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Actigen® is a yeast-based supplement that optimizes overall animal health and performance, especially during periods of stress.
Select TC™supports natural defences, promotes the efficient transfer of nutrients, and optimizes the health of cows and calves through Alltech's state-of-the-art nutrigenomics technology.
Mold-Zap® is designed to inhibit mould growth, to retain dry matter and nutrients, for less top spoilage and it is also designed for less deterioration (dry matter loss).
Yea-Sacc® provides the nutritional platform needed to sustain higher milk production, maintain condition in high producers, and enhance digestibility.
OPTIGEN II® is Alltech's non-protein nitrogen (NPN) source for ruminants. It concentrates the nitrogen fraction of the diet, creating dry matter space for more fiber and energy.
Effective during all phases of growth, All-Brew™ is designed to feed the gastrointestinal tract, thereby maximizing performance and profitability.
Integral® AL is a nutritional technology with proven efficacy to support herd health and performance. The hydrolyzed yeast-based solution helps animal achieve their true potential.
Supported by more than 20 years of research, Sel-Plex® is the most proven form of selenium-enriched yeast. Sel-Plex optimizes performance and supports mineral retention.
Bioplex® minerals are trace minerals that are bound to amino acids and a range of peptides. They are easily absorbed and readily metabolized, optimizing animal performance.
Select GH™ is a combination nutritional technology based around yeast. It supports microbial profile, supports gut stability, and optimizes animal health and performance.
Founding Alltech in 1980 was just the beginning of a vision for Alltech founders Dr. Pearse and Mrs. Deirdre Lyons. They desired to build a business, but they also wanted to ensure that the business would have an impact on our planet far into the future. In 1989, Dr. Lyons took the stage at our Symposium and shared our company’s commitment to a guiding ACE principle, emphasizing the importance of delivering benefit to Animals, Consumers and the Environment.
Today, our Planet of Plenty™ vision propels our founding ACE principle into the future and into a new world of possibility. We envision a world of abundance, made possible through new technologies and management practices, and the world’s most valuable infinite resource — human ingenuity.
Alltech took a significant step toward its sustainability goals when Dr. Mark Lyons, president and CEO of Alltech, and Mrs. Deirdre Lyons, co-founder of Alltech, signed a letter to the secretary-general of the United Nations committing Alltech to the U.N. Global Compact, which focuses on positive advancements in human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption.
In addition, we are focused on advancing nine of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are particularly relevant to our business. In 2015, all United Nations member states adopted the SDGs, which are an urgent call to action by all countries. Each SDG has specific, actionable targets that contribute to the overall goal. The U.N. Global Compact, the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative, allows the U.N. to work with companies to help move the SDGs forward. Companies that join the Global Compact are asked to select the targets they feel are most closely aligned with their core business and are therefore actionable by the company.
“We believe that by adopting new technologies, improving business practices and embracing innovation, the agri-food sector can support a Planet of Plenty,”
said Dr. Mark Lyons, who was joined by Mrs. Deirdre Lyons, co-founder of Alltech, and colleagues at the company’s global headquarters.
“Today, we join the growing number of organizations around the world united by a passionate commitment to building a more sustainable future.”
We chose nine SDGs that align directly with our core business and our vision for a Planet of Plenty:
Alltech’s commitment was accepted into the U.N. Global Compact, and the company officially joined a network of over 9,500 companies and 3,000 non-business participants committed to building a sustainable future.
Additionally, we have committed to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). These targets are designed to help companies reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and share their progress through transparent documentation and reporting. “This is a fairly substantial undertaking for a company,” said David Butler, head of sustainability at Alltech. “There’s a lot of time involved in gathering this data, analyzing it and determining where a company can cut back. You need a whole team to do this.” First, a company must establish baseline metrics. Then it will develop targets to reduce its GHG emissions to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Once these goals are submitted and accepted by the SBTi, each company is expected to invest the resources necessary to decrease its GHG emissions. To date, 645 companies have joined the Science Based Targets initiative, which is also supported by the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project), World Resources Institute, the World Wide Fund for Nature and the U.N. Global Compact.
From June 2022, a zinc oxide ban, prohibiting the use of therapeutic doses of zinc oxide (ZnO) in animal feeds to control post-weaning diarrhea in piglets will come into effect in the European Union (EU). Although ZnO can still be used as a feed additive after this date, it will only be allowed at the maximum permitted dose rate of 150 ppm total dietary zinc. Before we discuss why all EU pig producers need to be ready to rear their pigs without pharmacological levels of ZnO by 2022, it is important to understand why the use of high levels of ZnO in swine nutritional diets has increased dramatically across the globe in recent years.
At weaning, piglets are subject to a multitude of stress factors over a very short period that contribute to gastrointestinal tract and immune system disturbances. These factors can be:
1. Nutritional: Abrupt dietary change from sow milk to a dry, pelleted, predominantly vegetable-based diet formulation.
2. Environmental: Moving to new nursery accommodation with different housing conditions.
3. Health-based: Loss of passive immunity from the sow.
4. Physiological: Abrupt maternal separation, being handled and transported and mixing with unfamiliar pigs from other litters.
Because the pigs are under such stress, the early post-weaning period is typically characterized by poor growth performance (e.g., reduced feed intake) and increased susceptibility to post-weaning diarrhea.
Traditionally, pig producers relied heavily on antibiotic growth promoters in pre-starter and starter feeds to control pathogenic infections (mainly caused by enterotoxigenic E. coli) and improve pig growth performance in the first few weeks after weaning. This was common practice until various governmental bodies banned the use of antibiotics as growth promoters, such as the European Parliament in 2003, due to growing concerns over increasing levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The continual spread of AMR has dangerous consequences for not only animal but also human health.
Following this ban, pig producers had to seek alternatives to maintain optimal gut health and to reduce this post-weaning performance drop. As a result, the use of high levels of ZnO in piglet feeds (2,000 ppm or higher) became more widespread and was seen as common practice in the swine industry. It was shown to be an effective and relatively inexpensive tool for preventing and controlling post-weaning diarrhea, with subsequent improvements in piglet growth performance, feed intake and digestion. Although the precise mode of action of ZnO against post-weaning diarrhea in weaned piglets is not yet fully understood, it is believed to be related to a significant improvement in both intestinal morphology (i.e., improved structure and function) and nutrient digestion and absorption.
Though there are several benefits of using ZnO in piglet feeds (preventing post-weaning diarrhea, maintaining health and performance, etc.), recent reports have highlighted its environmental impact, and we became aware of its contribution to the spread of AMR. It is, therefore, not surprising that regulations around its use are changing and why the EU decided to ban the use of pharmacological levels of ZnO in June 2022. However, it is not all bad news for the European pig industry, as there are several potential benefits to the upcoming ban on ZnO. Some of these benefits are:
1. Reduced environmental pollution
As previously mentioned, there are environmental concerns over the continued use of high levels of ZnO. This is primarily because zinc accumulates in soil after zinc-rich pig manure is applied to the land as an organic fertilizer. These high levels of zinc in the soil and surface water are deemed an environmental pollutant and health risk and may also impact the absorption of other trace elements, such as iron.
2. Preventing antimicrobial resistance
Recent studies and reports have demonstrated ZnO’s contribution to the increase of AMR, as high levels of ZnO may increase the proportion of multi-drug-resistant E. coli in the intestines of piglets.
3. Avoiding zinc toxicity
Zinc remains a heavy metal and is, therefore, toxic to many living organisms, including pigs. Studies show that prolonged use of pharmacological levels of ZnO may negatively affect piglet health and performance, as demonstrated by a marked decrease in feed intake.
4. Preventing nutritional interactions
High levels of ZnO can have a negative effect on phytase activity (an enzyme that is included in piglet feeds to enhance digestion), whereby the phosphorous cannot be released from phytase due to the formation of a complex of zinc with P-phytate. When ZnO is removed from piglet feeds, it should have a positive effect on phytase efficiency.
5. Avoiding changes to gut microbial composition
The use of pharmacological doses of ZnO may also cause changes to the gut microbial composition of piglets during the early post-weaning period by suppressing the growth of beneficial bacteria, such as Lactobacilli. Such changes may negatively affect intestinal development and health in young piglets.
Canada: Until recently, ZnO was typically included in piglet feeds at 2,500–5,000 ppm in Canada. However, Canada is now in the midst of imposing similar restrictions to that of the EU, which will see the level of ZnO allowed in piglet feeds reduced down to nutritional levels of 350 ppm.
China: The use of high levels of ZnO also came under scrutiny in China, and, as a result, China has drastically reduced its level of authorized dietary zinc supplementation, going from 2,250 ppm to 1,600 ppm in 2018.
United States and some Asian countries: It is very likely that the United States and some Asian countries will also implement similar restrictions on the use of pharmacological levels of ZnO in piglet diets in the near future. Although there are no restrictions currently in place in these regions, it is vital that swine producers avoid over use and start the process of working towards ZnO alternatives so that they are prepared when a ban inevitably comes into effect.
Until recently, ZnO represented one of the vital nutritional strategies for preventing and controlling diarrhea in young piglets and the associated detrimental post-weaning ‘growth check.’ However, increasing concerns over environmental pollution and contributions to the spread of AMR have led to an EU ban on the use of high levels of ZnO in piglet diets. Adopting a holistic strategy that encompasses optimal nutrition, management, biosecurity, health and welfare practices will be key to ensuring that pigs can thrive and survive in a post-ZnO era.
Learn how the Alltech Seed, Feed, Weed solution can help you remove ZnO from your piglet diets, and start the conversation about how you can begin transitioning to ZnO-free piglet production by contacting the Alltech Gut Health Management team today.
This is part 1 of a 3-part series
*References available upon request
A presença conjunta das empresas foi um enorme sucesso, atraindo grande número de visitantes nacionais e internacionais ao stand, principalmente da América Latina, Itália, Marrocos e Portugal.
Sob o lema "O Poder da Biotecnologia", a Alltech Crop Science demonstrou na feira o seu compromisso com a inovação e o desenvolvimento de soluções que oferecem maior qualidade e produtividade, contribuindo para a rentabilidade e a sustentabilidade dos seus clientes.
Uma das inovações que a empresa apresentou na Fruit Attraction foi o SOIL SET, o seu novo bioestimulante para culturas agrícolas com registo europeu, que teve grande aceitação.
Com mais de 40 anos de experiência como líder em biotecnologia, a Alltech Crop Science é especialista em nutrigenómica, fermentação de precisão e pesquisa microbiana.
A Conselheira de Agricultura da Região de Múrcia, Sara Rubira Martínez, visitou a feira e participou num debate onde Agustín Murillo, Diretor Geral da Alltech Crop Science Iberia, referiu que a parceria com a Ideagro representa um exemplo claro de trabalho conjunto para demonstrar que a agricultura tem um papel fundamental na proteção do ambiente, mais um passo para a sustentabilidade e a otimização do uso dos recursos naturais.
A IDEAGRO, por seu turno, levou à Fruit Attraction a sua experiência na realização de ensaios agrícolas, através da utilização de microrganismos, produtos biológicos e biotecnológicos.
Além disso, a IDEAGRO apresentou os meios utilizados para isolar microrganismos, permitindo explorar novas fontes de nutrientes além das convencionais. Estes avanços não só otimizam o crescimento das culturas, mas também contribuem para a sustentabilidade do setor agrícola, reduzindo a dependência de produtos químicos.
A participação conjunta da Alltech Crop Science e da IDEAGRO na Fruit Attraction 2024 não só consolida a parceria entre as duas empresas, iniciada há mais de um ano, para reforçar o seu compromisso com a investigação e a inovação no setor agrícola, como também reforça o seu papel como aliadas estratégicas dos agricultores que procuram melhorar a eficiência e sustentabilidade dos seus sistemas agrícolas.
Para mais informações sobre a Alltech Crop Science: https://www.alltech.com/es-es/agricultura
Saiba mais sobre o Ideagro: https://ideagro.es/
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We are inspired by the great challenge the world has presented us — to produce enough safe, nutritious food for all, while caring for our animals, and sustaining our land, air and water for future generations. Our natural resources may be finite, but human ingenuity is infinite.
Planet of Plenty is a mission to:
What started as one company’s vision has become a call for collaboration.
Planet of Plenty is a vision of promise, possibility and positivity for the future. It’s our belief that a world of abundance is achievable, but it will take all of us working together.
It’s a vision that must be led by science, technology and a shared will to make a difference — to plant trees we’ll never see grow.
Sustainability means taking positive action today for the success of tomorrow. It’s a pursuit where there’s always room for improvement … and a new idea.
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