NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE April 2024 9 support for animals during short and severe heatstroke. A similar product concept for pig production will be tested on the field this summer." "Thermoplus® solution for ruminants and Thermo Control® solution for pigs have a direct effect on body temperature, contributing to improved animal well-being," stresses Jean Pascard, Ruminant Product Manager. "Thanks to our scientific partnerships, these effects have been the subject of publications at EAAP 2023 and ALPA 2023 for Thermoplus® and Thermo® Control respectively." Bird physiology is different, and it is not possible to act on body temperature regulation, CCPA states. Feedstim® Poultry acts on the consequences of stress generated by periods of high temperature and humidity, according to the company. Read more>> dsm-firmenich and Agrifirm join forces for sustainable and responsible poultry production dsm-firmenich, one of the leading innovators in nutrition, health and beauty, and Agrifirm, a leading agricultural cooperative, unveiled their joint venture to create a new platform that will bring together dsm-firmenich’s life cycle assessment (LCA) platform, Sustell™ and Agrifirm’s PoultryNEXT, a data platform for poultry production performance insights. The new platform will offer a differentiated solution for transparent and responsible poultry production addressing the value chain needs. The pressing need for more sustainable food systems is underlined by the commitment of food companies and retailers through emissions reduction targets – but are difficult to realize considering the size and complexity of supply chains. Farmers and the feed industry provide an important part of the solution to achieving these ambitious, yet necessary international goals, as the majority of the emissions and ability to improve are firmly under their control, according to the companies. dsm-firmenich’s LCA platform Sustell™ combines the most advanced environmental foot-printing platform with expertise in sustainability, animal production and nutritional knowledge. The company emphasizes that by capturing specific feed and farm data in a highly scalable way, while being backed by third-party ISO certification, Sustell™ users can accurately monitor their full environmental footprint and understand where and how to make improvements, thereby playing a pivotal role in enabling the downstream value chain to deliver on their emissions commitments and targets. Agrifirm’s data platform PoultryNEXT combines performance tools with expertise in flock management, animal production and nutritional knowledge. The company states that by capturing farm-specific data, backed by nutritional and on-farm expertise, PoultryNEXT can monitor precise data that accurately tracks and helps improve responsible production performance. Read more>>
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