This year’s VIV, that saw a record attendance, served as an excellent platform for sharing insights on how feed additives can help the reduction of non-therapeutic use of antibiotics. Nutriad attended industry experts from across the world at its booth and participated in several conferences and seminars during the week.

At the technical conference „Immunosuppression 2017“ which took place before the opening day of VIV Asi, Dr. Radka Borutova, Business Development Manager at NUTRIAD, presented on Mycotoxins: A gateway to infectious diseases. Consumption of some mycotoxins, at levels that do not cause overt clinical mycotoxicosis, suppresses immune functions and may decrease resistance to infectious disease. As Asia Pacific countries are still importing most of their raw feed ingredients, and since the mycotoxin situation in Europe and USA seem to be quite serious, APAC poultry, swine, ruminants and aquaculture producers are exposed to an increased mycotoxin risk in 2017”.

On the final day of VIV Asia, Dr. Tim Goossens, Business Development Manager at NUTIRAD, presented a talk on the challenges that producers of gut health promoting additives are facing. “By now, it is clear that many active ingredients can be linked to gut health. But to develop a product that is just as robust as AGPs, their potential needs to be maximized”. Dr. Goossens talked about butyrate as an example. “Butyrate has the potential to trigger several physiological responses that are beneficial for gut health and performance. That potential will only be met, if you invest in a coating that is able to deliver butyrate throughout the entire digestive tract, like NUTRIAD does with ADIMIX®Precision”.

Erik Visser, CEO Nutriad, concluded: “Pressure from government regulation and consumers will shape the demands on livestock and aquaculture producers in Asia as far as antibiotics usage is concerned, just as we are seeing and have seen in other parts of the world. With a proven track record of additive solutions across the world, NUTRIAD is well positioned to work alongside producers to define answers for today’s and tomorrow’s challenges. Feedback from industry at the recent VIV once more showed how our collaborative approach to the market is appreciated and valued.”

Multinational feed additives producer Nutriad, headquartered in Europe, was established more than 50 years ago. Through organic growth and selective acquisitions Nutriad has grown to be a global leader in specialty feed additives solutions for enhancing performance and promoting health in livestock and aquaculture. Nutriad delivers products and services to over 80 countries. Find out more at www.nutriad.com