June 12, 2013
Danisco Animal Nutrition showcases nutritional solutions for pigs
Danisco Animal Nutrition, a business segment of DuPont, celebrated over 25 years of animal nutrition innovation at World Pork Expo in Iowa by showcasing tried and tested nutritional solutions to key challenges currently facing the pork industry worldwide.
As animal producers face rising feed prices as a result of weather volatility, escalating oil costs and other market factors, it will become increasingly important to improve the efficiency of converting feed into protein for animals, and to shorten the cycle time of production.
Achieving optimum performance and cost benefits from increasingly complex mixes of raw materials is an issue facing all animal producers.Danisco provides a series of products that offer new solutions.
Its bacterial phytase, Axtra® PHY, minimises the anti-nutrient and energy draining effects of phytate throughout the digestive system. Porzyme®, a xylanase-based enzyme solution, reduces fibre-related anti-nutrient effects and improves performance and cost effectiveness of feed by allowing addition of cheap fibrous energy sources - such as DDGS and wheat middlings - to corn diets. Extensive trials have shown faster and more efficient gain in pigs at all stages of growth, with economic benefits of up to US$2.72 per pig in the late finishing phases.
Danisco also showcased solutions that would help producers to be more environmentally sustainable and spend less money on complying with increasingly strict legislation. Axtra® PHY and Phyzyme® XP, the first E.coliphytase on the market, are effective in slashing manure application costs by reducing phosphorus in the manure. Daniscois also advancing phytasethermostability with its TPT technology to ensure ease of use.
Another product,Betafin® natural betaine solution, which was also featured at the show, can help producers achieve performance benefits before piglets are born and continue to save money as they grow.
An osmolyte and methyl donor produced in a highly-purified form from sugar beet, Betafin® natural betaine is particularly effective during the dry summer months when heat stress is an issue and fertility can also be depressed. As a methyl donor, Betafin® natural betaine improves biological functions such as reproduction, increasing litter size and piglet vitality. In addition, it offers wide-ranging osmolytic benefits during weaning when dehydration is a major challenge and thus helps alleviate the impact of weaning stress on piglet performance. For grower finisher pigs, Betafin® naturalbetaine has been shown to improve daily lean gain via its energy boosting role.
Gwendolyn Jones, technical services manager at Danisco Animal Nutrition commented, "Making a profit on pigs is a challenge in an increasingly volatile and regulated environment. Our goal is to develop innovative combined and single additive solutions that help pig farmers stay on course for profitable pig production in a sustainable way."
