, this September in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Here’s five initiatives in the feed industry that you will hear more about.
F BY VINCENT TER BEEK, EDITOR, PIG PROGRESS
irst things first: The Animal AgTech Summit initiative began in 2018 with an event in San Francisco, CA, United States. The concept will now be rolled out over the continents, with a 2019 event in Amsterdam,
the Netherlands and Latin American meetings planned in São Paulo, Brazil before it returns to San Francisco next year.
Larger animal nutrition and health companies, like e.g. Trouw Nutrition, Cargill, Zoetis, Boehringer Ingelheim and Merck/ MSD had sent representatives to talk and interactively discuss the challenges of the modern era. All in their own way, these companies have embarked on finding innovative ways to em- brace new technological solutions. For instance, MSD com- pleted the acquisition of animal identification company Antelliq/Allflex earlier this year, Zoetis introduced its herd monitoring software Smartbow late last year and Boehringer Ingelheim its biosecurity tool Combat in 2018. On the other side of the spectrum, there are also many small- er companies whose initiatives have just seen the light, whose technologies require still more investments before they will become profit-making, or whose concepts are experiencing a breakthrough right now.
1. Unibio
The company Unibio, headquartered in London, UK, but with a strong base in Denmark, uses waste to begin some- thing new. It converts methane into protein that can be used for animal nutrition, using a U-Loop Fermentor. Most attention so far has gone on aquaculture, but the compa- ny also presented figures from a small-size trial in post-weaning piglets. According to slides presented, the animals did not experience any increase in diarrhoea when compared to using zinc oxide in the feed.
2. Proteon
The Lodz, Poland-based animal health company Proteon focuses on the use of phages (or viruses) that attack spe- cific types of bacteria. This approach could be a promising alternative to antibiotics. The company already has a phage product ready against salmonella in poultry while it is waiting for the EU to give approval for the marketing for this type of animal health strategy, COO Matthew Te- beau said. In the meantime, the company is working on more products for pigs, aqua, dairy and poultry.
Henrik Busch-Larsen, Unibio 10 ▶ ALL ABOUT FEED | Volume 27, No. 9, 2019
Matthew Tebeau, Proteon
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