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More & better chicks​

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Increase the quantity and quality of chicks per hen through improved egg production, fertility, immunity, and hatchability

Why is it important?

  • Reduced hatchability of breeder eggs is attributed to a multitude of factors including genetics, management, nutrition, health, and biosecurity.
  • Fertility and eggshell quality are the main drivers that impact hatchability and chick quality resulting in fewer high-quality chicks.
  • Ensuring an ideal start to the chicks placed is critical for efficient production. Starting with a high quality chick reduces early chick mortality and sets a good foundation for better lifetime production.

How to maximize the potential?

  • Maximize the quantity and quality of fertile eggs produced to ensure eggs going into the hatchery have the best chance of hatching and producing quality chicks.
  • Ensure the developing embryo has adequate immune and bone development to ensure the quality of the hatched chick.
  • Provide clean feed without mycotoxins and consider mycotoxins as part of the differential diagnosis for health and nutritional challenges.
  • Secure gut health during early stages of life for breeder chicks to ensure higher livability rate.

dsm-firmenich solutions

  • Vitamin D, in a further metabolized form as 25-OH-D3, enables better calcium & phosphorus metabolism giving a stronger embryo skeleton & immune system. Carotenoids improve the antioxidant capacity in egg yolk and semen, increasing embryo and sperm protection. Organic copper is a lysyl oxidase activator giving a stronger egg vitelline and shell membrane. Finally, the Nutrient Utilization Complex increases the metabolism of absorbed nutrients.
  • A precise and cost-effective mycotoxin risk management program has consistent monitoring, risk assessment, and a comprehensive intervention strategy comprising adsorption, biotransformation, and bioprotection for mycotoxins targeting the reproductive system.
  • A synbiotic supports competitive exclusion and intestinal integrity which helps manage the incidence of pathogen colonization in breeders.

We recommend ensuring OVN Optimum Vitamin Nutrition® as baseline in all poultry diets. Precise sustainability measures can help reduce the environmental footprint while ensuring lifetime production.

  • MaxiRepro™ Poultry

    MaxiRepro™ Poultry offers an effective solution to support breeder productivity and influence chick quality.

  • Mycofix®

    The Mycofix® portfolio of feed additives represents the most state-of-the-art solution for protecting animal health by deactivating mycotoxins that contaminate farm animal feed. Its safety and efficacy are proven by 7 EU authorizations for substances that deactivate mycotoxins.

  • PoultryStar®

    PoultryStar® is a well-defined, multi-species poultry probiotic plus prebiotic (synbiotic) that promotes a beneficial gut microflora and improves the results of broilers, layers and breeders.

  • OVN Optimum Vitamin Nutrition®

    OVN Optimum Vitamin Nutrition® is about feeding animals high quality vitamins, produced with the lowest environmental footprint, in the right amounts, appropriate to their life stage and growing conditions, to optimize: • Animal Health and Welfare ▶ good for animals • Animal Performance ▶ good for farmers • Food Quality & Food Waste ▶ good for consumers and the planet

  • Sustell™

    Sustell™ is an intelligent sustainability service that combines the most advanced environmental foot printing calculation tool with expert sustainability, animal production and nutritional knowledge to create tailor-made, practical solutions and business development projects that enhance the environmental sustainability and profitability of animal farming. Sustell™ unlocks the value of animal production sustainability.

  • Verax™

    Harness the power of data to get a deeper understanding of the overall health, productivity and welfare of your animals.

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Differentiating poultry products as safe, high quality, and sustainable protein sources is the focus of every producer. By helping to reduce waste and to improve food security sustainably, we at dsm-firmenich support you to deliver premium poultry products to build your reputation in the market with confidence.

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