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¿Cómo lograr un rendimiento y una recuperación efectivos en los caballos? 
¿Alguna vez ha sentido que su caballo está “con poco ánimo” o “no del todo bien”? No ha sido el único. Si bien los ejercicios tienen un impacto positivo sobre la salud general de los equinos, también pueden provocar estrés fisiológico.
Algo de estrés no siempre es malo, pero demasiado tampoco es lo mejor. El estrés relacionado con los ejercicios puede provocar una producción excesiva de radicales libres, lo cual puede convertirse en un problema si el organismo del animal no tiene la capacidad de responder adecuadamente a esta situación.
Si bien el selenio, el cobre, el zinc y el manganeso se encuentran en pequeñas cantidades en la dieta de los caballos, sus propiedades antioxidantes influyen considerablemente sobre la salud articular, el pelo, el crecimiento de los cascos e, incluso, la función inmune. Y aunque sus requerimientos nutricionales para los equinos pueden parecer insignificantes, estos minerales traza son esenciales para apoyar el rendimiento animal.
¿Cómo los caballos obtienen los minerales a través de la dieta?
Los caballos generalmente obtienen niveles adecuados de vitaminas y minerales a través de los forrajes. Pero los animales que hacen ejercicios regularmente presentan mayores requerimientos de estos nutrientes –por lo que estos requerimientos muchas veces no pueden satisfacerse solo con el forraje–.
Proporcionar granos no solo supone aportar calorías, sino también ayuda a prevenir cualquier deficiencia nutricional. Sin embargo, el desafío consiste en que los suplementos minerales suministrados a través de los granos sean ofrecidos en la forma en la que los equinos puedan absorberlos y utilizarlos mejor.
¿Cuál es la diferencia entre los minerales traza inorgánicos y los orgánicos?
Los minerales traza orgánicos se encuentran de forma natural en las plantas, mientras que los sintéticos son clasificados como minerales traza inorgánicos. Los caballos absorben estos elementos de las plantas a niveles considerablemente mayores que aquellos que están presentes en las rocas. Esto permite que estos nutrientes esenciales sean mejor utilizados por el organismo, lo que da como resultado un mejor rendimiento a través de tasas de suplementación más bajas.
¿Cómo los minerales traza orgánicos mejoran el rendimiento de los caballos?
Los minerales son considerados los componentes estructurales de casi todos los sistemas corporales de los caballos. Por ejemplo, el selenio es un elemento clave en diversos procesos antioxidantes (favoreciendo la función y la regeneración celular). Mientras que el cobre, el zinc y el manganeso mantienen el sistema inmune (promoviendo la síntesis del colágeno para las articulaciones o mejorando la salud del pelo y los cascos). Por lo que es muy importante que todos estos minerales sean proporcionados a los animales en la forma orgánica más biodisponible, lo que les permitirá a los equinos alcanzar su máximo potencial.
Signos de un rendimiento y una recuperación no óptimos en caballos:
Cómo lograr un rendimiento y una recuperación óptimos en los caballos
Consejos para que los caballos mantengan el mejor rendimiento:
¿Por qué se producen los trastornos digestivos en los equinos?
Palabras como “cólicos” o “úlceras” bastan para inquietar a la mayoría de propietarios de caballos. El estilo de vida de los equinos modernos es muy diferente del manejo que estos animales recibían en el pasado –cuando recorrían de 32 a 48 kilómetros al día y consumían solo los forrajes disponibles a lo largo del camino–. De hecho, el estilo de vida de muchos caballos de alto rendimiento generalmente implica: viajes, mucho tiempo en los establos, dietas altas en grano y ejercicios de moderados a intensos. Al igual que con los humanos, este mayor estrés puede provocar fácilmente problemas digestivos.
¿Cómo funciona el sistema digestivo del caballo?
Para ofrecer una correcta alimentación a los caballos se debe conocer primero cómo su sistema digestivo digiere y absorbe los nutrientes.
Después de que un caballo ingiere su ración, este alimento es transportado por el esófago hasta el estómago –el cual constituye apenas el 10% de todo su sistema digestivo, siendo relativamente pequeño en relación con el tamaño del animal–. Los equinos son clasificados como animales de pastoreo, ya que sus estómagos están diseñados para digerir pequeñas cantidades de alimento de forma continua a lo largo del día –esto también significa que el estómago está produciendo permanentemente ácido estomacal, independientemente de si el equino está comiendo o no–.
Este alimento llega después al intestino delgado: donde las grasas, los carbohidratos y las proteínas se digieren a través de las enzimas digestivas ahí presentes. Este es el lugar ideal para que el grano sea digerido y es el órgano principal del sistema digestivo en el que los minerales, las vitaminas y otros nutrientes son absorbidos por el organismo. Cabe destacar, además, que en el intestino delgado se encuentra la amilasa en cantidades relativamente pequeñas –la cual es la principal enzima responsable de digerir el almidón (presente en los granos) para formar azúcares–.
Finalmente, el alimento llega al intestino grueso –el cual es con mucha diferencia el órgano más grande del sistema digestivo de los caballos y actúa básicamente como una cámara de fermentación–. El microbioma intestinal de un equino es la diversa población de microorganismos que habita en el intestino grueso, los cuales son esenciales para la degradación y la utilización del forraje y la consiguiente producción de energía.
¿Cómo influye el funcionamiento del sistema digestivo en un programa de alimentación?
A los caballos modernos se les proporciona por lo general de dos a tres comidas al día, lo que significa que sus estómagos se encuentran vacíos la mayor parte del tiempo –solo produciendo ácido estomacal–. Esto contribuye en gran medida con la aparición de úlceras gástricas que afectan a muchos equinos en la actualidad.
Además, a los caballos se les proporciona por lo general heno y grano al mismo tiempo. Y al poder elegir, por la palatabilidad, estos animales optan comer primero el grano y luego el heno. Este último empuja los granos y hace que su ritmo de pasaje a través del aparato digestivo sea más rápido; por lo que no tienen el tiempo suficiente para ser digeridos en el intestino delgado. Esto provoca que el grano quede atrapado en el intestino grueso, donde es sometido a un proceso de fermentación que está diseñado solo para los forrajes (el heno). Todo esto causa problemas digestivos.
Si bien la alimentación del caballo moderno parecería un enorme desafío, se pueden encontrar soluciones nutricionales eficaces para abordarla. Por lo que formular las raciones con los ingredientes adecuados, proporcionar estas dietas en la forma correcta y elegir suplementos diseñados especialmente para mejorar el sistema digestivo, puede ayudar considerablemente en la cría de equinos.
Signos frecuentes de problemas digestivo en caballos:
Prevenir los problemas digestivos en los caballos
Consejos para mantener el sistema digestivo de los caballos en óptimo estado:
Providing the proper cattle nutrition through all stages of gestation is vital not only for the cow but for the developing calf.
Building a strong foundation in a cow herd or a heifer development or purebred program starts with genetics — but that foundation can also be affected by management and nutrition. Reproductive failures are often tied to suboptimal nutrition, which can impact not only the individual animal but the well-being of her offspring, too. This phenomenon, which is known as maternal or fetal programming, illustrates how the nutritional and health status of the mother during pregnancy can subsequently impact the health and productivity of her calf.
Maternal nutrition can impact the fetus and potentially alter its development, not just in utero but later in the calf’s life as well. Compromised nutrition during gestation can result in low calf birthweight, increased pre-weaning mortalities, poor growth rates and even getting cattle bred back in a timely manner.
When it comes to maternal cattle nutrition, the focus has traditionally been on the last trimester of gestation, since this is the time when the fetus grows most rapidly, taxing the cow’s energy and mineral reserves. As a result, many nutritional strategies focus specifically on those 90 or 60 days prior to calving. But what about the impact of maternal nutrition during early and mid-gestation?
A recent publication discussed the importance of proper cattle nutrition throughout all phases of gestation and the impact that nutrition can have beyond conception rates. In another study, during which early-gestation cows were fed either 100% or 55% of their nutrient requirements, no differences were observed in the calves’ bodyweight and gains, but the lung and trachea weights of calves born to nutrient-restricted dams were lower, and those smaller weights could impact how these calves react to respiratory challenges in the future.
Nutrient restrictions mid-gestation have also been shown to impact ovary and luteal tissue size and mass, which can directly affect the heifer’s reproductive efficiency later in life. The nutritional status of the cow during late gestation (e.g., six to nine months into gestation) has also been shown to impact the calf’s muscle fiber formation, which can impact its birthweight, weaning weight and even its carcass weight at harvest.
The reproductive performance of breeding cattle is highly dependent on their nutritional status. Trace minerals are involved in the synthesis of reproductive hormones, the reduction of free radicals and the improvement of the uterine microenvironment for embryonic implantation, as well as fetal growth and development. Considering that, for the most part, reproductive organs develop during early gestation, it is clear how the dam’s nutritional and trace mineral status can impact fetal development and future performance.
Forages can vary in terms of their trace mineral concentration. As such, supplemental copper, zinc, manganese and selenium are needed to optimize the cattle herd’s trace mineral status, as meeting their trace mineral requirements is fundamental for achieving optimal immunity, health, reproductive efficiency and growth.
Knowing this, supplemental trace minerals are provided to bridge the gap between the amount available through the forages and the cow’s nutritional requirements. However, the form in which those trace minerals are provided — either inorganic or organic — can impact how the herd will respond to the trace mineral program.
Inorganic trace minerals — including sulfates, oxides, chlorides and hydroxies — are typically inexpensive byproducts of other industrial processes and are often fed in excess to avoid deficiencies. However, due to the lower relative bioavailability of inorganic trace minerals, animals do not necessarily benefit from over-supplementation. Additionally, these high levels of inorganic trace minerals are often associated with mineral-to-mineral antagonisms, a higher degree of vitamin degradation and higher levels of excretion into the environment.
Organic trace minerals, such as Bioplex® and Sel-Plex®, are closer to the form in which trace minerals are found in nature. As a result, organic trace minerals offer better absorption and utilization, which translates to a higher bioavailability and fewer dietary interactions — meaning that minerals offered in an organic form can typically be supplemented at lower levels.
The advantages of supplementing with organic trace minerals have been well-documented and include improved ovarian activity, increased conception rates and getting cattle bred back sooner.
These benefits should come as no surprise, given the impact that the trace mineral source can have not only on the trace mineral status of breeding cattle, but on the gene expressions linked to their reproductive performance as well. These effects were illustrated in a nutrigenomics study comparing organic trace minerals provided in the form of Bioplex vs. inorganic sources.
So, how do organic trace minerals affect fertility parameters in successive generations?
In a recent beef study, the response of Angus and Brangus cows and their calves to either inorganic or organic (i.e., Bioplex) trace mineral sources was evaluated.
Clearly, the trace mineral source can directly impact fertility parameters in successive generations — which is also known as the fetal programming effect. Additionally, year-round supplementation through a high-quality trace mineral program can impact both the individual animal and her female offspring’s reproductive efficiency, as measured by her age at puberty, age at calving and lifetime performance.
Optimizing trace mineral status and reproductive efficiency is especially important in purebred herds and operations focusing on embryos. When looking at the follicular dynamics and embryo quality of beef cows, researchers have reported that supplementation with organic trace minerals in the form of Bioplex results not only in the increased diameter of ovulatory follicles but also leads to improved in-vitro maturation and embryo cleavage. This is significant, as early embryo cleavage is a strong biological indicator of embryo potential and is often used as a measure of embryo quality.
Organic trace mineral supplementation can have an effect on reproductive efficiency for generations.
Dr. Roger Scaletti grew up in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on a small family farm. Being around animals and livestock while growing up led him to pursue a degree in dairy and animal science at Penn State University. He then attended the University of Kentucky where he completed a master's degree and Ph.D. in ruminant nutrition in May 2003, with a focus on trace mineral nutrition. After graduation, he started working with Alltech. His role with Alltech is in technical support working with Sel-Plex and Bioplex trace minerals in North America.
Mr Skornyakov told the recent Alltech One Conference in Dublin that after a fourfold increase in haulage costs, the increased production cost was leaving no margin for growers.
The following blog is a summary of the Ag Future podcast episode at Alltech ONE Dublin with Dr. Fiona Walsh hosted by Tom Martin, with added insights from Dr. Walsh’s presentation at Alltech ONE Dublin. Click below to hear the full audio or listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Podcasts.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest threats to the global health of humans, animals and the environment. By 2050, more humans globally will die from issues related to antibiotic resistance than from cancer. Within the same timeframe, there will be an 11% loss in livestock production just from antimicrobial resistance.
At Alltech ONE Dublin, Dr. Fiona Walsh, professor of microbiology at Maynooth University and head of the Antimicrobial Resistance One Health Research Centre, presented ideas on reducing animal disease without increasing antibiotic resistance.
“What we need to really remember is that it’s not only a human health problem. This is a One Health problem,” Dr. Walsh said. “[AMR] is increasing in animal health. It will reduce productivity. It will ensure that we cannot treat infections when we have more antimicrobial resistance.”
“One Health” is a movement toward greater awareness of, and action on, the health aspects of interactions between humans, animals and the environment. AMR is a threat to One Health because it can transfer between animals and soil or between food and humans.
Plasmids are mobile pieces of DNA that can move between different bacteria, including bacteria of the same species or different species. They are the primary carriers of AMR genes and the smallest genetic components capable of transferring resistance.
Understanding how plasmids transfer between bacteria is key in identifying ways to prevent resistance transfer. This includes investigating the factors that inhibit transfer and exploring how plasmids move within and between humans and animals, particularly from non-pathogenic to pathogenic bacteria, where they pose a significant threat.
When animals are healthy and don’t require antimicrobials, plasmids present in antimicrobials have no selective advantage. The concern arises when plasmids carrying resistance genes are present in bacteria that are causing infections, necessitating the use of antibiotics. Therefore, health maintenance is crucial, preventing diseases rather than relying on cures.
According to Dr. Walsh, it is important to focus on practices that can prevent or at least reduce the occurrence of infections on-farm that need antibiotic treatment. Transitioning to farming practices that require minimal or no antibiotics is essential, but it should be done in a way that keeps the animals healthy in a productive environment.
Dr. Walsh reminded us that farming needs to be economically viable. While organizations advocate for banning antibiotics in animal production, we must consider the broader impact beyond the price of food, as consumers may bear the cost. Maintaining animal health is vital for a successful transition to antibiotic-free production.
Achieving a balance between sustainability and profitability in agriculture requires considering various impacts and the perspectives of both farmers and consumers. The value that consumers place on antibiotic-free meat, for example, influences their willingness to pay a higher price for such products. However, if consumers fail to recognize the worth of antibiotic-free meat, farmers may face challenges as profits lag behind the higher costs of meeting today’s stricter regulations on antibiotics.
While scientists can contribute by listening to the difficulties faced by industry professionals and offering solutions, achieving sustainability requires collective effort. Multiple organizations and stakeholders must collaborate to develop and implement strategies that address these challenges effectively.
“This is essentially our golden era in terms of microbiomes,” Dr. Walsh said. We already know that a strong, well-balanced microbiome can be a powerful defense system, and as we further our understanding of this vital topic, there will be future opportunities for innovation.
Additionally, advancements in sequencing technologies offer exciting prospects, allowing researchers to visualize individual bacteria within the microbiome without the need for lab cultivation. This breakthrough allows for a comprehensive understanding of each bacterium’s identity and function, offering a clear window into the microbiome’s dynamics and the presence of plasmids and their bacterial hosts. This deeper comprehension of complex interactions is providing abundant data for further exploration.
Finally, Dr. Walsh highlighted how AI and modeling now play a crucial role in understanding interactions between plasmids, bacteria, AMR, and microbiomes. AI enables large-scale analysis, allowing researchers to explore global scenarios such as the removal of antibiotics from chicken production coupled with the influence of climate change. Through AI, we can examine intricate genetic changes and movements within bacteria at a micro level. However, it is important to acknowledge that the reliability of models depends on the quantity and quality of the underlying data, and Dr. Walsh raised the importance of smaller-scale experiments to validate these large-scale models.
Alltech ONE Dublin focused on collaborative solutions to the challenges facing the agri-food industry as it confronts the “4 Cs” — the major forces of climate, conflict, consumer trends and rising costs.
Explore our other content, including photos and videos, from Alltech ONE Dublin at one.alltech.com/Dublin and the links below.
Opening keynote: Feeding people while preserving the planet
Blog: McDonald’s moves toward net zero: the role of the supply chain
At Alltech ONE Dublin, Dr. Fiona Walsh of Maynooth University offers insights into maintaining animal health without increasing antimicrobial resistance.
Selenium, like the other trace minerals, is necessary to sustain life and is essential for basic physiological functions in dairy cows. While the daily requirement for trace minerals is small, their importance to dairies has been documented in research. The trace mineral requirements for dairy cows often cannot be met through forage and grain alone. Supplementation in the diet is often needed to bridge the gap between supply and requirement.
The most recent edition of the Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle defines the selenium requirement for all classes of dairy cows as 0.3 ppm (NASEM, 2021). Selenium is perhaps the most regulated trace mineral in regard to supplementation for dairy cattle. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set the maximum supplemental level of selenium at 0.3 ppm. Prior to 2003, the only legal forms of selenium in the U.S. were sodium selenite and sodium selenate. In 2003, the FDA approved selenium yeast for dairy cows as a legal form of organic selenium; this approval was solely based on data submitted on Sel-Plex® (Alltech, Inc). To this day, no other selenium yeast has been reviewed by the FDA. More recently, in 2020, the FDA also approved the category of selenomethionine hydroxy analogue, a chemically synthetic organic selenium. Selenium supplementation guidelines, as well as approved selenium ingredients, can vary greatly between countries. It is always best practice to first check local regulations when making selenium supplementation decisions.
Plants, marine algae, and bacteria can convert inorganic selenium into organic selenoamino acids like selenomethionine. These organic selenium sources are more available to the animal for absorption and utilization. Yeasts, as part of the plant kingdom, have the ability to convert inorganic selenium into selenoamino acids. A recent white paper (Murphy, 2023) compared form, source and function within the product categories generically defined as “organic selenium.” An important conclusion was that effects on animal health and performance must be assessed for each individual organic selenium product.
The major advantage of an organic selenium source such as Sel-Plex is its improved absorption and retention in the body. Selenoamino acids incorporated into body proteins provide a reserve of stored selenium when demand is high, particularly during disease challenge and gestation. Maternal transfer of organic selenium through the placenta and colostrum improves the calf’s ability to survive and thrive. Additionally, organic selenium supports reproductive function, udder health and postpartum health.
Research conducted at the University of Florida (Thatcher et al., 2010) compared supplementing 0.3 ppm selenium from either sodium selenite or Sel-Plex selenium yeast in 574 dairy cows from 25 days before expected calving date through 80 days of lactation. Results of vaginoscopy scores at 5 and 10 days after calving (Table 1) showed differences based on the source of selenium in the diet. Cows fed selenium yeast had 47.1% clear, 43.4% mucopurulent and 9.3% purulent discharge scores, while cows fed sodium selenite had 35% clear, 47.8% mucopurulent and 17.1% purulent discharge scores. In this study, the Sel-Plex diet showed improvements in uterine environment after calving, as the frequency of purulent discharge was reduced while the frequency of clean discharge increased.
Table 1:
Additionally, measurements of immune function may help explain some of the differences reported above. In this instance, the organic selenium yeast improved neutrophil function (innate immunity) at calving in multiparous cows. Neutrophil function was suppressed at calving in primiparous cows but was restored by 7–14 days postpartum with selenium yeast supplementation. The researchers also examined the effects of selenium sources on acquired immunity by measuring the antibody response to an injection of ovalbumin (Figure 1). Antibody concentration was higher in multiparous cows at 21 and 42 days postpartum, while antibody response was not different in primiparous cows.
Figure 1:
Selenium source did not impact first-service pregnancy to artificial insemination. However, second-service pregnancy was improved in the selenium yeast diet (17.1% vs. 11.3%). When looking at results for cows that lost an embryo after first service, second service was 22.7% successful for cows supplemented with selenium yeast compared to just 4.2% successful for cows supplemented with sodium selenite. The authors hypothesized that cows in the Sel-Plex group were better able to reestablish an embryotropic environment at second service following either early or late embryonic losses.
Other research in cattle reproduction has looked at the effects of selenium source on gene expression. Research at the University of Kentucky compared diets with Sel-Plex to diets only containing sodium selenite as a selenium source. Cows supplemented with selenium yeast had increased transcripts involved in cholesterol biosynthesis and immune response. 887 transcripts were differentially expressed based on source of supplemental selenium. The upregulation of cholesterol pathways has an important role in increasing the luteal phase concentration of progesterone (Crites et al., 2022a). These same researchers (Crites et al., 2022b) looked at other impacts of selenium source on gene expression regarding endometrial function and development of the conceptus. Cows supplemented with selenium yeast had an increased amount of myostatin gene, which increases glucose secretion into the histotroph that can allow for advanced conceptus development. In this experiment, the conceptus was examined on Day 17 of gestation and was found to be significantly longer in cows supplemented with Sel-Plex compared to sodium selenite (25.96 vs. 17.45 cm respectively).
A recent dissertation from the University of Guelph (Mion, 2022) also investigated gene expression among cows receiving Sel-Plex (along with organic sources of other trace minerals) or cows fed sodium selenite (along with inorganic sources of other trace minerals). The author reported that 83 of the differently expressed genes had an expression pattern indicating that the conceptuses from the selenium yeast diet were more advanced in development compared to those from the sodium selenite diet. The gene expression results observed are thought to be required for the coordination of changes in cellular biology that are needed for conceptus elongation, allowing for maternal recognition of pregnancy, implantation and pregnancy survival.
The saying that “form defines function” is both important and true when it comes to supplementing trace minerals to dairy cows. Research around the world continues to prove the impact of organic selenium sources, such as Sel-Plex selenium yeast, on reproductive performance. However, not all organic sources of selenium can be expected to perform the same. It’s important to evaluate each option on its own merits to select the best selenium supplement for dairies.
La huella de carbono es un indicador global de la eficiencia productiva de la empresa y se calcula a partir de la determinación de las emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero (GEI) que ocurren durante todo el ciclo de vida del huevo comercializado, desde la entrada de las pollitas en las granjas hasta el momento de su distribución comercial.
Asesorada por los técnicos de Alltech, la empresa ha establecido una ruta de actuaciones que persiguen dotar al huevo de un beneficio ambiental adicional que sin duda es cada vez más valorado por los consumidores.
Alltech, al igual que Huevos Monterde, es una empresa familiar que comparte ambiciones y valores de sostenibilidad similares. Estos valores y formas de trabajar comunes son los que realmente han impulsado y consolidado la asociación entre ambas empresas, con la idea de marcar una diferencia mayor trabajando juntos.
Gracias al poder de la ciencia y la nutrición, Alltech colabora estrechamente con Huevos Monterde para ayudar a producir más huevos de calidad, procedentes de aves más felices, y con menor impacto medioambiental.
La asociación "Planet of Plenty" entre Huevos Monterde y Alltech durante varios años continúa dando resultados. Paulatina y progresivamente, los equipos de ambas empresas han ido ganando dominio en la gestión y el manejo de las diferentes fuentes de emisión de GEI, así como en la implementación de estrategias y acciones que permiten una reducción de aquellas.
Javier Monterde, propietario de Huevos Monterde, menciona que “el actual incremento de precio de los alimentos, que también afecta al huevo, se ha convertido en la principal preocupación de los consumidores, relegando a segundo término otros valores o atributos, pero nuestra voluntad es mejorar constantemente. En su momento, Huevos Monterde fue pionera en la obtención de la certificación IFS y estoy convencido de que nuestra empresa puede lograr una producción de huevo eficiente que además sea respetuosa con el medio ambiente. También queremos ser pioneros en esta faceta. Tenemos en nuestras manos la responsabilidad de demostrar que la producción de alimentos, además de cubrir una necesidad básica para la población, que es el suministro de los mismos, puede contribuir a la lucha por el cambio climático. Nuestra empresa ha reducido prácticamente 13.000 tons sus emisiones de CO2 eq. a la atmósfera respecto al año anterior. ¿Se imaginan que todos hiciésemos algo parecido? El esfuerzo de cada uno, en la medida en que pueda, generaría un potencial de mejora increíble del que se beneficiaría toda la sociedad.
El resultado no es inmediato; la mejora que hemos obtenido en 2022 es consecuencia del plan diseñado años atrás, pero cuando ves que mejoras, te animas y te exiges todavía más. Y en última instancia siempre pienso que hago lo correcto para mis clientes y para los consumidores de nuestros productos porque doy respuesta a sus preocupaciones. La actual crisis de precios se superará y nuestra empresa está preparada para dar respuesta a la demanda de una producción más sostenible.”
El plan de trabajo definido en 2021 ha dado sus frutos y la empresa puede presumir de haber logrado:
La sostenibilidad no trata solo de la gestión de los recursos; también trata de la longevidad empresarial.
Javier Monterde y su equipo tienen una de las profesiones más honrosas del mundo: producen alimentos para otros. Día a día se afanan por asegurarse de que los huevos que producen en sus granjas han respetado las normas europeas de seguridad alimentaria, con respeto también a las aves y al medio ambiente.
Huevos Monterde trabaja con Alltech, que ayuda a recopilar y analizar datos para evaluar y verificar el progreso hacia el logro de sus objetivos de sostenibilidad. El esfuerzo genera una información cuantificable en términos de cómo las prácticas empleadas se traducen en cosas positivas como la menor emisión de gases de efecto invernadero. Es algo que ayuda, no solo a contar una historia sobre avicultura, sino que permite a la gente saber que tenemos valores compartidos comunes cuando se trata de cuidar el medio ambiente. Esperamos animar a otros productores a adoptar prácticas similares.
Huevos Monterde posee más de 50 años en la producción de huevo, caracterizándose hoy en día por ser una empresa moderna y dinámica, volcada en la obtención de un producto de calidad en sus diversas clases comerciales para satisfacer la demanda de sus clientes y de los consumidores.
La cercanía de las granjas al centro de clasificación garantiza la frescura del producto, que se reafirma por la cercanía del propio centro de clasificación y embalaje a los puntos de venta.
Durante los últimos años Huevos Monterde ha completado un extenso catálogo de referencias para las distintas clases de huevo, convencional, campero y ecológico, al que se unen otras como el huevo cocido, la clara de huevo o los huevos de codorniz
