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Optimizing Poultry Health for Optimal Production Performance

4Optimizing Trace Mineral Nutrition in Poultry- Key to

Assure Better Immunity

8 Silo based grain storage technology for India.

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Introduction

Formulation poultry diets consist of an array of

ingredients that match a desired nutrient profile

at the minimum cost. Today's nutritionists are

required to be able to formulate poultry diets

which allow for optimal performance in

situations where birds may exposed to various

disease challenges, or managemental stresses.

Most of the times in a commercial point of view

the nutrient profile used are based on research or

field observations evaluating the economically

important production function of interest. This

production function is typically body weight,

feed conversion, or breast meat accretion, but

may not immunity or disease resistance.

Although the balance of nutrients is directly

involved in optimizing the production function,

variation in their levels can have a substantial

impact on cellular systems (i.e., immunity).

However, altering nutrients in the field during an

infectious challenge is typically an afterthought

and usually consists of drinking water

administration of vitamins, electrolytes, or an

antibiotic. Dietary composition impacts immune

function of the chicken. As research in the area of

nutritional immunology has increased, it is

becoming apparent that nutrient needs for

immunity do not coincide with those for growth

or skeletal tissue accretion. (Kidd MT, 2004). Most

nutrient requirements of poultry and livestock

have been determined in environment where

disease and stress have been minimized.

Consequently, the recommended level of

nutrients may limit the animal performance in

time of diseases or stresses.

Types of Immunity

A functional immune system is absolutely

essential for the survival and performance of

modern livestock and poultry. Recent researches

shown that, each and every trace mineral

components are having their specific role in

immunity of birds but the crucial trace metals that

have been associated with an improvement in

immunity, or functions that support immunity,

are: Zn, Mn, Cu, and Se. The immune system uses

several methods to detoxify these foreign agents

or antigens. For example, phagocytosis is a

nonspecific immune response in which a particle

is engulfed by a phagocyte and subsequently

digested.

In contrast to the phagocytic system, which lacks

specificity and memory to an antigen, the

lymphoid organ dependent immune system

develops different antibodies for each antigen.

The major cell type involved is lymphocyte,

which can be found free in tissues, blood or

concentrated in distinct organs like spleen, lymph

nodes and thymus. Depending on the organ of

Optimizing Trace Mineral Nutrition in Poultry- Key to

Assure Better Immunityorigin, the lymphocytes will differentiate to

become B-cells or T-cells. Upon antigenic

stimulation, these cells will produce specific

antibodies that destroy the antigen.

Role of Nutrients on Immunity

Dietary bioactive food components that interact

with the immune response have considerable

potential to reduce susceptibility to infectious

diseases. Major classes of macronutrients provide

numerous examples, including amino acids such

as arginine or threonine (Kidd M T et al 2001),

lipids such as the n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids,

or novel carbohydrates such as various sources of

β-glucans (Lowry V K et al 2005). Vitamins such

as D and E are commonly used as antioxidants,

whereas zinc and selenium are minerals with a

wide spectrum of effects on the immune system (

Stahl J L et al 1989). There is accumulating

evidence for prevention of infectious diseases by

probiotics and prebiotics, and these may also

affect the immune response (Klasing K C 2007).

This review is not discussing in detail about the

role of all related nutrients on immunity, specific

to the importance of trace minerals.

Role of trace elements on immunity

The trace metals that have been associated with

an improvement in immunity, or functions that

support immunity, are: Zn, Mn, Cu, and Se. Zinc

supports metabolism of numerous cells by

functioning structurally and catalytically in

metalcoenzymes. Zinc's role in immunity has

been reviewed (Kidd et al., 1996). Although

adequate dietary Zn is critical to optimize cellular

and humoral immunity, i t has been

demonstrated that chickens require more Zn to

support BW than immune function (Pimentel et

al., 1991). Copper deficiency can decrease

ant ibody response , mi togen- induced

blastogenesis and mixed-lymphocyte reactions in

mice, and addition of copper to poultry diets

increased primary antibody response. Zinc

deficiency also has been demonstrated to

suppress immune functions in mammals and

poultry (Cook, 1991).

Dietary Se interacts

with vitamin E in

a n t i o x i d a n t

protection of cells

b e c a u s e i t i s a

c o m p o n e n t o f

g l u t a t h i o n e

p e r o x i d a s e . I n

a d d i t i o n t o

antioxidant status, Se

has been shown to

i m p a c t d i s e a s e

r e s i s t a n c e . F o r

example, broilers

infected with E. tenella

had improved resistance

(i.e., reduced mortality

and cecal lesions) when

supplemented with Se

(Colnago et al., 1984).

Functional benefits of

trace minerals

It has been accepted that a higher plane of

nutrition is required to achieve the full genetic

and economic potential of today's animals.

Optimizing mineral nutrition is part of this

package. In today's scenario subclinical trace

mineral deficiencies occurs more frequently than

clinical deficiencies. Currently this is the

challenging issue because poultry producers

could not visualize any specific symptom.

Instead, as shown in fig.1 the immune system is

depressed when the trace mineral status of body

is compromised. Then birds begin to grow slowly

when the immunity is challenged because the

biological system tends to divert more nutrients

for safeguarding the health rather than

productive parameters. So, how is this done,

given the limitations in bioavailability of

inorganic trace minerals (ITMs)? The solution is

not simply to feed higher levels of minerals, as

this in itself can lead to even lower mineral

bioavailability, increased environmental burden

and potentially even decreased animal

performance the end result is inefficient

production and lower profitability. The key is to

feed a more bioavailable source of trace minerals.

What does bioavailability mean?

Mineral bioavailability is simply the degree to

which an animal can absorb and utilize a mineral

(for example, zinc) from one particular source

(such as a chelate). In practice, bioavailability of a

mineral from a given source is usually measured

relative to the same mineral in a second, or

“standard,” source. Chelated minerals are widely

reported to be more bioavailable than ITMs,

presumably due to their ability to avoid feed

Fig.1. Schematic depiction of the relationship between nutrient status

and presence of subclinicalor clinical disease manifestations

(Reproduced from Dr. Gorden Carstens, Texas A&M University)

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mineral to the small intestine for absorption (Cao

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2006). Still, not all OTMs are more bioavailable

than ITMs. While chelation is important, just

because a mineral is chelated does not guarantee

that it is more absorbable than an ITM salt. For

this reason, it is important to examine how

bioavailability is estimated.

Bioavailability of OTMs

Mineral bioavailability has been evaluated by

measuring the mineral levels incorporated in

body tissues, such as liver and bone. Recent trials

examining tibia Zn (Fig 3) levels demonstrated

superior bioavailability with more defined OTM

than other less defined organic or inorganic zinc

sources (Dibner et al 2004; Richards et al 2005).

While these types of experiments generate useful

data, their utility is limited. First, they measure

only a fraction of the mineral taken up by the

animal. Tibia Zn, for example, only measures the

Zn that is distributed to the tibia and as such may

not be the best marker of total Zn uptake. A

second shortcoming is that tissue minerals

actually represent a storage pool of mineral,

rather than serving as an indicator of absorption.

Tissue Zn, for example, measures the amount of

Zn that enters the tissue, less the amount left the

tissue.

Biomarkers

Another method for estimating bioavailability is

to measure mineral responsive biomarkers, such

as changes in gene expression, or the activity of a

mineral-dependent enzyme. Biomarkers are

particularly informative when measured in the

small intestine (Fig 4). Metallothionein is one such

biomarker, because its expression is regulated by

zinc status; the magnitude of metallothionein

messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein expression

depends on the amount of zinc absorbed (Davis

and Cousins, 2000). Therefore, metallothionein

mRNA or protein expression is often used as an

indicator of the zinc status of humans and

animals and to evaluate the bioavailability of

different zinc sources (Blanchard et al. 2001; Cao

et al., 2002; Huang et al., 2009; Lu et al., 1990;

Martinez et al., 2004; McCormick et al., 1981;

Reeves, 1995; Rojas et al., 1995; Sullivan et al.,

1998).

In the experiment conducted to study the small

intestine metallothionen mRNA expression,

broilers were fed control diets or diets

supplemented with 70 ppm zinc from the

indicated sources. Because zinc absorption occurs

in the small intestine, differences in

metallothionein expression here would be

expected to more closely represent relative

bioavailability than tissue zinc levels would.

These data are consistent with the data in Figures

1 and 2 in that they demonstrate that some, but

not all, chelated zinc sources are more

bioavailable than inorganic zinc. Consistent with

the other experiments, Zn(HMTBa)2 was the

most available source. Measuring tissue minerals

or mineral ependent biomarkers can be the easiest

and most straightforward measures to generate a

quantitative estimate of mineral bioavailability.

Fundamental roles

With that said, it is important not to stop there.

Zinc, copper and manganese play fundamental

roles in the biochemistry of the cells of the animal,

primarily by serving as essential components of

hundreds of cellular enzymes and transcription

factors (Underwood and Suttle, 1999). If trace

minerals are limiting in the diet, any of these

processes can suffer. So, by supplementing diets

with more bioavailable forms of trace minerals, a

producer will more effectively “feed” these

enzyme systems, which should translate into a

wide variety of biological benefits. Indeed, recent

results with trace minerals chelated with HMTBa

have demonstrated benefits such as enhanced

immune function (Dibner, 2005), reduced

incidence of tibial dyschondroplasia (Dibner et

al., 2007; Richards et al., 2006) and footpad lesions

(Richards et al., 2006), reduced leg abnormalities

(varus, valgus, shaky leg) and increased bone

breaking strength (Ferket et al., 2009), reduced

oxidative stress (Richards et al., 2008a) and

improved performance (Ferket et al., 2009) even

at lower levels of trace mineral inclusion

(manuscript submitted). While measures such

as these are not traditionally considered to be

indicators of trace mineral bioavailability, they

can and should be used to confirm the

information gained from assessing more

customary measures, such as tissue minerals

and genetic biomarkers.

Conclusions

In summary, the immune system is one of the

most complex and intricate cellular and

molecular interactions known in all of biology.

All the trace elements and discussed act as keys,

which unlock the ability of the immune system

to ward off invaders. Proper nutrient

supplementation will not eliminate disease, but

it will allow the animal's immune system to

operate at optimum levels to minimize the risk

of infection and disease. Therefore a profitable

and efficient farm operation must provide the

highly bioavailable trace mineral. In highly

competitive enterprise it can be the differences

between profit and loss.

Note: References are available with the author,

may be provided on request

References available on request.

For more information, please contact

Dr. G. Saravanan M. V. Sc., Technical Manager

South India, Novus Animal Nutrition (India)

Mail: G.Saravanan@novusint.com

Mineral Zinc Copper Manganese Iron Selenium

Function -Reduces viral penetration

-Increases production of antiviral interferon

-Inhibits proteases involved in viral capsid formation

- increases t cell count

- increases antibody production

Copper dependent enzymes play role in immunity

Epithelial tissue is the first line of defense. Manganese plays a role

in the development, repair and maintenance of epithelial

tissues

Iron is an interesting trace element in that either a deficiency or

excess can

compromise the immune

system.

Selenium

ependent enzyme glutathione

peroxidase is protecting lymphocytes from oxidation

Source of Mineral and Immunity

Fig-2 Improved Antibody Titers @40 wks

layers (Different sources of Zn Mn Cu)

Fig.3. Relative bioavailability of

various zinc sources

Figure 4. shows an example of using

small intestinal metallothionein mRNA

expression as an indicator of zinc

bioavailability (Richards et al., 2007;

Richards et al., 2008b).

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Product Write up

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Foodgrain production in India is crossed 220

million tons and it is increasing every year.

Approximately 28-30% of the total grain

production is procured by FCI. According to

media, in June 2010, FCI were having grain of 60

million tons. Out of 60 million tons of grain,

17.68 million tons grain was lying outside in the

open which is prone to go waste due to rain and

other factors.

At the same time when some of the poorest belt

in India is suffering due to monsoon failure, the

thousands of tons of grain rot due to improper

storage. In August 2011, Supreme Court has

ordered to Govt. of India for distributing the

grain free to the hungry instead of rotting in

Godowns and open.

Galvanized Silo Storage Systems is a proven

scientific system for storage of foodgrains in

Europe and America. This system ensures zero

wastage due to moisture, fungus & rodents etc.

In India this system is adopted to some extent by

private sector since 1990 but it is limited to the

process industry rather than for storage of grain

for longer period.

Government of India is seriously planning to

put up Scientific Storage Solutions for Food

Grains. This is an extremely important

initiative in view of the huge wastage of

precious food grains due to lack of proper

storage facility. Govt. of India has executed

Galvanized Silo Storage System for 5.5 Lacs MT

in 2007-08 on BOO basis. Execution of such type

of projects will reduce the stocks lying in the

open and deteriorating due to moisture,

rodents, fungus etc.

State Warehousing Corporations under Govt of

Silo based grain storage technology for IndiaIndia (FCI) should plan Galvanized Silo Storage

System on their own. State Warehousing

Corporation has the land and trained workers

who are operating the traditional storage and

distribution system (Godowns) at present.

The Galvanized Silo Storage System is

affordable to small-scale entrepreneurs but not

to farmers. Indian farmer is selling the excess

production of Grain in the local market of FCI

after harvesting. He is not yet financially sound

to hold the stock and take it to the market when

prices of commodities are higher. Farming Co-

operatives can afford to have such systems.

Government should encourage such Co-

operatives across the country.

We suggest minimum packaging of foodgrains.

Only the Grain required to be distributed at

taluka place should be packed at field depots of

State Warehousing Corporations. FCI / State

Government should distribute the Grain in Bulk

to private entrepreneurs i.e. Rice Millers, Wheat

Roller Flour Millers, Poultry / Cattle Feed

manufacturers, Starch plants, Distilleries and

Breweries, Solvent Extraction plants etc. This

will avoid packaging expenses as well as

wastages of Grain.

Galvanized Silos are used for storage of grains in

bulk for longer period. These silos are made in

Galvanized Steel and bolted in construction.

The Galvanized Silos are equipped with

Accessories like Level Switches, Aeration

System, Temperature Monitoring, Ventilation

and Sweep Augers. These accessories help us to

monitor the quality of stored grain inside the

silos.

The Galvanized Silos with accessories are

installed with grain conveying equipments like

Bucket Elevators, Chain /Belt Conveyors and

Post Harvest Equipments like Pre-cleaners, Fine

Cleaners, De-stoner and dryers etc. The grain

received in the Silo complex is handled by

conveying equipments in bulk and stored in

Galvanized Silos after cleaning. Moisture

content in grain also plays an important role in

storage life of grain. Grain with lower the

moisture content and with proper aeration shall

be stored in Galvanized Silos for longer period.

If grain is having excess moisture content, it is

reduced using grain drier online after the

cleaning and before the storage of grain inside

the Galvanized Silos. Grain is live and respirates

while stored. This respiration creates hot spots

inside the grain mass. Increase in hot spots helps

moisture migration process which causes

creation of fungus and lumps. The temperature

monitoring system of Galvanized Silo detects

the hotspots in grain mass. The aeration system

is eliminating the hotspots in grain mass and

maintains uniform temperature of stored grain.

This maintains the quality of stored grain in

Galvanized Silos.

Mechanization for handling of grain and

storage in Galvanized Silos in bulk requires less

manpower which reduces the cost of handling

and storage.

Distribution / transportation of grain in bulk

play an important role in order to minimizing

the packages expenses. We should plan the

distribution system through bulk containers. It

will avoid bagging expenses at base depot and

cutting these bags at field depot. This could be

planned with the help and expertise of

authorities connected with Indian Railways.

We at Fowler Westrup (A joint Venture

Company of John Fowler India and Westrup,

Denmark) have taken advanced steps through

technical collaboration with world's leader Silos

Cordoba from Spain for manufacturing entire

range of Galvanized Silos in India based on

Indian conditions since 2007. They have over 35

years of experience of manufacturing wide

range of Galvanized Silos. They have executed

many large projects of Galvanized Silos for

grain storage for longer period. The capacity

range of Galvanized Silo includes very low

capacity of 5 MT to as high as 15000 MT and

above. So far we have installed more than 300

Galvanized Silo Storage System on turn key

basis in India. The capacity range of installed

Gal. Silo Storage System is 100 MT to 30,000 MT

with grain conveying and cleaning capacity

upto 150 MT/Hr.

We are also a manufacturer of wide range of

grain handling equipments in Galvanized Steel

with technical collaboration with renowned

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Bangladesh Temporarily Lifts Ban on Eggs

BANGLADESH - The government has removed

all restrictions on the import of eggs and salt until

30 June in preparation for the Ramadan and to

arrest the soaring prices of the items, said an

official of the commerce ministry.

The price of eggs increased by 51.06 per cent to Tk

36 for four pieces from Tk 24 a year ago, according

to data from Trading Corporation of Bangladesh

(TCB).

Under current import policies, the commerce

ministry permitted imports of eggs.

“Between now and 30 June, businessmen can

import any quantity of eggs without permission

from the commerce ministry,” the official said.

“They have to certify, though, that the eggs

originated from avian influenza-free countries.”

“Our industries will be sufferers, but we have

little to do as we cannot produce the required

number of eggs,” said MM Khan, secretary

general of the association.

However, if the prices of these two items come

down by June 30 the government might not

continue with the withdrawal, the official of the

commerce ministry said.

Daily demand for eggs across the country is 2 billion while the production of all kinds of eggs in the country is 1 billion a day, according to data from Bangladesh Poultry Industries Association.

Danish company called Crocus. The capacity

range of handling equipment is from 20 MT/Hr.

To 400 MT/Hr.

We have developed post harvest equipments i.e.

Pre-cleaners, fine cleaners, graders of high

capacity upto 400 TPH required for Galvanized

Silo Storage System. We are manufacturing

these equipments since 1995 in India under

license from Westrup, Denmark. Their expertise

of decades could be transferred to Indian

operation in a short time through exchange of

technically qualified personnel, training at the

Danish factory and at Danish sites, supervision

by the Danish experts of Indian projects etc.

After two decades of such relationship, the

Indian promoters have reverse acquired 100%

assets of the Danish company. We have also

acquired 100% assets of a UK company which

specializes in Opto Electronic Sorting of grains,

pulses etc. The Management of the three

operations in India, Denmark and UK has given

us global opportunities and Perception of what

is needed to take up the handling of precious

Agricultural products in India.

For more information, please contact

D D Koditkar., Senior Marketing Manager

M: +91 80 27832992

E: koditkar@fowlerwestrup.com.

D . K . S i n g h - G e n e r a l

Manager-sales will lead

d o m e s t i c t e a m o f

formulation business and

p r o v i d e c o n c e p t u a l ,

strategic and operational

leadership to pan India

o p e r a t i o n s . A f t e r

Graduating from 'G.B.P.U

Ag & Tech Pantnagar', DK

started his career with

' M e r i n d - A T A T A

Enterprise. 'DK' has a

learning experience of 20

years& was associated with

a n i m a l h e a l t h c a r e

companies like Vetoquinol,

Himalaya & Merind. ‘DK'

will be strengthened by Chandrakant

Dhawan- Sales Manager North with his

proven industry experience of 15 years.

D r . J a y a n t a

Bhattacharrya has been

a p p o i n t e d a s t h e

Marketing Manager and

will be responsible for

e n t i r e m a r k e t i n g

activities for domestic

formulation business. He

has done a master in

veterinary science from

West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery

Science and another Masters in Marketing

Management from University of Mumbai. He

has served animal health industry in various

capacities for last 10 years. His last assignment

was with Boehringer Ingelheim India as

MarketingHead- Animal Health.

S e q u e n t S c i e n t i f i c , a n i n t e g r a t e d

pharmaceutical company with a global

f o o t p r i n t a n d p r o v e n e x p e r t i s e i n

pharmaceutical/life sciences is pleased to

announce the appointment of a core

management team who will play a pivotal

role in the company's foray into the domestic

formulation segment of Animal Health.

Abir Mukherjee has joined as Chief Executive

O f f i c e r - V e t e r i n a r y

Formulation, he will lead

and independently handle

the Veterinary Formulations

Division of the company.

Abir holds a Bachelor's

degree in Science and a

D i p l o m a i n S a l e s &

Marketing Manage-ment

from AIMA in association

with American Management Association.

Abir has worked with companies like

Vetoquinol, Wockhardt Ltd. and in Merind

Ltd.

Abir with his more than 23 years of

experience in Animal Health market will play

a pivotal role.

Abir Mukherjee will be assisted by a core

management team comprising of 4 key

members having a rich and varied experience

of the animal healthcare business.

Ms. Lalitha Prakash- Vice

president- Pharmaceutical

has been with Sequent for

last 15 years and has served

in various capacities in the

c o m p a n y . A p a r t f r o m

h a n d l i n g t h e e x i s t i n g

v e t e r i n a r y f o r m u l a t i o n

export business, she will also

provide support for product

manufacturing, procurement & purchase.

Dr. Jayanta BhattcharyyaMarketing Manager

Veterinary Formulations

New Appointments at Sequent Scientific

Abir Mukherjee, CEO- Veterinary

Formulations

Ms. Lalitha Prakash Vice presidentPharmaceutical

D K SinghGeneral

Manager- Sales

C K Dhawan, Sales Manager- North

New Appointment

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Product Write up

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Press Release

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DSM Nutritional Products India Pvt. Ltd

organized technical seminar in Ajmer

Rajasthan on 4th May 2012 aiming to

extend its technical expertise in Vitamins,

Carotenoids & Enzymes to poultry farmers

in and around Ajmer.

The seminar was arranged at Hotel DATA

Inn, Ajmer, Rajasthan and was well

attended by progressive farmers & feed

manufacturers of Ajmer.

DSM Marched with Quality & Brand in Ajmer, Rajasthan DSM Nutritional Products organized “ Product Differentiation Seminar ”

W e l c o m e a d d r e s s a n d c o m p a n y

presentation was given by Dr Lokesh

Gupta, Technical Manager-Enzymes, DSM

Nutritional Products India Pvt Ltd. Who

gave brief note about DSM global and DSM

India. He said DSM is the global leader in

vitamin manufacturing and in marketing of

v i t a m i n p r e m i x e s . D S M p r o d u c e s

vitamins, carotenoids and enzymes for

poultry, dairy and aqua feeds.

All the DSM vitamins are sold under the

brand name of Rovimix, Carotenoids as

Carophyll & Enzymes are named as

Ronozyme. Dr Lokesh Gupta in his

presentation on “Optimization of feed

nutrient in layers” talked about various

ways to improve feed efficiency in layers.

He talked about various enzymes solutions

(RONOZYME VAX, RONOZYME NP) from

DSM to reduce feed cost in layers and about

Dr. Pradip Naik & Dr Lokesh Gupta

answering queries

Audience in the seminar

significance of ProAct (Pure Protease) from

DSM in reducing feed cost when soya &

other raw material prices are skyrocketing.

Second technical presentation was given by

Dr. Pradip Naik, Technical Manager (North

& West), DSM Nutritional Products India

Ltd. on “Importance of Product Form in

V i t a m i n N u t r i t i o n & P r o d u c t

Differentiation”

Dr Pradip Naik highlighted the importance

of vitamins formulation technology in the

poultry feed. He explained how vitamin

product forms help overcome the critical

features of mixability, stability, handling

and bioavailability. The different forms of

vitamins were viewed under microscope to

the participants. He also explained in

detail about the different manufacturing

process of feed grade vitamins & how they

can be used for specific purpose. He said

that all DSM products are manufactured

with advanced formulation technologies

with the aim to retain the product efficacy,

potency and stability in different feed

applications and stress conditions and that

all products are more bioavailable to the

animals.

One of the important factor that influence

the mixability in feed is 'flowability'. Live

demonstration of flowability was shown to

audience and was well appreciated by all

the farmers and feed millers.

Dr Lokesh presenting topic on “Optimization

of feed nutrients in layers”

Vamso Biotec Pvt. Ltd. Annual Conducted at Kerala

Vamso biotec pvt. Ltd. conducted its annual

meeting at poovar beach resort, Kerala on 10-13

April 2012. The all India sales and marketing

team attended the meeting. The major objective

of the meeting. The major objective of the

meeting was to review the business progress

and lay a strategic plan for future business

development. Since its inception Vamso Biotec

has launched innovative concepts and services

and the objective remains to carry forward this

vision in the year's jto come.

Mr. Mukesh Agrawal, MD laid the vision

statements for next five years while Dr. SK

Pandey, GM, Presented the strategic planning to

achieve the goal. The group deliberated on

various aspects of poultry market and the

company requirement to fit into the customer

need. As a part of its expansion program a plan

was laid to ad new territories for market

penetration. Also, three new products were

lunched to cater to customer nee. The

performers reward plan was also laid for the

year 2012-13. Several motivation programs were

also arranged during the meeting. The company

celebrated its success night by cutting the

success cake followed by a gala dinner at the

beach side. The various acivities like beach

volley ball and beach cricket were organized

during the stay. The group enjoyed the scenic

beauty of poovar and the glamour of Kovalum

apart from visiting several religious places. The

high level of enthusiasm in the team was highly

appreciative

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Press Release

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Mr. Ranpal Dhanda , The Joint Managing Director of Unnat Group

inaugurated a new poultry feed factory at Guwahati , the Gate-way of

North-East. Thus the poultry Farmers of the entire North-East states,

popularly known as “Seven Sister states” will be benefited from “Unnat

Poultry Feeds” through it's “state-of the Art” facility at Guwahati

commissioned on 14th May 2012.

14th May 2012, was a special day, when Parents of Mr. Ranpal Dhanda

switched on the panel buttons ,to run the Feed- Mill ,after performing

“Hawan” at the factory premises, followed by the keen customer's visit to

the factory , for understanding the “New” in the feed-mill operations,

which is totally computerized.

On this opening ceremony, a Technical Seminar was organized at Hotel

Gateway Grandeur Guwahati, where poultry feed dealers from Assam,

Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya

attended in large number. On the occasion Mr. Ranpal Dhanda shared

the Economic benefits of Choosing “Unnat Poultry Feed” & Feeding

regimen. He particularly talked about “ Low Feed Conversion Ratio”,

Higher Growth resulting into Better Value Conversion Ratio., enabling

the Broiler-Producers gain more Profits through Sterilized, Nutritionally

Balanced Feed, minimizing the Medicine supplementation Cost. He

s h a r e d t h e F e e d -

Performance in different

areas of it's operation

& is hopeful of still better

results in North-East

due to better climatic

conditions & small,

scattered poultry units

throughout the area. Mr.

Dhanda committed to

offer the best & sustainable quality of Poultry Feed, at affordable price

,resulting .. “The Best Return on Investment.”

Dr. N. K. Mahajan , the renowned Scientist, delivered a Technical

session, embracing all the departments of Poultry management,

Production, Disease prevention through Bio-Security & Hygiene

Methods. He answered the questions of the farmers , who were very

much satisfied & thankful to The Unnat Group for organizing such an

informative & interesting seminar.

Dr. Karan Sondhi who is Heading the Guwahati Feed-Mill, anchored

the show & emphasized the benefits of Quality Feed, Feeding System &

the importance of Vaccination. He was appreciated by the M.D for

organizing the seminar in a short time & inviting the valuable customers

, travelling the entire seven states extensively.

The august audience was very much delighted ,having benefits from the

Technical session & were keen & enthusiastic to avail the products &

Services from Unnat poultry feeds & experience themselves…. …. “ JAB

PERFORMANCE BOLTI HAI… TOH DUNIA SUNTI HAI”… The

program me concluded with Cocktail & sumptuous dinner.

Unnat Feeds Expand It's Wings…. This Time…… “North-East”

INDIA - India's 'Garden City' Bangalore

provided the dynamic backdrop for a lecture

programme presented by Pas Reform recently,

when India's VH Group hosted a seminar for

technical and support staff in March.

VH Group's Dr Shetty-General Manager for

Breeder Sales & Service has worked with Dr Tan

Ee Seng-Sales Director, Pas Reform's and Dr

Marleen Boerjan-Director R&D, Pas Reform

Academy and leading embryologist to develop the programme around a

series of four lectures on hatching egg storage, embryonic development

and optimising incubation.

More than 40 staff members from VH Group breeder farms and

hatcheries, Bala Industries and recent SmartPro™ single-stage customer

Sahayadri Hatchery, from Pune, attended the seminar. Two practical

sessions, one on hatching egg quality and the second on analysis of clears

and unhatched eggs, were projected onto a large screen to ensure that

everyone in the group could see Dr Boerjan's demonstrations clearly.

Pas Reform emphasised its commitment to Indian customers in 2009,

when the company continued its expansion in Asia with the launch of a

dedicated country sales and service center in Udumalpet, to deliver

localised support.

Dr Seng said we are very grateful to Executives and staff of VH Group

for their support and hospitality in hosting this event and to the hatchery

professionals who attended, whose questions and involvement made it

such an interesting and successful occasion. We look forward to the next

one.

VH Group Hosts Pas Reform Lecture Program in Bangalore

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Skylark Hatcheries is one of the most renowned

integrated player in the poultry industry in

North India. Founded in 1985 by Sh. Jagbir

Singh in association with Sh. Jasbir Singh.

Skylark charted its growth plan with

diversification into all poultry activities which

included Grand Parent (G.P.) Operations,

Parent Stock (P.S.) Operations, Hatcheries, Feed

Milling, Broiler Contract Farming, Poultry

Equipments, Poultry Processing and retail

marketing with a commitment to provide

quality products.

Journey so far

Year 1985: Skylark started its first operation

with broiler breeding & hatchery with a capacity

of 1000 broiler breeders in 1985 in village-Anta,

tehsil-Safidon, Distt.-Jind, Haryana. The main

business at that time was to produce and sale

high quality day old chicks to poultry farmers.

This business continued upto year 2000.

Year 2000: The turning point for growth and

setting long term goals of the company. The

company started broiler contract farming with

small capacity which gradually gained

momentum with time. Skylark focused on

developing innovative equipments for better

farming practices and management and started

poultry equipment manufacturing division in

2000.

Year 2002: The company entered in layer

breeding operations.

Year 2003: With an aim to increase the capacities

and meet with growing in house demand for

qual i ty poul try feeds , the company

commissioned its feed plant. The company

focused on delivering high quality products and

services to customers.

Year 2005: Skylark had earned a big name in

the whole sale live poultry trade in North India

and started getting premium on its live broilers

due to differentiation in quality. With a vision to

further integrate the poultry value chain and cut

down costs, Skylark ventured in Poultry

Processing to provide hygienic and safe chicken

to consumers at reasonable prices by

establishing a Poultry Processing Plant in an

approved Food Processing Zone near Delhi.

Keeping Consumer health as its prime concern,

skylark went a step ahead and started working

on producing antibiotic free chicken which

involved a lot of R&D, experimentations and

trail on flocks.

After long struggle, integrity & deep

involvement, the company got success and

became the only company producing antibiotic

free, anticoccidial drug free chicken which is a

milestone in the history of Indian poultry

industry.

Group of Companies

Skylark Hatcherie pvt. Ltd.

The company has separate hatcheries for Grand

Parent, Parent Stock and commercials at 5

different locations in Haryana, Himachal

Pradesh and Gujarat. Hygiene and sanitary

conditions are maintained inside hatcheries.

Proper training is imparted to the manpower at

regular intervals to supervise the facilities.

Proper egg grading for egg sizes is done with the

help of automatic grading machines to ensure

uniformity in the flocks. Complementing all

Skylark Hatcheries is one of the leading broiler farming companies

in the Northern Indian market.

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SKYLARK-THE TRUSTED BRAND SKYLARK-THE TRUSTED BRAND

Skylark Group

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other efforts, digital incubators indigenously

developed by our company controlled by a

special software which control all the

parameters automatically are used for hatching

eggs which ultimately yield high quality DOC's.

Proper heat retention by hot water inside

incubators maintains oxygen levels necessary

for optimum development of chicks.

These DOC's are then sent to poultry farmers for

growing after proper vaccination. We have well

established distribution network for the sale of

DOC's / hatching eggs in Haryana Punjab,

Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat,

Rajasthan states.

Skylak Poultry Feed Mill

Quality of broiler meat can't be ascertained until

we don't have control over feed given to them.

“Safe feed, safe food” is the hymn. So feed, being

a major ingredient is produced by our company

in a fully automatic, computerized auto batch

pallet feed mill commissioned in 2003. The feed

mill is situated at Village Khera Khemavati,

Safidon, Distt. Jind, Haryana and has a

production capacity of 400 tonnes per day. All

raw materials ( e.g. maize, soya, wheat, corn etc.)

are screened and tested in our nutritional lab

before it goes into production to analyze

whether the material is fit for consumption or

not. Nutrition lab is equipped with latest

equipments like most advanced feed analyzer

so called NIR. Free services are rendered to our

customer to check the feed quali ty.

Automation of the production process

maintains the proper feed formulation and

palletisation further ensures the homogeneity of

all ingredients and reducing.

microbial load if any by steam treatment.

Nutrition experts takes take of the nutritional

value of the feed. We produce feed for G.P.,

Parent Stock, Layer Stock and commercial

broiler farming having their respective starters

and finishers range.

Skylark food

The plant is operated by veterinarians, meat

technologist and trained supervisors. Healthy

live broilers are selectively taken from our own

commercial farming operations only and thus

we maintain the complete traceability of the

finished products. We are running the plant at a

capacity of 1500 birds / hour which is

expandable to 2000 birds/hour. Production at

plant is done by adopting modern hygiene

principles and implementing standard sanitary

operating procedures.

Production process

live bird arrival & hanging ›› stunning ››

scalding ›› defeathering ›› evisceration ›› bird

washing ›› hock cutting ›› screw chilling

›› portioning ›› grading ›› weighing ›› packing

›› labeling ›› chilling ›› blast freezing ›› storing

and dispatch. To ensure food safety at each step,

we have implemented comprehensive food

safety processes & procedures as per the

guidelines of HACCP (Hazard Analysis &

Critical Control Points) system. A fully

equipped microbiological lab is set up to

diagnose the health & hygiene status of the

product and plant. Regular swabs are taken

from plant, personnel, tools, tables, trolleys and

finished products to analyse the bacterial load

and take the corrective actions.

We are marketing fresh chilled and frozen

chicken in institutions (wholesale) and retail

segments in different pack sizes under brand

name “ Nutrich” in North India. Our products

range includes whole chicken, chicken boneless

(breast & thigh), drumsticks, full legs, wings,

lollipops etc. Our clients include Wal-Mart,

Reliance Retail Ltd., Nirula's, five star hotels etc.

and franchisees outlets of our company.

Antibiotic Free Chicken a reality !

Taking consumer health as the prime motive,

Skylark took a step ahead and started working

on antibiotic free chicken. With dedication,

involvement and continuous research, Skylark

became the only company in

the world to produce

chicken raised without using

antibiotics, anticoccidial

drugs and chemical free diet.

So we are complying with

world quality standards and

assure our consumers to

supply the same quality in

future.

The secret of drug free chicken is the use of

natural herbal products to enhance the

immunity of birds and prevent coccidiosis

disease.

Poultry Equipments

With an aim to develop some innovative and

improved equipments, Skylark started its

poultry equipments division in year 2000. Our

equipments division has developed many

equipments and gave contribution to poultry

industry with innovative ideas and solutions

rarely available in India.. Digital incubators

which are developed by our company yield high

quality DOC's and are available in different

capacities. These are available in setting &

hatching capacity of 30,000 eggs and 10,000 eggs

respectively. Innovations with respect to

technological advancements are incorporated in

the products. We keep abreast of the latest

technology, changes and international trends

for the scope of improvement.

Our product range includes:

. Electronic Digital Incubators

. Setter trays

. 180 eggs Hatcher Tray

. Exhaust fans

. Environmental friendly poultry houses

. Drinkers

. Industrial Environmental Control fans

. Feeders

. Hot air generator on biofuel

. Cage mats

. Guarantees operational safety

. Plastic pots

. Wire mesh

. Plastic pots

Strengthening its FootholdWith its owned GP Operations in place, Skylark is confident in spreading out across north India.

By the end of the year, the company targets to increase its hatchery capacity to 7.5 million eggs.

Pixie Team Visited Skylark Hatchery

L-R: Mr. Chandan Sareen, Mr. Vishal Gupta-Chairman,

PCSL, Mr. Jagbir Singh Dhull-MD, Skylark,

Mr. Manish Kumar, Mr. Manoj Singla

Mr. Kuldeep Singh-PCSL with

Mr. Sanjeev Sheokand-Manager, Skylark

FRANCE - It is one year since the formation of

Aviagen France and to mark the occasion the

company held a meeting with over 120 attendees

from across the industry. The event focused on

the achievements made already and set out

Aviagen's strategy in France for the coming years.

Keynote speakers included Aviagen CEO

Randall Ennis and Graeme Dear, General

Manager, Aviagen Limited, who both discussed

the way Aviagen was on track to keep the

promises made twelve months previously.

Randall Ennis said: “When we made this move in

France it was for strategic reasons. We wanted to

be closer to customers so we could understand

the market conditions and the needs of the French

poultry industry. We also wish to share how

Aviagen could contribute to address the market

demand and expectations of our customers.

Other speakers included Mr Nan-Dirk Mulder

from RABOBANK International who set the

scene for the day by giving his outlook of the

French industry from an international

perspective.

Randall Ennis added: “We've already made some

great progress, France has a number of

competitive advantages and there is no reason

why the French industry should not be able to

increase market share especially within the

domestic market. I believe that Aviagen has the

right products and support network to make that

happen.”

Aviagen UK Breeding Programme Director, Jim

McAdam said: “In the Ross PM3, Aviagen has a

great bird for the French market and we are led by

what the market demands. Thanks to the support

of our customers we are able to show just how

well the birds perform in the field and offer some

helpful advice. The key element is to better

express the performance potential of the Ross

PM3. Investing in a more concentrated diet can

pay real dividends in terms of feed conversion

and meat yield.”

The audience was made up of representatives

from all areas of the French poultry industry,

including customers, feed mill owners, growers

and processors as well as a group of Aviagen

customers from Morocco.

Graeme Dear explained: “There are some very

specific challenges we are tackling. We're

working hard to ensure chick quality is the

highest it can be by producing high quality

antibiotic free chicks from our hatchery in

Champtocé sur Loire. The increasing drive

towards eliminating the use of antibiotics across

the industry puts even more importance on

effective brooding conditions and getting chicks

off to a good start. As a primary breeder our role is

crucial so we'll be making sure we start at first

principles by implementing new techniques for

disinfecting eggs to reduce the bacterial load and

thus reduce the need for on farm use of

antibiotics.

“Our aim is to listen and to be responsive to our

customers. I am confident that in Thierry Rolland

and his team we have the right level of highly

skilled support in France. We have a clear vision

and strategy to succeed and we will be working

closely with customers to make that vision a

reality.”

Thierry Rolland added: “This meeting was very

well attended and we enjoyed a lot of positive

feedback. This type of event is very important in

enabling us to bring customers, the local Aviagen

France team and Aviagen's senior management

together to ensure our efforts are in line with

customer requirements, now and in the future.

We hope to hold another event in the near future

for broiler customers, where management and

nutrition will be more specifically addressed.”

Aviagen France Celebrates First Anniversary

NETHERLANDS - CTB, Inc. has reached an

agreement to acquire Meyn Holding. B.V., a

parent company to Meyn Food Processing

Technology B.V., the global leading poultry

processing equipment company, from Altor

2003 Fund.

Headquartered in The Netherlands, Meyn is

the global market leader in poultry

processing equipment, serving industrial

poultry processors worldwide through its

offering of full “wall-to-wall” solutions.

Meyn develops, manufactures, markets and

distributes its poultry processing solutions

globally to over 90 countries.

Han Defauwes, President and CEO of Meyn,

comments, “Meyn has under the ownership

of Altor, become the global leader in poultry

processing solutions. Meyn has successfully

developed its services to encompass the

entire poultry processing value chain,

providing market leading efficiency to the

industry. With CTB as a new owner, we will

be able to continue our successful strategy to

further build our leading position in the

poultry processing industry. We are

delighted to be part of CTB and we are

looking forward to develop Meyn together

with CTB by serving our customers with a

broader range of products."

Victor A. Mancinelli, CTB President and

CEO, comments, ”Meyn is a great match for

CTB. The acquisition joins together leading

companies in two distinct sectors of the

poultry industry. Both companies are

innovative in their approach, and both seek

to partner with poultry companies to

provide intelligent, forward-thinking

solutions. The acquisition will provide CTB

with the ability to offer global poultry

companies total solutions from grow-out

through the eventual processing cycle.”

Bengt Maunsbach, Partner at Altor Equity

Partners AB, comments, “In Meyn Altor

acquired a great business with a world class

management team. We are pleased with the

way Meyn has deve loped. Having

completed our development plans for Meyn

we are confident Meyn will continue to

prosper under CTB's ownership.”

The transaction is conditional upon

approval by competition authorities and the

Dutch works council.

CTB New Long Term

Owner of Meyn

Partner Country Column

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Sequent Scientific forays into domestic Animal Health Care business

Sequent Scientific, an

integrated pharmaceutical

company with global

footprint and proven

e x p e r t i s e i n

p h a r m a c e u t i c a l / l i f e

sciences has announced a

foray into high growth

A n i m a l H e a l t h c a r e

segment in India.

In the past five years,

Sequent Scientific has established a strong

position in global markets in niche segments of

pharmaceutical sector. Today, company is the

leading producer of Active Pharmaceutical

Ingredient for 'Human & Animal Health' and

world's largest producer of Anthelmintic. In

Indian Veterinary industry, Sequent is the

largest CRAMS and API producer. Sequent has

rapidly grown to achieve revenue of more than

Rs. 325 cr at a CAGR of 44% in last four years.

Sequent entered Veterinary Formulation

business four years back to complement and

integrate its core strength of Innovation, R&D and

Veterinary API manufacturing. Today

Veterinary Formulation business has become the

main growth driver for company.

Having established leadership position in

veterinary API business, Board of Directors has

endorsed the company's decision to foray into

domestic Veterinary formulation business.

Board's decision will surely optimize

company's core strength of five pan-India

manufacturing facilities and a state of art R&D

center which accommodates 120 scientists.

Traditionally market is fragmented in

Livestock, poultry and companion animals

business. Livestock is the biggest (55% of total

market) in terms market volume followed by

poultry (39%) and Companion animals (6%).

Dairy nutrition and companion animal health

care as well as canine nutrition are the fastest

growing segments where customers always

seek value added quality products and services.

Mr. K R Ravishankar, Chairman & Managing

Director, Sequent Scientific announced the

appointment of a Core Management team in

Veterinary Formulation Business. Mr Abir

Mukherjee will lead the business as Chief

Executive Officer-Veterinary Formulations.

Other members of the core team are Ms. Lalitha P-

Vice President-Exports, Mr. D K Singh- General

Manager-Sales, Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya-

Indian animal health market is 14th largest in

the world in value term. Indian animal health

market is of around INR 2100 cr and

witnessing steady 8% CAGR in last 5 years.

Marketing Manager and Mr. C K Dhawan- Sales

Manager-North.

Sharing the plans, Mr. K R Ravishankar-CMD

mentioned that the company will launch

products in three areas namely cattle, poultry and

companion animals.

Mr. Abir Mukherjee, Chief Executive Officer

confirmed that “Disease prevention & Animal

health care through introduction of innovative

products like Nutraceuticals will be the key

marketing strategy.

“Establishing well balanced portfolio of

innovative products/ solution as per market

needs and launching of imported value added

products of European origin in dairy, poultry and

companion animal market will be the cornerstone

for our marketing strategy to maintain growth

path” said Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya during the

discussions.

Mr. D K Singh- General Manager Sales informed

that company has quickly set in motion training

and skill development program for the sales team

in Animal Health Care. .

For further information, please contact:

Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharyya

E-mail: Jayanta.b@sequent.in|M: +919833605289

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D S M N u t r i t i o n a l Products India Pvt. L t d . o r g a n i z e d technical seminar in Mysore, Karnataka on 18th May 2012; aiming to extend its technical expertise in V i t a m i n s , C a r o t e n o i d s & Enzymes to poultry f a r m e r s i n a n d around Mysore. Mr. Haridas of M/s

Sasi Enterprises welcomed the guests and introduced DSM team and speakers to them. Dr. Lokesh Gupta, Technical Manager, DSM Nutri t ional Products , gave company presentation and DSM activities. He informed that DSM is the global leader in vitamin manufacturing. DSM produces vitamins, carotenoids and enzymes for poultry, dairy and aqua feeds as well as for human nutrition, therapeutics and personal care. He also mentioned that all DSM products are manufactured with stringent quality measures that assure to meet critical parameters of “Safety, Quality, Reliability and Traceability”. Dr. Lokesh also informed that all the DSM vitamins are sold under the brand name of “Rovimix”, carotenoids as “Carophyll” and feed enzymes are named as “Ronozyme”. In his presentation on “Importance of product form

DSM Marched with Quality & Brand in Mysore ,KarnatakaDSM Nutritional Products organized “ Product Differentiation Seminar ”

and differentiation” highlighted the importance of vitamins formulation technology in the poultry feed. He explained how vitamin and enzyme product forms help to overcome the critical features of mixability, stability, handling and bioavailability.

He shown presentation on different product forms of Rovimix Vitamins, Carophyll & Ronozyme brand of enzymes to explain the quality of DSM products. He also explained in detail about the different manufacturing process of feed grade vitamins. He emphasized significance of Ronozyme ProAct (Pure Protease) in reducing feed cost when soya & other raw material prices are high at present. Dr. S. Mahendran, Nutritionist- South & East India with Dr. Lokesh Gupta shown the vitamins, enzymes and carotenoids forms and explained the differences under live demonstration through microscope. One of the important factors that influence the mixability in feed is 'flowability'. Live demonstration of flowability was shown.

Mr. Haridas welcoming

all guests and speakers

Dr. B.V. Joshi, renowned poultry consultant from

Bangalore delivered an excellent presentation on

“Disease Prevention and achieving Maximum

Performance by Nutrition and Management”. He

emphasized on right nutrition, proper

biosecurity, water quality and bird management

to maximize the economic returns from layers. He

also told the farmers that Achieving maximum

production may not always ensure maximum

economic returns, particularly when prices of

protein sources are high. Low density feed can be

tried to maximize economic returns. He gave a

simple advice to reduce protein by using protease

(Ronozyme ProAct) and NSP degrading

enzymes (Ronozyme VAX).

Mr. Bhaskar G - Area Sales Manager, DSM

Nutritional Products India Pvt. Ltd. gave vote of

thanks to the guests and speakers. He specially

acknowledged support of “Mysore Poultry

Farmer's Club” for organizing the seminar.

Seminar ended with felicitation of speaker's by

the Mysore Poultry Farmer's Club, followed by

cocktail and dinner.

Dr. B. V. Joshi duing presentation

Mr. Bhaskar Delivering vote of thanks

KERALA, INDIA - Australian Emu birds are becoming popular among households in the south Indian state of Kerala with more families showing interest in rearing the birds as a supplementary income.

In view of increased interest among domestic poultry rearers, government agencies have drawn up plans to popularise rearing of the bird, State-run company Meat Products of India (MPI) is es tabl ishing a 100-bird farm at Koothattukulam near Kochi primarily for its meat, while the State Animal Husbandry Department is planning to launch various schemes this year to popularise the exotic bird. The Kerala State Poultry Development Corporation (KEPCO), meanwhile, has said it will go into emu farming after a

careful study of the market. Known for its large size and low-fat meat, Emus can be reared in fenced-off open spaces. They consume poultry feed, kitchen waste and grains.Emu oil is in huge demand as it is believed to have therapeutic value. The bird's eggs are also rather popular but not its meat, Kerala poultry farmers said. MPI Managing Director Ani S Das said the freezing and cooking of Emu meat was found successful in their trials. "We are planning to purchase initial stock of Emu from the Central Poultry Development Organisation in Karnataka for our new farm," he said. The Animal Husbandry Department is mulling purchase of more Emus from private farmers this year and providing training to poultry farmers.

Poultry Farms Show Interest in Australian Emus

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New appointment at NovusNovus, a leader in animal

health and nutri t ion

programs, announces the

appointment of Dr. S.

Chandrasekar as Product

Manager, South Asia. Dr.

Vaibhav Nagpal, Sales

Director, Novus Animal

Nutrition (India) Pvt. Ltd. told “The

expansion of the team will further strengthen

our presence for continued growth and

development in the rapidly expanding South

Asian market.”

Dr. S. Chandrasekar holds a Masters Degree

in Poultry Science from Sri Venkateswara

Veterinary University, Hyderabad, India. He

started his career in 2007 and has more than

five years of experience in animal nutrition,

animal health and feed additives industry.

In Novus he will work closely with the team

to extend support related to specialty product

management. He will be based at Chennai,

I n d i a a n d c a n b e c o n t a c t e d a t

s.chandrasekar@novusint.com or mobile at

+91-94444-89950.

Lallemand Animal Nutrition appointed Alun Faulkner as Country Manager

Auckland-Alun Faulkner

wi l l succeed Chris

Whalley, the managing

director and founder of

L a l l e m a n d ' s N e w

Zealand subsidiary, Vitec

Nutrition, ahead of Chris

W h a l l e y ' s p l a n n e d

retirement from full time employment later this

year. Chris will continue to be closely involved

with the Vitec Nutrition business on a part time

basis providing nutritional and technical

support to a number of key accounts.

Alun joins Lallemand from his current position

as National Technical Services Manager for

Viterra New Zealand, a role he has held since

2008. Alun holds a Masters in Poultry Science

from the University of Natal and previously

worked for seven years as a Nutritionist and

Technical Manager for the integrated poultry

producer Tegel Foods prior to the sale and

transfer in 2008 of its ruminant and third party

monogastric feed milling business to Viterra.

th 7in Series

IAI Poultry & Meat Expo13-15 December IARI Ground, PUSA RoadNew Delhi

For Space Booking, Contact: +91 9991705005, +91 9812082121

poultry@pixie.co.inwww.iaipoultryandmeatexpo.co.in

UK - The latest appointments at Cobb Europe feature three people who have

joined the UK poultry industry in recent years taking up new quality

assurance and product manager roles.

Dominic Smith obtained an honours degree in animal management from

Writtle College, Essex, in 2008, joined as a graduate

trainee and after working in quality assurance has been

promoted to QA manager.

Lyndsey Cassidy graduated from Writtle with a similar qualification and has

been appointed QA coordinator whose responsibilities

include managing the 'Perfect Order Scheme' in Cobb

Europe hatcheries to ensure chicks meet agreed

standards.

After graduating in business management from Huddersfield University,

Tom Procter has worked for Moy Park for six years becoming a regional

breeder farms manager in 2009. He joins Cobb Europe as product manager.

New Cobb Europe Appointments

Dominic Smith

Lyndsey Cassidy

Tom Procter

INDIA - Chicken is moving out of the kitchen.

Thanks to rising cost of chicken feed and the

scorching weather which is affecting poultry

production, the price of broiler chicken in retail

markets has gone up by about 40-50 per cent in

the national Capital over the past two months.

Traders at the Ghazipur-based chicken market

claimed wholesale price of live broiler has

increased from Rs.45-Rs.50 a kg to Rs.100-110

over the past two months. As a result, retail price

of dressed chicken has gone up from Rs.120-

Rs.140 per kg to Rs.180-Rs.190 a kg.

The cost of chicken products has gone up

accordingly. Boneless chicken, which used to sell

at around Rs.180- Rs.200 a kg, is now costing

around Rs.280-Rs.300 a kg.

Poultry experts said it is due to the supply crunch

from Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab that the

price has gone up.

"Rising price of soy meal is one of the main

reasons as it has led to higher cost of production.

Poultry farmers have started feeling the pinch

due to the rise in the price of chicken feed," Ricky

Thaper, former treasurer of the Poultry

Federation of India (PFI), said.

Soy meal, which was available at the rate of Rs.18

a kg about two months back, has become costlier

at Rs.25 a kg. Poultry feed accounts for around 70

per cent of the total production cost.

Mr Thaper claimed the prevailing high

temperature has further aggravated the situation.

"The required temperature for poultry farming is

between 24 and 30° Celsius. To maintain such a

condition in the prevailing summer, farmers have

to use fans, coolers and sprinklers. It increases

power consumption leading to rise in the cost of

poultry production," he said.

The supply of chicken too has gone down by

around 50 per cent in recent months.

According to an estimate, the wholesale markets

at Ghazipur and INA used to get around 200

trucks of chicken daily to cater to the demands of

the city and NCR areas. But now the number has

come down to almost half.

"Nowadays, we have been getting around 110-

120 trucks. But the demand is showing no signs of

coming down, rather, it has been increasing with

the opening of new restaurants," Mr Thaper

added.

Some of the restaurant owners said their business

is getting affected because of the price rise. They

said the rate- list has not changed, but, it may

increase in future if the situation persists.

"We buy 300 chickens daily for the restaurant and

we have to pay around Rs.50 extra for each one.

We are suffering a loss of over Rs.3 million on a

monthly basis. We will have to increase the price

in the near future if the cost of raw chicken does

not come down," Mohammad Shahid, owner of

Changezi, a restaurant chain, said.

Traders in Ghazipur market said the cost of

poultry production is leading to scarcity of

chicken. Imran Qureshi, a wholesale trader, said

the price may increase further as the situation is

unlikely to improve for another two months.

Another wholesale trader, Salauddin, said last

month a lot of chicks died because of bad weather

which has resulted in the sudden scarcity in Delhi

and NCR areas. "Rise in temperature and

humidity along with high power cost have

contributed to the problem. Change in weather

condition has rai sed prices," Salauddin said.

Poor Supply, Bad Weather Shoots

Up Chicken Prices

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A combination of organic acids, cinnamaldehyde

and a permeabilising substance effectively

combats pathogenic bacteria, according to Biomin.

The main function of the gut is no doubt the uptake

of water and nutrients. However, the gut is not

only about digestion; it is also acting as a defence

system. This defence system acts via three main

routes. Firstly, the gut immune system produces

specialised immune cells, which can serve as a

protection itself but can also produce antibodies.

Secondly, the intestinal wall can serve as a

protective barrier against harmful bacteria.

Thirdly, the present microflora can protect against

bacteria via the competition for nutrients and

receptor sites on the gut wall.

Organic acids are known amongst other

substances to alter the gut microflora. Organic

acids have a specific antimicrobial activity.

However, beneficial bacteria numbers seem to be

not affected or may even be enhanced. This helps to

promote eubiosis in the intestinal microflora in

livestock.

Even though organic acids have an antimicrobial

activity, combating Gram-negative bacteria

remains difficult due to their structure. Gram-

negative bacteria posses an outer membrane,

Managing a Healthy Gut Using AcidBased Productswhich provides the bacterial cell with an inherent

resistance against antimicrobial substances. This

outer membrane can be damaged by so called

permeabilising substances. Those substances

make the outer membrane of the bacterial cell

permeable to antimicrobial substances, such as

organic acids, facilitating their entry into the

bacterial cell.

After entering the cell, the organic acids can exert

their adverse effects on bacterial growth. The acids

are exposed to nearneutral intracellular pH, which

leads to the dissociation of the organic acids. While

dissociating, they liberate anions and protons into

the cytoplasm, reducing pH. The attempt of

bringing the pH back to a nearneutral level

consumes energy and can eventually stop the

growth of the bacteria and may kill them.

Furthermore, anions of organic acids remain

trapped inside the bacterial cell and their

accumulation becomes toxic to the bacteria; the

anions inhibit metabolic reactions, reduce the

synthesis of macromolecules and disrupt internal

membranes.

Another substance that has strong antimicrobial

activity is cinnamaldehyde. Cinnamaldehyde

strongly targets the so called FtsZ protein

responsible for the proliferation of pathogenic

bacteria. Due to the presence of cinnamaldehyde,

the bacteria are not able to replicate, resulting in a

reduced bacterial load. Reasearch has shown that

cinnamaldehyde targets only pathogenic

bacteria while sparing the beneficial bacteria

altering the microflora of the gastro-intestinal

tract.

However, the combination of organic acids and

cinnamaldehyde together with a permeabilising

substance (Per4izer®) was hypothesised to be a

strong mixture more effectively combating

pathogenic bacteria. This was shown in invitro

and invivo studies. Synergies were found when

combining an acid blend with cinnamaldehyde

and also by combining this antimicrobial mixture

of organic acids and cinnamaldehyde with

Per4izer. This resulted in increased performance

in livestock production by enhancing the

beneficial microflora and lowering the load of

pathogenic bacteria. The product consisting of a

blend of organic acids, cinnamaldehyde and

thePer4izer is adding a new natural growth

promoter with strong antimicrobial effects to

Biomin's product portfolio and was launched as

Biotronic® Top3.

National Poultry Forum 2012 was a big hit! It

was attended by 121 representatives of poultry

industry from all over India on 26th May 2012.

Like last year, this was organized by AB Vista

South Asia, Berg and Schmidt India Pvt. Ltd.

and Polchem Hygiene Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. in

association with ASA-IM and Gartech

Equipments Pvt. Ltd.

On behalf of three companies, Mr. SV Bhave said

that all the three companies are in business of

feed supplements and ingredients for years

together. Common thinking is satisfied happy

customers . Henceforth every year in the month

of May, National Poultry Forum will conduct

either a seminar, or tech. lectures, or will

conduct some poultry business related activity

for the valued customers, which will add value

to your business in true sense. Mr. Bhave, Dr.

Dinesh Bhosale, Milind Limaye and Harish

Garware also spoke biefly about their compny's

acitivities.

Dr. Ajit Ranade, Professor, Poultry Science,

Bombay Veterinary College, chaired both

sessions.

Dr. J. L. Vegad, Jabalpur talked about “Drift

Variant of LPAI”. He explained about LPAI. Dr.

Sudipto Haldar, Kolkata spoke on “Broiler

Nutrition- Current Trends and Future

Challenges”. Highlights of his speech were

Paradigm shift in formulation exercise switched

over to the digestible amino acid basis from a CP

minimum basis, introduction of threonine,

synthetic valine and isoleucine in commercial

formulations, revising the levels of calcium in

diets and gradual shifting from “least cost” to

“best cost” formulation. Dr. Kim Huang who

came from Australia, spoke on “Advance in Feed

Milling Technology”. He emphasized on need to

experienced person to operate and manage

modern feed mills, energy efficiency and

reducing labour costs by increasing automation

which will help in minimizing mechanical

damaged pellets in feed mills.

Dr. A. Natarajan, Namakkal, spoke on

“Econmomizing to Profits in Layer Nutrition”.

He touched upon various points like poor

management in feed manufacturing, feed

ingredients, diseases, f luctuations in

environment, wet litter, excess feed intake,

variations in body weights, high mortality, egg

weight and shell Quality. Dr. KS Prajapati,

Anand, then spoke on “Respiratory Disease

Complex in Poultry”. He advocated that

protection with inactivated H9N2 vaccine is

uncertain but helps to create resistant population,

better to protect through Mab, procure chicks

with no or low MG/MS load, avoid other

immunosuppressive factors like MD vaccination,

CAV ? and IBD vaccine induced. He said that

protection with H9N2 is helpful in commercial

layers and breeders. Last presentation was given

by Mr Umakanth, ASA-IM rep. on “Soy Crisis”.

National Poultry Forum organzied by AB Vista South Asia, Berg and

Schmidt India Pvt. Ltd. and Polchem Hygiene Laboratories

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NATIONAL EGG CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEEDAILY/MONTHLY EGG PRICES DECLARED BY NECC AND PREVAILING PRICES AT

VARIOUS PRODUCTION CENTRES (PC) AND CONSUMPTION CENTRE (CC)May - June

Zone/Day 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Ahmedabad 272 272 272 272 272 272 272 272 272 274 275 276 276 278 280 281 282 283 285 287 289 291 294 297 299 301

Ajmer 239 230 230 230 232 234 238 238 238 238 238 240 241 244 247 249 252 258 252 252 260 265 270 270 270 276

Banglore (CC) 274 274 274 274 274 274 274 274 274 276 276 278 278 280 280 282 284 284 287 287 290 290 290 295 295 298

Chennai (CC) 283 283 283 283 283 283 283 283 283 283 283 283 283 288 288 288 291 291 294 294 298 298 298 304 304 308

Chittoor 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 281 281 281 284 284 287 287 291 291 291 297 297 301

Delhi (CC) 255 245 245 240 240 242 247 247 247 247 247 247 248 251 254 257 260 270 274 274 274 276 282 282 282 284

E.Godavari 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 248 248 249 250 252 253 255 257 260 263 263 266

Hyderabad 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 247 248 249 250 252 253 254 255 257 259 261 263 266 269 271 273

Miraj 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 278 279 280 280 282 284 285 286 287 289 291 293 295 298 301 303 305

Mumbai (CC) 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 278 279 280 280 282 284 285 286 287 289 291 293 295 298 301 303 305

Mysore 275 275 275 275 275 275 275 275 275 275 275 277 280 280 280 283 283 286 286 289 289 289 295 295 299 299

Nagapur 253 253 250 250 250 252 252 255 257 257 260 260 263 265 267 277 279 275 275 278 278 280 288 290 290 305

Namakkal 275 275 275 275 275 275 275 275 275 275 277 277 280 280 280 283 283 286 286 289 289 289 295 295 299 299

Pune 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 278 279 280 280 282 284 285 286 287 289 291 293 295 298 301 303 305

Punjab 234 228 228 228 232 232 232 232 232 232 232 232 232 235 238 242 244 254 254 254 254 260 274 282 282 287

Vijayawada 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 248 248 249 250 252 253 255 257 260 263 263 266

Vizag 261 261 261 261 261 261 261 261 261 261 261 261 261 261 265 265 265 266 270 275 275 275 280 290 290 290

W.Godavari 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 246 248 248 249 250 252 253 255 257 260 263 263 266

Warangal 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 251 252 253 254 256 257 258 259 261 263 265 267 270 274 275 276

Prevailing Prices

Allahabad (CC) 262 262 257 257 257 259 262 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 269 271 274 276 286 286 290 286 290 290 290 295

Barwala 232 224 230 229 231 231 237 237 235 236 231 240 238 241 244 247 250 260 260 253 260 265 272 270 270 275

Bhopal 265 265 265 260 255 255 257 260 260 260 263 265 267 270 270 270 270 272 276 278 280 283 288 295 297 300

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Indore 267 264 250 248 250 250 255 260 260 260 267 268 268 270 272 273 275 272 278 280 280 285 286 300 300 303

Jabalpur 267 264 262 258 258 258 260 260 260 265 265 266 266 266 268 270 272 274 276 278 281 283 288 293 296 300

Kanpur (CC) 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 274 274 274 281 281 281 286 286 286 295 295 297

Kolkata (CC) 282 270 270 275 280 280 275 275 275 270 270 280 280 280 282 285 290 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 300 307

Luknow (CC) 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 270 273 273 280 290 290 290 290 290 297 297 297

Raipur 272 272 272 272 272 272 272 272 272 272 272 275 275 275 275 280 280 283 285 285 289 295 305 307 309 312

Varanasi (CC) 262 264 262 262 264 264 272 271 269 269 262 267 269 276 276 281 276 283 286 286 286 293 300 295 295 300

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Aviagen Group

AgroVet Europe Ltd

Cobb-Vantress, Incorporated

Chartley Chucks

Francis Engineering Works

FACCO & C. S.p.A

Gartech Equipments Pvt. Ltd.

Group Grimaud

GSI Asia Group Snd. Bhd

Hester Pharma

,

Cummings Research Park

5015 Bradford Drive

Huntsville, AL 35805, USA

Tel: +1 256 890 3800 Fax: +1 256 890 3919

Email: info@aviagen.com

Website- www.aviagen.com

A.V.E. House, 17 Clyvedon Rise,

South Shields,Tyne & Wear, NE34 8DL.

Tel: + 44 (0) 7747 593 293

Email- sales@agroveteurope.com

Website- www.agroveteurope.com

PO Box 1030, Siloam Springs, Arkansas,

USA 72761-1030 | Tele: 479-524-3166

Website- www.cobb-vantress.com

stowe-by-chartley Stafford staffordshire

st18 0ld, United Kingdom | Tel- + 07736 960835

Email- enquiries@chartleychucks.co.uk

Website- chartleychucks.co.uk

77 & 78 Marol Co-op. Indl Est. Ltd.

Andheri (E), Mumbai 400059 India

Tel : +91 22 28505506/66950323

Fax: +91 22 28505506 | Mobile : +91 9822021285

Email- satishgarware@hotmail.com

Web. www.francisenggworks.com

W-16, T.T.C. IND. Area, MIDC, Pawane,

Navi Mumbai- 400 710

Tel- +91 22 2767-0536 | Fax: + 91 22 2763-1047

Email- info@qualitysystemsindia.com

Website- www.facco.net

S. No.140/3, Tathawade, Pune Maharashtra 411033

Tel - +91 20 6510 1438 | Email- info@gartech.co.in

La Corbiere-49450 Roussay- France

Tel; +33(0)2 41 70 36 90 | Fax: +33(0)2 41 70 31 67

Email-groupe@grimaud.fr | www.grimaud.com

Plot No. 68, LPM 6,Prai Ind. Estate, Phase 4,

13600 Prai,Penang, Malaysia.

Tel: +60 (4) 5083319 | Fax:+60 (4) 5084876

Email: eseng@gsiasia.com

Web site: http://www.gsiasia.com

16/10, Devendra Society, Naranpura,, Ahmedabad -

380 013 Gujarat, India

Tel +91 79 2768-0476 | Fax : +91 79 2768-225

E-mail : info@hesterpharma.co.in

Website- hesterpharma.co.in

Holland Oasis BV

Hubbard

Hellmann Poultry Gmbh & Co KG

Institut de Sélection Animale BV

INDBRO

Indian Broiler Group

Kelly Turkey Farms

Khadkeshwara Hatcheries Pvt. Ltd.

Moon Ridge Farm

Moorgut Kartzfhn von Kameke GmbH & Co.

Nirsipur Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.

Pioneer Poultry Group

Rijksboom 46, Postbus 23149 3001 KH Rotterdam

Tel: +31 10 4363544 | Fax: +31 10 4366449

Website- www.hollandoasis.com

Europe, Middle East, Africa & Brazil

Hubbard S.A.S., Le Foeil - P.O. Box 169

22800 Quintin, FRANCE | Tel. +33-(0)2.96.79.63.70

Fax +33-(0)2.96.74.04.71

Email-emea@hubbardbreeders.com

Postfach 1232, 49361 Vechta, Germany

Tel: +49 4441 92590 | Fax: +49 4441 925950

website- www.hellmannpoultry.com

Villa 'de Körver' Spoorstraat 69, P.O. Box 114, 5830

AC Boxmeer, The Netherlands-EU

Tel- +31 485 319 111 | Fax- +31 485 319 112

Email- info.isa@hendrix-genetics.com

Website- www.isapoultry.com

302, Sri Sai Krishna Residency

Aravind Nagar opp NTR Stadium, Domalguda.

Tel - 040-27620447

Website- www.indbro.com

Baldeobag, Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh)

Tel-+07744-224069, 226009

Email-mail@ibgroup.co.in | www.ibgroup.co.in

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Springate Farm Bickacre Roadn

Danbury, Essex, CM3 4EP

Tel: +44 (0) 1245 223 581 | Fax: +44 (0) 1245 226 124

Website- www.kellyturkeys.co.uk

Siddhartha Arcade, Opp. MIDC, Railway, Aurangabad.

Tel: +91 240 235912 | Fax: +91 240 233211

Email: khpl@rjgroup.org | Web: www.rjgroup.org

Newton St Cyres , Exeter, Devon EX5 5AA

Tel: 01392 851190 | Fax: 07891 329538

Website: www.moonridgefarm.co.uk

Kartz-von-Kameke-Allee 7

D-26219 Bosel/Kartzfehn

Tel: +49 4494 88188 | Fax: +49 4494 88189

C-28, MIDC, Turbhe, Navi Mumbai - 400705

Tel-022-55901320 | Email: narsipur@vsnl.com

325/1A, Trichy Road, Pongalur, Tirupur Tk,

Coimbatore, Tamilnadu - 641667

Tel- +91 421 2316330,344 | Email- pioneergrp@eth.net

Website-www.pioneerpoultrygroup.com

6, Gandharva, 28, Erandwane, Near Mehendale

Garage, Pune 411004, India.

Tel: +91 20 24539858 | Fax: +91 20 25439789

Email: nitin@polchemgroup.com

Web: www.polchemgroup.com

21 Kawhero Drive,RD2 ,Whitianga,

Waikato3592,New Zealand

Tel: +64 7866 5531 | Email- info@redcomb.co.nz

Website- www.redcomb.co.nz

6140/2/8, Opp. Anjaneya Temple, Kanakapura Road

Cross, Chunchaghatta Main Road, Bangalore,

Karnataka - 560 062 | Tel- +91 80 26320763

5th Floor, Jaya Enclave, 1057, Avinashi Road,

Coimbatore 641 018. | Tel- + 91 422 4392503, 4392504

Email- corporate@sugunapoultry.com

Website_www.sugunapoultry.com

1-B, Vikas Rekha Complex, Near Tower Chouraha,

Khatiwala Tank,Indore-452 001(M.P.) India

Tel: + 91-731-4255900

Email: simrangroup@sancharnet.in

Shankar Bhawan, Railway Road, Safidon, Dist. Jind

Safidon - 126112, Haryana | Tel: +91-9416062447

E: info@skylarkhatcheries.com

BU-10,SFS Flat,Pitampura, Delhi 110088

Tel- 011-27346073/075 | Fax- 011-27345432

Email: cosmoindus@yahoo.com

302,Shriman Aishwarya tower, Indirapark road,

Hyderabad. 29 | Tel- 040-27677130

Email: vesstar@rediffmail.com

11-2-391,opp Govt Hospital, Nampally Hyd-500001

Tel- 040-23374774 | Email - info@vijayrajindia.com

www.vijayrajindia.com

Venkateshwara House,

S.No. 114/A/2

Pune-Sinhagad Road

Viththalwadi, Pune - 411 030.

Tel- +91-20-24251530 to 41

Email- response@venkys.com

www.venkys.com

Polchem Hygene Laboratories Pvt. Ltd.

Redcomb Genetics Ltd

S.M. Equipments

Suguna Poultry Farm Ltd.

Simran Farms Limited

Skylark Equipments

Universal Impex

Vesper Group

Vijay- Raj poultry Equipment [P] Ltd

V. H. Group

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4-6 July, 2012 Indo Livestock Expo & Forum 2012

21 July 2012SEA/CLFMA Seminar

22-24 August 2012INDO Livestock 2012

5-8 August 2012World Poultry Congress

25-27 August 2012International Poultry & Livestock Expo 2012

Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, IndonesiaTel: +62 21 86 50 962Fax: +62 21 86 50 963Infonapindo.comwww.indolivestock.com

12th National Seminar on Compound feeds viz ‘Feed and Feed Ingredients Conclave-2012’ At BangaloreCont: CLFMA of IndiaTel: +91-22-22026013Fax: +91-22-22880128Email: clfmaindia@gmail.com

At Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, IndonesiaTel: +61-21-8650963Email: info@indolivestock.com

Bahia Convention Center,Salvador,BrazilE:wpsa.br@facta.org.brWeb:www.facta.org.br

International Exhibition on Poultry Livestock & TechnologiesAl Place Ground, Gayatri Vihar Bangalore Tel: 011-26682045Telefax: 011-26684671Email: iplexpo@gmai.com

4-6 September 2012Agritech Asia 2012

VIV Chinal 201223-25 Sept. 2012

EuroTier 201213-16 November 2012

Sudan Poultry Expo 7th Session12-15 December 2012

13-15 December 2012IAI Expo 2012

International Exhibition & Conference, Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, GujaratTel: +91-9974009653Email: agritechasia@redeecal.inWebsite: www.agritechasia.com

New China International Exhibition centre, Beijing, ChinaWang Yunyun (Wendy)+86 10 649 88 358+86 10 649 80 455Wang.yunyun@vip.163.comWww.vivchina.nl

Exhibition Grounds, Hanover, Germany, DLG Service GmbH+49 (0) 69 24 788-0+49 (0) 69 24 788-113expo@dlg.org | www.eurotier.de

Khartoum International Sudan, Khartoum, Burri Khartoum Sudan, Expo Team Service Co. Ltd. +249 183 74 5905+249 183 74 5906Simsim362002@yahoo.com

IARI Ground, PUSA CampusNew Delhi Vishal Rai GuptaM:+91 99917 05009+91 98120 82121Fax: 0184 2231050E:iai@pixie.co.inWeb:www.pixie.co.in

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