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Five names to remember in the poultry industry
For about a year now the most innovative side of international agribusiness has met at the Animal AgTech Summit. Last year held in San Francisco and this September in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Here are five initiatives from the pig industry that you will be hearing more about.
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irst things first: the Animal AgTech Summit started in 2018 with an event in San Francisco, CA, in the US. The concept will now also be rolled out international- ly to an event in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with
Latin American meetings planned in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2019, before returning to San Francisco and Amsterdam next year.
1. ViroVet
Traditionally, viruses can be prevented with vaccines – but there are also other ways to deal with viruses. Anti-virals are known in human medicine; these are elements which prevent the virus from replicating. An approach like this can be used with any virus – but regulatory matters and food safety concerns make it a lengthy process before they can hit the market. “An antiviral against ASF, if permitted or required by emergency legislation could have been ready for use late last year,” said CEO, Erwin Blomsma.
Some of the larger animal nutrition and health companies, like Trouw Nutrition, Cargill, Zoetis, Boehringer Ingelheim and Merck/MSD, had sent representatives to talk and discuss with one another the challenges of the modern era. Each in their own way, these companies have embarked on finding innova- tive ways to embrace new technological solutions. MSD, for in- stance, earlier this year completed its acquisition of the animal identification company Antelliq/Allflex. Late last year Zoetis introduced its herd monitoring software Smartbow, while in 2018 Boehringer Ingelheim did the same with its biosecurity tool Combat.
On the other side of the spectrum, there are also many small- er companies whose initiatives have just seen the light of day, whose technologies may still require more investment before they can become profitable, or whose concepts are seeing a breakthrough right now.
2. Unibio
The company Unibio, headquartered in London, UK but with a strong base in Denmark, uses waste to create something new. Using a U-Loop Fermentor it converts methane into protein that can be used for animal nutri- tion. Aquaculture has been the main focus of attention so far but the company also presented figures from a small- size trial in post-weaning piglets. The material presented showed that the animals did not experience any increase in diarrhoea compared with using zinc oxide in the feed.
Erwin Blomsma, ViroVet. 24 ▶ POULTRY WORLD | No. 9, 2019
Henrik Busch-Larsen, Unibio.
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