December 24, 2007

Delacon 1st Asian Seminar Tour successful

Press release

Delacon had successfully concluded the first Asian Seminar Tour, visiting Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.

The main objective of the "Performing Nature" tour was to raise the profile of Phytogenic Feed Additives.

From Schothorst Feed Research, the Netherlands, Dr. Jan Dirk van der Klis, PhD, talked about Microflora and Intestinal Health in Broiler and the Phytogenic Feed Additives role.

From Korea's Dankook University, Prof. Kim In-ho, spoke about research carried out on FRESTA F Conc. on sows and piglets. He also presented his research finding on the use of AROMEX ME on growing-finishing pigs in Korea.

The third guest speaker, Prof. Wilhelm Windisch from University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Science in Vienna, Austria, explored the various aspects on non-antibiotic feed additives including phytogenic feed additives. He also touched upon Mechanism and Application of Phytogenic in Poultry.

The guest speakers were supported by Stephane Jolain, Delacon Regional Manager Western Europe, who gave an overview about upcoming challenges in animal production, given the facts of high raw material cost and disease pressure.

Dr. Sze Eng Kian, Regional Manager for the Asia Pacific Area discussed a check list under the topic "Same, Same, but different" to evaluate the important parameters for a purchase decision of a phytogenic feed additive.

The seminars were well attended throughout the tour and attracted more than 250 representatives from the feed industry, livestock processing industry and the research community.