Animal Feed Poultry
Broilers
Netherlands: BioAktiv Improves the Performance of Mother Hens
Netherlands 2012: Netherlands BioAktiv distributor Topturn Agro conducted a study at a broiler farm in Limburg on 16,400 mother hens. Half of these hens received 200 g BioAktiv for Animal Feed-G per tonnne of feed for 30 weeks while the other half did not. The study showed that the insemination rate and hatching rate of the eggs laid by hens fed BioAktiv were 4% and 3.7% higher than those of hens not fed BioAktiv. [Summary] [Report]
Russia: A Study by the All-Russian Poultry Research and Technology Institute
Russia 2012: The use of the BioAktiv additive increased the digestibility and utilisation of feed nutrients, and hence it increased the broiler productivity by 1.5 % and survival rate by 5.7 %, and reduced the feed cost by 0.7%. We determined the effectiveness of BioAktiv in an environment which met all the broiler farm operating standards. In a farm environment which often does not meet operating standards and has poor air exchange, its effectiveness will certainly be higher, especially so in survival rate. Our findings allow recommending the use of BioAktiv additive in feed. [Summary] [Report]
Poultry Forum: BioAktiv Wins Innovative Product Award
United Kingdom 2009: Such was the impact of the research trials by Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt that BioAktiv went on to win an innovative product award. The university experimented with different dosages of BioAktiv Animal Feed and BioAktiv Salis focusing on improvements in FCR. The trials showed best results from using BioAktiv Animal Feed at 500 g/tonne of feed, giving a FCR improvement of 13.04% or Salis at 1 g/10 litres of water providing improved FCR of 9.4%. [Report]
Egypt: A Study by Ain Shams University
Egypt 2009: BioAktiv had a significant effect on the percentages of carcass, breast, thigh and intestine. The higher the dosage of BioAktiv, the larger the percentages of carcass and breast and the smaller the percentage of intestine. BioAktiv increased the amount of enzymes in the stomach and intestine, which resulted in improving the FCR. The study in Cairo Poultry Company farm showed that BioAktiv had a significant effect on broiler mortality. [Summary] [Report]
Poland: A Trial in Antoni Narkiewicz Agricultural and Breeding Farm
Wydminy 2009: BioAktiv Evolution GmbH and DAMA Project Management commissioned a trial in March-April 2009 in Antoni Narkiewicz Agricultural and Breeding Farm in Wydminy village. Group 1 of 20,500 broilers received BioAktiv Salis in their feed, group 2 of 22,350 broilers received BioAktiv Salis and BioAktiv Animal Feed from third week of the trial onward, and a control group of about 21,500 broilers received no BioAktiv products. The broilers fed BioAktiv had shorter feeding days, higher average weight, better FCR and lower mortality than the untreated broilers. The broilers fed BioAktiv also had fewer diarrhea cases and needed lesser medical support, lower ammonia emissions in their house, and lower feed consumption. [Report]
Farmers Weekly: Natural Feed Additive Shows Results on French Poultry Units
France 2009: One trial in France showed that feeding the additive led to a six-day reduction in the time birds took to reach their target weight, from 41 days to 35 days. And mortality rates were lower at 1.2% than 4% for untreated birds with an improved feed conversion of 1.7 kg of feed/kg gain compared with 1.89. [More… pp. 2-5]
Turkey
Farmers Weekly: Natural Feed Additive Shows Results on French Poultry Units
France 2009: The Guittet’s run a mixed farm in Brittany including up to 20,000 Le Gouloir chickens, except in the run up to the festive period when buildings switch to turkey production. [More… pp. 6-7]
Layers
Netherlands: BioAktiv Boosts the Performance of Layers
Netherlands 2013: Netherlands BioAktiv distributor Topturn Agro conducted a study at Kempfarm layer farm in Leunen. The study involved 34,560 layer hens of LSL Class (white) breed from 28- to 56-week-old. The hens received 200 g BioAktiv Animal Feed-G per tonne of feed for five weeks and eight weeks and 1 kg BioAktiv Salis-G in 10,000 litres of drinking water for two weeks twice. After using the BioAktiv products the laying performance of the hens, the egg weight and egg mass of the eggs they produced were above the breeder’s specified performance standards. [Summary] [Report]
North Macedonia: A study by the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
North Macedonia 2009: The Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje did a study in a layer farm. A house of 1,258 layers were treated with 350 g BioAktiv Powder per tonne of feed, while another house of 1,267 layers of the same breed and age were not treated. The study showed that the use of BioAktiv Powder reduced mortality, the percentage of broken eggs and ammonia concentration in layer house, and improved layer performance and feed conversion. [Summary] [Report]
Salis Poultry
Broilers
China: BioAktiv Increases Broiler Farmer’s Income by 27-42%
China 2019: China BioAktiv distributor Gansu Longtai Non-Antibiotic Breeding Co., Ltd. collaborated with Gansu Province Animal Husbandry Technology Promotion Head Office to conduct two trials on the use of BioAktiv Professional Salis at Kongliang Broiler Farm, Gansu Province, China in 2019. The parties who carried out the study concluded that the use of BioAktiv Professional Salis in rearing broilers was effective and could increase farmer’s income by 27% to 42%. They recommended the BioAktiv product be widely used in broiler farms. [Summary] [Original Chinese report] [English extract]
Egypt: BioAktiv as a Novel Alternative to Antibiotic Growth Promoter
Cairo 2017: M.H.S. El-Sanhoury, Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt presented a research paper in the Egyptian Journal of Nutrition and Feeds on the Effect of Using BioAktiv Oxygen Activated Sodium Chloride as a Novel Alternative to Antibiotics in Drinking Water on Performance and Enzyme Activities of Broiler Chicks.
Brazil: A Study by the University of the West of Santa Catarina
Brazil 2015: The University of the West of Santa Catarina reported that they did a study in a broiler farm. They fed 6,500 broilers from 8- to 45-day-old 1 kg BioAktiv Salis-G in 5,000 litres of water, and did not feed another house with 6,600 broilers of the same breed and age any additive, The study revealed that the broilers fed BioAktiv had higher final weight, better FCR, lower mortality, higher production efficiency index and attained the slaughter weight four days earlier. [Summary] [Report]
Poultry Forum: BioAktiv Wins Innovative Product Award
United Kingdom 2009: Such was the impact of the research trials by Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt that BioAktiv went on to win an innovative product award. The university experimented with different dosages of BioAktiv Animal Feed and BioAktiv Salis focusing on improvements in FCR. The trials showed best results from using BioAktiv Animal Feed at 500 g/tonne of feed, giving a FCR improvement of 13.04% or Salis at 1 g/10 litres of water providing improved FCR of 9.4%. [Report]
Farmers Weekly: Early Results for Chalk-based Poultry Feed Additive Promising
United Kingdom 2009: Two broiler producers have seen positive benefits in the first UK trials of a new additive widely used in Europe, including improved feed conversion. After seeing a piece back in the March edition (p30), Patrick Wedgewood of North Riding Farm, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire, decided to try the in-water additive in four of his 10 sheds on his 140,000-bird broiler unit. [More…]
Egypt: A Study by Ain Shams University
Egypt 2009: BioAktiv had a significant effect on the percentages of carcass, breast, thigh and intestine. The higher the dosage of BioAktiv, the larger the percentages of carcass and breast and the smaller the percentage of intestine. BioAktiv increased the amount of enzymes in the stomach and intestine, which resulted in improving the FCR. The study in Cairo Poultry Company farm showed that BioAktiv had a significant effect on broiler mortality. [Summary] [Report]
Poland: A Trial in Antoni Narkiewicz Agricultural and Breeding Farm
Wydminy 2009: BioAktiv Evolution GmbH and DAMA Project Management commissioned a trial in March-April 2009 in Antoni Narkiewicz Agricultural and Breeding Farm in Wydminy village. Group 1 of 20,500 broilers received BioAktiv Salis in their feed, group 2 of 22,350 broilers received BioAktiv Salis and BioAktiv Animal Feed from third week of the trial onward, and a control group of about 21,500 broilers received no BioAktiv products. The broilers fed BioAktiv had shorter feeding days, higher average weight, better FCR and lower mortality than the untreated broilers. The broilers fed BioAktiv also had fewer diarrhea cases and needed lesser medical support, lower ammonia emissions in their house, and lower feed consumption. [Report]
Turkey
Farmers Weekly: Natural Feed Additive Shows Results on French Poultry Units
France 2009: Regis Meignan farms about 3600 turkeys each year over three months for the Christmas period, but from February onwards, the unit switches to broiler rearing for the rest of the year, to suit the French market. [More… pp. 5-6]
Layers
Netherlands: BioAktiv Boosts the Performance of Layers
Netherlands 2013: Netherlands BioAktiv distributor Topturn Agro conducted a study at Kempfarm layer farm in Leunen. The study involved 34,560 layer hens of LSL Class (white) breed from 28- to 56-week-old. The hens received 200 g BioAktiv Animal Feed-G per tonne of feed for five weeks and eight weeks and 1 kg BioAktiv Salis-G in 10,000 litres of drinking water for two weeks twice. After using the BioAktiv products the laying performance of the hens, the egg weight and egg mass of the eggs they produced were above the breeder’s specified performance standards. [Summary] [Report]