July 2, 2018

Aviagen, Bounty Fresh team up for broiler and breeder seminars in the Philippines

Aviagen^® and Bounty Fresh Foods Inc. had recently hosted an educational seminar series for Bounty Fresh's Indian River^® customers in the Philippines.
 

The seminars were designed to help customers succeed by sharing advice and expertise for getting the most from Indian River broilers and breeders.
 

Bounty Fresh is a long-time customer of Aviagen's Indian River brand of broiler breeding stock, which is growing in popularity in the Philippines due to its high meat yield, feed efficiency and environmental tolerance.

Held twice per year, the seminars aim to update Bounty Fresh and its customers on the most current knowledge needed to get the best performance from their Indian River breeders and broilers.

On April 23, both companies welcomed 169 guests from the Luzon region to Quest Hotel in Clark for the broiler/breeder seminar.
 

Presented by Bounty Fresh executives and Aviagen veterinarians, nutrition specialists and other poultry management experts, the critical areas addressed were optimal feeding for breeders, future outlook for broiler and breeder improvements, good nutrition for an antibiotic-free diet, male management, ventilation cooling pads and side inlets, disease prevention, amino acids and metabolisable energy for best performance in humid conditions, and outlook of the Philippine poultry industry.
 

To balance the seminars with interactive, hands-on training, the two seminars were bridged by two days of farm visits on April 24 and 25.
 

Breeder customers paid visits to Bounty Fresh breeder farms, while broiler customers practiced their skills at contract broiler farms. Parallel to the farm visits, Dr. Alex Corzo, Aviagen's nutrition Specialist for North America, caught up with Bounty nutritionists at a Bounty feed mill to discuss and fine-tune diet and nutrition plans.
 

The enthusiastic response from Aviagen and Bounty Fresh participants attests to the success of the seminars, Aviagen said.

"At Aviagen, we're committed to our customers and helping them succeed by maximising the genetic potential of our birds, and I feel the Bounty seminars helped us demonstrate this commitment," Aviagen's international product manager, Dominic Elfick, said.
 

"It is reassuring for the future of the industry to see so many young people not just absorbing information on a wide variety of topics but also asking questions that make the presenters have to think too."

Said Dr. Corzo: "Our visit to Bounty Fresh was a very interesting one, and as a nutritionist I was particularly impressed with the work that Richard, Gloria, and all other Bounty nutritionists and feed mill and quality control personnel are doing to ensure that all feeds are manufactured with good nutritional balance and an optimum feed form."