INTERVIEW 54 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE June 2024 With summer approaching, hydration and early nutrition for chicks becomes even more important. NMAN®, a new product from Axitan's Hatch.Life brand helps hatcheries and poultry farms meet the challenges of the hot summer months. NMAN®, a nutrition and hydration product designed specifically for chicks and poultry, is already attracting attention for its ease of use and versatility. “IT’S GOING TO BE ANOTHER HOT ONE” Hydration and early nutrition for chicks as summer approaches Axitan, a leading biotechnology company focused on the development of endolysin enzyme products to replace antibiotics in animal feed, recently launched NMAN®, a new hydration and nutrition product for chicks. Dr. Kane Miller, Chief Innovation Officer and the Founder of Axitan shares details about the new product: “NMAN® is a nutrition and hydration product specifically designed for chicks & poults. It comes in the form of a 40-gram gel bar that is exceptionally easy to handle and can be placed directly into a chick box during transport to the farm or placed on top of feed as a top dressing to encourage early feed adoption at the farm. Its bright green colour makes it very attractive to the chicks. As a nutrition and hydration product, NMAN® provides the birds with a clean source of water in addition to carbohydrates, easily digestible fats and a complete suite of high-quality vitamins, all designed to give chicks the best start in life. We manufacture the bars from a proprietary gum blend that makes NMAN® easy to handle, minimises chick wetting and ensures that it is easy for the chicks to eat.” COMBATING INCREASED MORTALITY RATES IN SUMMER The company believes that NMAN® will become even more important for the poultry industry, especially with the upcoming hot summer months, and emphasizes that this is supported by the high
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