Source: Anneleen Swanepoel, Chemunique, 18 August 2021, phoro credit: The Haya Labs Media
IFF nutrition and biosciences takes a holistic approach to animal nutrition. This means their research does not only look at the traditional production standards such as feed conversion ratio (FCR), but also considers the gut health and immunity of the animal.
The drive behind this approach is that the industry is moving away from using antibiotics as growth promoters. Therefore, their focus is to improve the nutribiotic state of the animal (which refers to nutrition, the microbiome in the gut, and immune function), as these factors are all interlinked. With this as the focus, the goal is to optimise feed formulation to improve intestinal integrity and gut health by enhancing starch, fat, and protein digestibility, as well as shifting the bacterial population to beneficial bacteria, leading to improved production performance.
Read more about nutribiosis.
The South African Pork Producers’ Organisation (SAPPO) coordinates industry interventions and collaboratively manages risks in the value chain to enable the sustainability and profitability of pork producers in South Africa.
