ISSUE FOCUS 24 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE January 2023 About Barbara Brutsaert Barbara Brutsaert is Sustainability Manager Antibiotic Reduction at Trouw Nutrition, the livestock division of Nutreco. Trouw Nutrition is a global leader in innovative feed specialties, premixes, and nutritional services for the animal nutrition industry. Barbara holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine cum laude from the University of Ghent in Belgium. She started to work at universities and as an independent vet in South-Africa, Germany, and Belgium. After that, Barbara worked for four years for a multinational pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson, before joining Trouw Nutrition in 2003. The first eleven years working at Trouw Nutrition, she was a sales manager of feed additives, premix, and young animal feed in Belgium and partly in France. In 2014, she moved to the global organization, first as product manager for Selko health feed additives and then as a global program manager for gut health programs in monogastric, focusing on antibiotic reduction. Her expertise lies in implementing antibiotic reduction programs across the entire value chain at customers worldwide. She has authored several articles on gut health and antibiotic reduction for industry publications. Barbara’s passion and commitment is to support livestock producers to raise animals with healthy nutrition, in healthy conditions and with regular health monitoring to ensure a responsible use of antibiotics. About Giseli Heim Giseli Heim is veterinarian and holds a master’s degree in Veterinary Science (Swine Reproduction - Brazil) and a PhD in Animal Science (Swine Nutrition - Ireland). She works for Trouw Nutrition for almost six years, starting from Global Marketing Swine, joining Nutreco Africa as Swine Specialist and finally finding her passion in the Feed Additives, Gut Health Team, as Global Product Manager Gut Health. She has worked at Cargill (Spain), Orffa (Netherlands) and IDEXX (Netherlands). Giseli is originally from Brazil and has been living in Ireland, Spain and finally The Netherlands. About Yvonne van der Horst Yvonne van der Horst holds a Master’s degree in Animal Sciences from Wageningen University in The Netherlands. After working in a commercial position in the Animal behaviour sector, Yvonne acquired the position of technical manager Feed in the organic acids industry. In 2013 she moved to Selko Feed Additives in the position of technical manager Preservation and Health being responsible for technical support of the organic acid based portfolio. In 2016 she became responsible for the Presan portfolio as the Global product manager. and works alongside farm management improvements and optimizing the microbiological, nutritional, and physical properties of the feed. The integrated strategy effectively reduces the use of AGPs while supporting animal productivity and protecting producers’ economics. Next to the immediately tangible benefit of improved performance, customers are prepared for future trends and legislation. Additionally, reducing or removing antibiotics can help customers meet the requirements of market segments that command higher prices for their end products. For example, producers can meet the demands of retailers with specific requirements such as AGP-free or “no antibiotics ever” labels. By improving the resilience of the animal, results are more consistent. And from an animal welfare perspective, reducing the risk of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) helps assure antibiotics are available for responsible use when necessary to treat animals. Data proves that a combination approach utilizing a synergistic combination of Selko feed additives can support animal health and performance in AGP-free production. Rooted in science, the multifactorial approach supports animals by supporting gastrointestinal development and immunity functions, improving digestion, and optimizing absorption of essential nutrients. References: 1Tackling drug-resistant infections globally: final report and recommendations | The review on antimicrobial resistance 2European Surveillance of Veterinary Antimicrobial Consumption (ESVAC) | European Medicines Agency (europa.eu) 3FDA Releases Annual Summary Report on Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed in 2021 for Use in Food-Producing Animals | FDA 4COVID-19 Reverses Progress in Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance in U.S. | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC
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