The poultry industry suffers an annual loss of income of 89,653 million usd, due to 5 causes:

Mycotoxins………………………………..45,111 m USD

Coccidiosis………………………………..14,400 m USD

Infectious toxic hepatoenteritis….……..11,445 m USD

Infectious bronchitis…………………….10,433m USD

Fast transit………………………………..08.264 m USD

TOTAL …………………………………….89.653 m USD

Most of the losses due to mycotoxins, infectious toxic hepatoenteritis and rapid transit have the form of no revenue. Due to the silent nature of the diseases in most cases.

On the way, losses due to coccidiosis and bronchitis are direct losses due to mortality and collateral damage from the disease:

• The conversion index worseness
• Secondary diseases present such as necrotic enteritis or salmonella after coccidiosis, or respiratory disease chronic after infectious brochitis
• Increase in seizures at the slaughterhouse

By adapting these general data to each geographical area, it is possible to establish some practices to contain economic losses, improve animal welfare and protect food safety.

Measures to prevent the presence of mycotoxins:

• Systematic analysis of raw materials by means of a method that detects sub-pathological concentrations, causing alterations of intestinal and liver functions
• Separate dust from grain and separation of broken grain from whole grain

Measures to prevent infectious toxic hepatoenteritis should be applied in breeding birds when it is a vertically transmission infection:

• Elimination of carriers
• Vaccination at day 1, week 10 and week 22

The objective is to achieve chicks with a vitellus lower to 8% of your liveweight.

The prevention of rapid transit, due to the rapid metabolism of the birds that pushes them to eat a greater amount of feed than they are able to digest, is paliated by delaying the transit time by 8-10% through the application of a mineral that simultaneously absorbs water and acidification intestinal pH.

The prevention of avian coccidia is at a crossroad due on the one part to the increasing prohibition of coccidiostats and on the other to the deficient information on botanical alternatives. This is causing outbreaks of coccidia worldwide.

Finally, prevention against infectious bronchitis it should be based on biosecurity (avoid contact with migratory birds, equipment from other farms…), an adequate vaccination program for the geographical area or the corporation and the reinforcement of the immune system.

The research and catalog of Biovet, S. A. provide solutions to these 5 problems of the poultry sector:

1. Alquerfeed Antitox, a wide spectrum mycotoxin binder
2. Alquermold Natural, control of intestinal flora and microbiota
3. Alquerfeed Diatom, regulator of intestinal transit
4. Alquerfeed Coneb, control of coccidiosis and collateral pathology
5. Alquernat Immuplus, botanical stimulus to the immune system