French animal nutrition specialist Olmix is
conducting further research and development into the use of algae to help
improve the gut health of pigs, and it expects to have new products available
for producers within a year or two, said the company's European business
development manager, Olivier Biannic, at SPACE 2012 in Rennes, France, on
September 13.
The company, which is already seeing success with
its algae-based products for pigs, saw greater potential for further development
of the beneficial effects of algae on pig health and productivity, said Biannic
to Pig International. A product the company launched in
2011 — ecopiglet, which helps prepare piglets for weaning — is proving very
popular, according to Olmix, and has resulted in a 50 percent improvement in the
health of piglets in trials, while the use of antibiotic medications had been
reduced by more than 50 percent.
This news followed a pre-SPACE seminar on “algae,
the blue revolution for a sustainable chemistry,” organized in nearby Pontivy,
France. Nearly thirty scientists, including Breton specialists in marine
sciences and in algae; representatives of research labs; and representatives
from CNRS
Roscoff, the University of Western Brittany, the University of Southern
Brittany, the French National Institute for Agricultural Research and the
regional SMEs; presented the potential of algae to provide global solutions to
the issues of nutrition and health, particularly of animals and plants.
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