ARTICLE 72 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE October 2024 In addition, phytogenics help animals eat more, which can support carcass weight and breast meat yield. Therefore, they have high growth potential as a component of healthy animal feed and constitute an extremely attractive area for investment. Feed additives, such as postbiotics, can play a crucial role in supporting our animals’ health. Phytogenic additives offer a wide range of beneficial effects that enhance animal performance and welfare. Postbiotics support multiple species for gut integrity, volatile fatty acid profiles and immune function. CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTIBIOTIC USE REDUCTION The European Union’s ban on antibiotic growth promoters in 2006, followed by similar actions in other countries, has increased the focus on nutritional strategies and in particular on feed additives as a way of supporting health and performance and reducing reliance upon antibiotics. Phytogenic and postbiotic feed additives have emerged as promising solutions, offering one effective way to support animal health and performance under good husbandry and farming conditions. Published research has shown that postbiotics, used as part of good on-farm conditions, may reduce the need for therapeutic interventions, as evidenced by studies in ruminants and poultry. For example, postbiotic have demonstrated improvements in the average daily gain for steers and feed efficiency but without an increase in detectable antimicrobial resistance when compared with those fed the antibiotic. Our focus on the Microverse has enabled us to accelerate our innovation pipeline with both new postbiotics and phytogenic solutions, leveraging interactions between very specific postbiotics and phytogenics to help address key customer unmet needs: zero nutrient waste, reducing livestock emissions, reducing antibiotic or ionophores usage, supporting immunity, and alternatives to zinc oxide, to name a few. Through in-house developments, partnerships like the one with BASF in enzymes, and mergers and acquisitions, we aim to strengthen our portfolio in existing product categories, as well as develop new and emerging offerings to meet evolving customer needs. Phytogenic and other feed additives can help to significantly enhance animal performance. Studies have shown that phytogenic combinations improve feed digestibility, increase enzyme production, and provide antioxidant effects, leading to better
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