national Webinar Week Webinar on gut health: ‘no antibiotics ever’ II
The first speaker at this webinar was Hanna Hamina, chair of the Finnish Poultry Association. She delved into the details of a case study in Finland which showed that it has been unnecessary to medicate broilers for more than a decade. Hanna discussed the methods farmers use to main- tain healthy flocks without medication such as good bio- security, quality home-grown feed and an overall health management programme. The next speaker was Marcelo Lang, global marketing di- rector at Chr. Hansen, who discussed the power of good bacteria and how they enable poultry producers to reduce or eliminate the use of antibiotics. Marcelo explained the challenges to ‘No Antibiotics Ever’ (NAE) which included res- piratory infections, early mortality due to neonatal bacterial infections and coccidiosis. The final speaker was Elen Rondel, Europe-CIS poultry manager at Phileo, who said yeast solutions, which are as- sociated with a broad-based approach to farm manage- ment, can help birds become more resilient and stay in good health. Elen said: “If we want to reduce the use of
Webinar on weaning
The first speaker at this webinar was Dr Casey Bradley, president at the Sunswine Group, who discussed ‘archetypal protein’. She talked about the use of such proteins to reduce crude protein in pig diets while optimising performance and reducing the pig industry’s environmental footprint. She also touched on emissions and how to harness nitrogen, for ex- ample, and make it a usable commodity and not a problem. Next in the spotlight was Delphine Van Zele, product manager, pigs, EMEA, at Nuscience, who reviewed five mis- conceptions about zinc-free weaning. These included farm- ers thinking they can replace zinc oxide with feed alone; weaning with lower protein levels is impossible; extra fibre in the weaning diet will cut growth; management doesn’t have a big impact on zinc-free weaning; and feeding creep feed in the farrowing house has no significant influence on weaning. Last to present was Graziano Mantovani from Cargill, who zoomed in on ‘growability.’ He said growability equals the post-weaning survival percentage multiplied by weight gain and went on to discuss the factors that can influence it.
The line-up, from left to right: Hanna Hamina of the Finnish Poultry Association, Marcelo Lang of Chr. Hansen, Fabian Brockötter, host, Elen Rondel, Phileo.
antibiotics and make a good transition to this NAE era, we need to prevent rather than cure.”
The line-up, from left to right: Dr Casey Bradley, the Sunswine Group, Delphine Van Zele, Nuscience, Graziano Mantovani, Cargill, Vincent ter Beek, host.
His said feed intake pre-weaning is crucial for gut prepara- tion, and weaning diets should be adapted to piglet intake profiles. He also highlighted the importance of protein digestibility.
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