NEWS 8 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE July 2022 Dr. Eckel launches Anta®Shield, phytogenic champion for safe pig feed Dr. Eckel Animal Nutrition has introduced Anta®Shield, a new product that addresses the risk of transmission of African swine fever (ASF) through feed. African swine fever (ASF) has become a major threat to the pig industry. Prevention is the key to controlling the disease. Any measures applied must be comprehensive and must not omit any transmission route. Dr. Eckel Animal Nutrition has introduced new product Anta®Shield that addresses the risk of transmission through feed. Anta®Shield, based on highly effective phytogenics, contains bioactive ingredients from plants that have been cultivated for thousands of years for the very purpose of protecting food from pathogens. Vice President Dr Bernhard Eckel explains how the development of the new product came about: “We at Dr. Eckel have decades of experience with phytogenic active ingredients. Their antibacterial effect has been proven time and again. However, the hypothesis that they could also have antiviral properties is still relatively new. When developing Anta®Shield, we focused on plant substances that destabilise the biomembranes of gram-positive bacteria. Our trials suggest that these substances may also affect the envelope glycoproteins of the ASF virus.” Each of the tested plant extracts showed greater efficacy than the organic acid treatment in the comparison group. However, the best effect was achieved with a specific combination of various extracts. “It is only the synergetic effect of the selected active ingredients that produces the optimal result,” states Bernhard Eckel. Anta®Shield was born. For the trials, which were conducted in a special laboratory in Vietnam, pig feed was infected with the active virus. PCR assays were used to determine the viral load after one, three and seven days. After three days, virtually no viral DNA could be detected. Moreover, cell culture tests showed that the virus’ infectivity in the samples treated with Anta®Shield was reduced by a hundredfold after a mere 24 hours. Bühler Group brought together more than 1,000 decision makers from the food, feed and mobility sectors at its 3rd Networking Days and announced multiple partnerships in food and feed industries. Swiss technology group Bühler held the third edition of its Networking Days in Uzwil, Switzerland on June 27-28. The 2-day event organized with the motto of “accelerating impact together” brought together over 1,000 decision makers from the food, feed and mobility sectors. During the event, Bühler announced multiple partnerships that will facilitate the transition towards more efficient food and feed production and accelerate the transformation towards sustainable mobility. Among the new partnerships are, Eridia, a new joint venture with Austrian pharmaceutical and biotechnology company ZETA for precision fermentation and cellular agriculture and IMDHER Bühler, another joint venture with IMDHER, a leading turnkey supplier to the Mexican feed market. Bühler unveils multiple partnerships at 3rd Networking Days
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