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4 Organic Trace Minerals In Animal Nutrition

Trace elements have a vital role to play in the many metabolic functions within the body. There are two broad categories of trace minerals. They are inorganic trace minerals and organic trace minerals. Organic trace elements are chelates or complexes of minerals with organic ligands. Organic trace minerals in animal nutrition are easier absorbed in the gut and have improved bioavailability. When minerals are bound to chelating agents like amino acids or hydrolyzed proteins, they become stable and thus, less reactive in the digestive tract. The common organic trace minerals for cattle, swine, aqua and poultry nutrition are iron, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, and chromium.

 Why OTMs?

 Supplementation of organic trace minerals in animal feed improves body weight gain and production of egg and milk etc. Another important application of organic trace minerals is reducing excretion, which reduces environmental pollution and wastage of nutrients. Apart from production, organic trace minerals improve immunity and reproductive performance. Animals that are fed with organic trace minerals have higher milk yield and fat levels than those fed with inorganic trace minerals.

 Organic zinc improves the resistance to mastitis due to the postulated role of Zn in maintaining the skin integrity and the keratin lining of the streak canal. Udder health can also be enhanced by reducing somatic cell counts. This is done by adding organic trace mineral supplements.

 Types of OTMs

 The different types of OTMs include:

  Glycinates

Metal (specific amino acid) complexes 

Metal amino acid complexes 

Metal proteinates

Metal polysaccharide complexes

Metal propionates

 Criteria to select OTM

 There are a number of parameters to consider when choosing the right organic trace minerals - size, specificity, solubility and stability.

 a) Solubility – High solubility in the gastrointestinal tract enables homogenous distribution and greater absorption.

b) Size – Small size leads to enhanced absorption and improved metabolic utilization.

c) Stability – Higher stability ensures reduced interaction, leading to protection from separation in the GIT.

d) Specificity – Standard molecular structure is important for consistent performance.

  Glycinates

 Glycinates are the smallest complex trace elements with the highest mineral content.

These are organically bound trace elements used as animal feed supplements due to their higher bioavailability. Glycinate usage results in higher animal performance and better animal vitality and productivity.

 Performins

 Performins is a range of organic trace mineral glycinates that enhances animal performance. This is the only trace mineral glycinate with separate formulations for broilers, dairy, layers, breeders, and shrimp. Performins is also available in the form of individual minerals - Performins Zinc, Performins Copper, Performins Iron and Performins Manganese

 Inclusion

Broiler(Birds): 0.5 Kg per MT of feed

Layer(Poultry): 1 Kg per MT of feed

Breeder: 1 Kg per MT of feed

Dairy: 250 – 500 g per MT (Commercial)

7 – 10 g per head per day (Farm)

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Managing heat stress in poultry

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Heat stress management through nutrition in poultry

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Antioxidants are added in poultry feeds to protect the feeds from oxidation and deterioration during storage. The usage of antioxidants as animal feed supplements has increased in the recent past. Nutriox has proven to be one of the most effective antioxidants for animal feeds.

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How To Protect Poultry Feed Quality With Feed Antioxidants?

Antioxidants are added in poultry feeds to protect the feeds from oxidation and deterioration during storage. The usage of antioxidants as animal feed supplements has increased in the recent past. Nutriox has proven to be one of the most effective antioxidants for animal feeds.

Requirement Of Feed Antioxidant

Poultry feed risks spoilage due to oxidation. The process of oxidation destroys the nutrient content of the feed, mainly the fat and fat-soluble vitamins. Oxidation in feeds results in the rancidification of carotenoids, fats, amino acids, and Vitamins A, D, E & K. Oxidation creates an odor and makes the feed unpalatable for poultry. The oxidation of feeds reduces its nutritive value and if spoiled feed is consumed, it can create massive nutrient deficiency. The presence of certain trace minerals in poultry feeds may also catalyse the oxidation process. It requires feed protection specifically to ensure that the nutrients are not destroyed and thus comes the need to use feed antioxidants like Nutriox.

Process Of Feed Oxidation

Feed antioxidants play an important role in protecting nutrients. Nutriox, which is the feed antioxidant manufactured by Avitech Nutrition, contains Ethoxyquin, Propyl Gallate, and Citric Acid. Citric acid prevents oxidation catalysis through metal chelation and thus stops the first phase of oxidation. Ethoxyquin takes control in the next phase by stabilizing the free radicals. Propyl Gallate assures longer antioxidant activity by regenerating Ethoxyquin.

 Nutriox   Nutriox is a feed antioxidant that offers three-way protection from the oxidation losses in feed, within the fats, and of the vitamins. Along with a proven synergy and higher stability, Nutriox offers adequate nutrient protection, which enables feeds to retain their nutritive value. One of the most important benefits of Nutriox (animal supplement) is the metal ion chelating activity helps in preventing oxidation catalysis. The fine particle size and the free flow of Nutriox ensures uniform distribution. Nutriox is excellent in nutrient protection and increasing performance. 

Inclusion

For the protection of poultry, fish, swine feed- 75 to 225 gm/MT of feed For dairy feed- 150 - 300 gm/MT of feed For mineral premix protection- 500-2500 gm/MT of premix 

  (well suited for all sorts of mineral premix-containing vitamins.)

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Emulsifiers — Animal Feed Supplements to Enhance Productivity

Animal feed supplement products have been added to the diet of animals, birds, and fish for optimum health and increased production. These animal feed supplements have now become an essential part of the modern farm industry for their numerous benefits including improving profitability of the farmer. In order to make efficient use of these additives, it is important to ensure that animals are able to absorb the nutrients given to them. The inclusion of an external emulsifier becomes important as it helps in better fat digestion and absorption. Lysophospholipid based emulsifiers have a proven role in the absorption of nutrients in the body by enhancing the permeability of the absorptive surface.

The Role of Lysophospholipids In Emulsifiers

Lysophospholipids are a class of phospholipids that aid in the absorption of fat and other nutrients through the cell membrane. Lysophospholipids promote fat absorption by forming micelles with monoglycerides and fatty acids. The micelles formed have smaller radii and thus have a larger surface area, making them more stable than micelles formed by other phospholipids.

Lipidin is a product developed by Avitech Nutrition, an established animal feed supplement manufacturer, and comprises several biologically active Lysophospholipids for increased emulsification. The following are the types of Lysophospholipids present in Lipidin that make it an excellent emulsifier cum natural absorption enhancer:

· Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC)

· Lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE)

· Lysophosphatidic Acid (LPA)

· Lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI)

THE HLB & CMC Values of Lipidin

The HLB & CMC are two important index values for emulsifiers. The HLB is the Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance and CMC is the acronym for the Critical Micelle Concentration.

· The HLB index factor is the degree of water solubility of the emulsifier.

· Lipidin has an HLB of 10. It is the ideal value for emulsifiers since it indicates equal affinity for water and lipid.

· The CMC of Lipidin is lower than that of Bile and Phospholipids, which indicates that this animal supplement is more efficient. It also means that Lipidin is more effective than bile and phospholipids in terms of its emulsification properties.

Features of Ideal Emulsifiers

· Balanced HLB value that is equally oil and water-soluble.

· Enhances absorption of fats and nutrients for optimum productivity.

· Extracts maximum nutritional value from animal feed.

· Improves feed conversion ratio and performance.

· Prevents fat accumulation in the animal body.

Lipidin from Avitech Nutrition, one of the leading animal feed supplement manufacturers, is an emulsifier with ideal features that enable substantial savings in the feed cost. This animal feed supplement, Lipidin has a shelf-life of 2 years.

The Recommended Inclusion of Lipidin In Feed

Lipidin is tested on poultry, aqua, and swine at several animal research farms and institutes. After a lot of studies done across the globe, this animal feed supplement is branded safe for use and comes with a recommended inclusion chart for optimum productivity in animals.

· Poultry- 500 g/MT of the complete feed

· Aqua- 1000–1500 g/MT of the complete feed

· Swine- 750–1000 g/MT of the complete feed