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Poultry production in hot regions of India
suffers significant losses every year because of
heat stress, especially from sudden heat waves,
which usually occur during summer.
In poultry production, heat stress can be
described as acute or chronic. Acute heat stress
refers to short and sudden periods of extremely
high temperature, whereas chronic heat stress
refers to extended periods of elevated
temperature. Chronic stress has deleterious
effects on birds reared in open-sided houses
mainly through reducing feed consumption
and increasing water consumption. Most of the
reduction in feed consumption is due to
reduced maintenance requirement.
In broilers, growth rates, feed efficiency and
carcass quality are negatively affected. Again,
prolonged periods of elevated ambient
temperature increase the broilers' time to reach
market weight and increase mortality. In laying
hens, heat stress leads to a decline in egg
production and egg quality, as well as, shelf life
of eggs is shortened. In breeders, high ambient
temperature coupled with high humidity
decreases fertility resulting in low hatchability.
During the heat stress period the increase in
body temperature has a negative effect on
gamete formation and the fertilization process.
The purpose of the article is to know the effects
of heat stress on poultry performance and the
better ways to replenish the loss.
Unfortunately there are very few options to
alleviate the negative effects of hot humid
weather on poultry. We have known for a long
time that poultry of all kinds eat for their energy
needs, and not for proteins. When it gets hot,
humans and all other forms of life tend to eat
less or change diets to match the environment.
Decreased feed consumption and increased
water intake occurs in poultry due to heat. As
temperature rises, the bird has to maintain the
balance between heat production and heat loss,
and so will reduce its feed consumption to
reduce heat from metabolism (Hurwitz et al.,
1980). Research demonstrated that feed
consumption is reduced by 5% for every 1 ºC
rise in temperature between 32-38ºC. The
effects of heat stress on broilers are seen
immediately in heart attacks (flipovers). The
effects on laying hens are not seen until the week
or so following heat (Post Stress period).
At high temperatures, heat production in birds
decreases while heat dissipation increases. The
main pathway of heat dissipation for birds
under hot environment is respiratory
evaporation, especially when ambient
temperatures approach the body temperature.
Heat stress in poultry with special reference to the
role of grape pomace
Tarun kumar, Naveen Sharma, Praveen Kumar
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What Happens During Heat Stress?
Turkeys, broilers and layers perform well in
comfortable summer temperatures between
7080oF (21-27oC). When ambient
(surrounding) temperatures rise above 80oF,
feed intake, growth and production are
affected. Heat exhaustion and death will occur
when temperatures exceed 90oF (32oC).
Mechanism of heat stress:
Decreased feed intake will affect bird
performance and profitability, whereas water
consumption increases in hot weather
conditions.Reductions in feed intake will cause
decreased body weight gain, egg production
and lower egg weights in layers(Bonnet et al.,
1997). Eggshell quality is also affected in hot
weather, but not entirely due to the dietary
calcium deficiency resulting from decreased
feed intake. As the hen pants to keep cool,
excess carbon dioxide is exhaled, which causes
the blood to become more alkaline. The
alkalinity of the blood reduces its capability of
carrying calcium to the reproductive system for
shell formation so increasing dietary calcium
will not improve shell quality (Macariet al.,
1994).
Birds lose heat normally by:
Radiation Heat will be lost from the body by
radiation if the surrounding surfaces are below
bird surface temperature. Conversely hot walls
and roofs may radiate heat to the bird surfaces.
Convection Heat loss will occur from the
natural rise of warm air from around a hot body.
Providing moving air can assist convection, but
only if the air moves fast enough to break down
the boundary layer of still air that surrounds the
body.
Conduction Heat will transfer from one
surface in contact with another surface, for
example, if the birds are seated on litter that is
cooler than their bodies. However, the litter
immediately under the birds assumes a
temperature close to that of the body.
When birds can no longer maintain its body
heat balance by one of these three methods, it
must use “evaporative heat loss”, or panting.
Evaporative heat loss, whilst essential to the
bird, does not contribute to heating the house.
Evaporation This is very important at high
temperatures as poultry do not sweat but
depend on panting. This is only effective if the
humidityis not too high. Hot, humid
conditions are therefore much morestressful
than hot dry conditions.
In order to keep cool, birds will increase their
respiration rate as much as ten times the normal
rate and indulge in throat flutters or panting.
Throat fluttering allows the evaporation of heat
by moving air in and out of the throat area
without actually entering the lungs. This
method is very efficient on hot dry days, but it is
not very helpful during hot humid weather
because evaporation is more difficult.
Older and heavier birds are less able to manage
heat stress. Due to the lower body surface area
per kilogram of body weight, older birds
produce more internal heat and are less able to
cool down by convection and evaporation.
Moreover Older birds have more feathering and
hence more insulation, which makes it more
difficult to get rid of body heat. In addition, as
birds become larger there is less space between
individuals in the poultry house, which traps
more heat between birds and significantly
increases the temperature at the floor level.
Thus, air movement is an important method of
keeping older flocks cool.
The acid-base balance is disrupted by the
increased electrolyte excretion through urine
and faeces. Electrolyte supplementation has
been shown to restore the acid-base balance and
improve bird's performance. The body fluids
(present in and outside the cells) carry oxygen
and carbon dioxide, move nutrients to the
tissues, remove waste and distribute enzymes
and hormones to their target tissues. To
function efficiently the body cells must have a
constant, balanced environment, which is
provided by the fluids surrounding them. These
fluids must be regulated for composition,
volume, temperature and distribution.
Therefore all must be maintained in balance.
Prevention of electrolyte, minerals and vitamins
imbalance should be obviously approached
through incorporation of appropriate cations,
anions along with minerals and vitamins.
However it must be accepted that during heat
stress diet got influenced significantly and feed
intake reduced drastically with increase in water
intake.Water is the most important nutrient for
the overall health and performance of
commercial broilers. It plays an essential role in
every aspect of metabolism and is critical to the
regulation of the bird's body temperature, food
digestion, and waste elimination. By weight,
broilers consume twice as much water as feed
(Lacy, 2002). So it must be emphasized to
consider water electrolytes, minerals, and
vitamins during high temperature. Enriching
the water electrolytes with nucleotides, organic
minerals, amino acids and fatty acids provide a
boost to fight the imbalance in poultry birds
because of heat stress.
Grape seeds and skins are good sources of
phytochemicals such as gallic acid, catechin,

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and epicatechin and are suitable raw materials
for the production of antioxidative dietary
supplements. Flavonoids,are a large group of
polyphenolic antioxidants present in a variety
of foods from vegetable sources, such as onions,
apples, citrus, grapes, tea, and wine. Most of the
naturally occurring flavonoids express various
antioxidant effects, like scavenging of free
radicals, chelation of transition metals, and
inhibition of radical producing enzymes (Choi
et al., 2010).Scientific studies have shown that
the antioxidant power of proanthocyanidins
(flavonoid available in grape seed extract) is 20
times greater than vitamin E and 50 times
greater than vitamin C (Uchida, 1980). Oral
administration of grape seed extract lowers
reactive oxygen species generation and plasma
protein carbonyl groups, while it enhanced the
activity of the endogenous antioxidant system.
Grape pomace consisting of peel, seed and stem,
should be treated as a special solid residue, due
to its high levels of residual phenolic
compounds. Grape seed and peel are
increasingly being used to obtain functional
food ingredients such as natural antioxidants
and dietary supplements. Simonettiet al.
(2010)reported that proanthocyanidinsof grape
seed extract showed significant sparing effect on
a-tocopherol in RBC membranes, helped to
reduce oxidative DNA damage, and might
increase the level of polyunsaturated fatty acid in
RBC membranes thus proved to possess good
antioxidantproperties.
Grape fruit contains naringin, a ? avonoid
glycoside responsible for the bittertaste of grape
juice is capable of inhibiting intestinal drug
metabolizing enzymesas well as improves drug
area under curve so acts as bioenhancer
(Mekalaand Arivuchelvan, 2012). The
knowledge on the use of bioenhancer is new to
modern science but it was very familiar as yogvahi
in Ayurveda. Yogvahi was used to enhance the
bioavailability, tissue distribution, and e?cacy of
drugs, especially those with poor oral
bioavailability and also decreasing the adverse
e?ects(Randhawaetal.,2011).
Considering the facts it can be concluded that heat
stress possess a great economical burden to the
poultry farmers in turns of mortality, morbidity,
production loss etc. To minimize the loss during
heat stress instead of going for feed electrolytes and
vitamins it is better to supplement water with
electrolytes, minerals, vitamins and amino acids.
Grape pomace prevent damage to the cells caused
by free radicals and proved to be an
efficientbioenhancer so can be used along with
electrolytesandvitaminstofightheatstress.
Referencesavailableon request
Stressors
Birds
Increased production of adenocorticotropic
hormone
Glucosteroid hormone synthesis
Involuntary changes of
lymphoid organs
Amino acid metabolisation
for energy production
Demand for adequate
nutrients
Depleted body
proteins
Depresses appetite
Low feed intake and adverse effect on body
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Pododermititis or foot pad lesions is one of the
main indicators of welfare status in broilers. Wet
litter due to digestive inefficiency can initiate
lesion development. In order to maintain foot
pad integrity, suitable nutrition is required to
ensure skin robustness, which prevents lesion
formation. Using a combination of natural forms
of minerals and immune enhancing products
make lesions less likely to form and may prevent
secondary infections in establishedlesions.
The lesions areprimarily caused bywetand sticky
litter, leading to damage and burns on the sole of
thefoot.
By Dr JulesTaylor Pickard, Alltech and Prof Peter
Spring, Swiss Collegeof Agriculture
Pododermititis (foot pad lesions) is an important
welfare problem in poultry, mainly in broilers
and turkeys, kept on litter floors, where the birds
can develop foot lesions of varying degrees due to
damage from the litter. In terms of codes of
practice for poultry, the development of these
lesions affects two of the 'five freedoms', i.e.
freedom from discomfort and freedom from
pain, injury and disease. A third - 'freedom to
express normal patterns of behaviour' - could be
added to this list if the lesions affect the bird's
ability to walk. According to the Farm Animal
Welfare Advisory Council, flock-keepers must
check for such problems daily and take advice
from nutritionists and veterinarians regarding
controlling these lesions, and must also seek
feedback from processors at the slaughterhouse
regarding the quality of each flock's feet (see the
Farm Animal Advisory Council Code of Practice
for theWelfareof BroilerChickens).
Extraburneffect
So what is pododermititis (or foot pad dermatitis
(FPD) as it's often know), what causes it and how
can it be controlled from a nutritional point of
view?The lesions are primarily caused by wet and
sticky litter, leading to damage and burns on the
sole of the foot. Ammonia present from excreta in
the litter is linked to the extra 'burn' effect seen in
terms of the visible damage.The lesions start as an
eroded part of the plantar surface of the foot, and
once this damage is established, the lesion
continues to develop, leading eventually to a
black blister-like formation. Such damage can
also lead to skin infections, as well as reducing the
bird's ability to walk, and can therefore reduce
Nutritional interventions can prevent pododermititis
feed and water intake.
Overall, the effects of FPD in terms of welfare are
considerable, which is why,
in 2005, the EU proposed
that the incidence of FPD
in broilers should be used as
one of the main indicators
of welfare status, forming
the basis of recommenda-
tions on future stocking
density for farms. Scoring
s y s t e m s h a v e b e e n
published for both broilers
and turkeys to assist in
establishing the severity of
lesions in flocks. In some
counties in Scandinavia,
welfare monitoring is based
on FPD scores, and affected
flocks may be culled rather
than processed, at great cost
to the producer.
In economic terms, the
effects of FPD are of major
importance. Because the
birds ability to walk, feed
and drink is reduced so is
their performance when compared with their
unaffected flock-mates. The sale of feet to Asian
countries, where they are a delicacy, is also
severely affected whenFPD isevident.
Other factors have been identified which have a
bearing on FPD incidence and severity. De Jong,
in 2011, identified a seasonal effect, whereby
FPD is more prevalent and severe during the
winter months, compared to summer, based on
studies conducted in Denmark and Sweden
between 2002 and 2010. This may be due to
ventilation, which is known to impact on the
development of lesions due to ammonia
emissions from litter. The presence of certain
bacteria, especially Staphylococcus and E.coli
species, can lead to secondary infections of the
lesions, furthering the severity of the problem
and even causing joint inflammation. The types
of water systems used as well as heating,
ventilation, lighting patterns and stocking
density, all contribute to FPD, but the aim of this
article is to investigate the impact of feed and
nutrition on thisproblem.
Impact of feed on PFD
Certain raw materials are known to affect the
development of FPD, as they can cause wet litter
and hence initiate the development of lesions.
Feed materials that are high in potassium (e.g.
soya, manioc) can cause wet droppings, leading
to poorer litter quality due to the negative effect
of potassium on water resorptionin the gut. Non-
starch polysaccharide intake from cereals such as
wheat and barley is also a well-known cause of wet
litter and contributes to dysbacteriosis in the gut,
leading to wet droppings which may also be
contaminated with pathogenic bacteria. Poorly
digested protein will add to the levels of excreted
nitrogenous material and hence ammonia, which
develops in the litter, adding to the burn damage
to the feet. Researchers have suggested the use of
various alternative feed materials, such as organic
minerals, and specialist supplements to support
skin strength and immune response to potential
secondary infections.
Prevention of lesions and infections
Prevention is the most desirable way of
addressing FPD, as this not only reduces the
requirement for expensive veterinary
intervention, but also maintains the integrity of
the foot pad in its ideal form (i.e. without
scarring), preventing downgrades at slaughter
and economic losses, as well as satisfying welfare
standards. In order to maintain foot pad integrity,
suitable nutrition is required to ensure skin
robustness,which preventslesion formation.
In a trial conducted in turkeys fed diets with
either inorganic or lower levels of organic
minerals, the FPD incidence was monitored and
reported. Birds received either a control,
inorganic mineral diet containing 15 ppm added
Cu plus 60 ppm added Zn, Mn and Fe or an
organic (chelated) mineral diet formulated with
2.5 ppm added Bioplex Cu plus10 ppm Bioplex
Zn, Fe and Mn. Ninety-six birds per treatment
were used in a replicated trial design. The results
showed that, at 12 weeks of age, the turkeys fed
the organic mineral diet had no FPD on their
feet, whereas foot lesions for the control group
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one animal showing burns on both feet (score 2).
This result was attributed to better skin integrity
in those turkeys fed the organic mineral diet, even
at a lower inclusion rate. Other research
examined the role of organic forms of minerals on
skin development in broiler chickens. Birds were
fed either an inorganic ?control or a diet
containing chelated (organic) selenium and zinc.
The figure below shows the difference between
histological assessmentof thegroups.
Work by Youssef et al investigated the role of
biotin, zinc and mannan-oligosaccharides (as an
immune modulator) in the incidence of FPD in
turkeys.They found significant improvements in
FPD scoreson dry litter with any one of thesefeed
ingredients compared to broilers kept on wet litter.
This may be enhanced if the effects on ammonia
production in wet litter are also addressed by
enzyme supplementation or using different, more
digestible?proteinsources.
In a review by Costa et al , the role of nutrients and
specialist supplements are discussed.The inclusion
of supplements such as enzymes is highlighted
regarding reducing digesta viscosity and hence
minimising the production of wet litter, and
showed that diets using enzymes to address these
factors lowered viscosity, resulting in a reduction in
the incidence of FPD in broilers. There was a
positive relationship between viscosity reduction
and improved litter dryness, leading to a lower
incidence of foot pad wounds, especially in older
birds.
Research conducted by Nagaraj, in 2006, looked
into the role of protein level and enzyme addition
on FPD in broilers. This work revealed that ?
broilers fed high levels of protein ?had increased
FPD (in terms of both incidence and severity), and
feed enzyme supplementation reduced this, as a
direct consequence of increased protein
digestibility and reduced ammonia emissions from
litter.
Nutritionalinterventions
The application of appropriate nutritional
interventions can prevent or alleviate the
development of FPD. Using natural forms of
mineralscanenhanceskinintegrity,makinglesions
less likely to form. In addition, immune enhancing
products, such as mannan-oligosaccharides, may
prevent secondary infections in established lesions.
Ensuring good protein digestibility has an impact
on ammonia produced from litter, reducing foot
pad burns, and so either a more digestible form of
protein or the ?addition of a proven protease
enzyme will assist in reducing lesion incidence.
Preventing wet litter from NSP in the diets (from
cereals predominantly) by adding a suitable
glucanase and/or xylanase product help to prevent
the initial development of lesions. Using a
combination of these approaches in feed can assist
in the prevention of FPD, leading to fewer
downgradesandslaughterandimprovedwelfareof
birdskeptonlitter.
US - Food-grade antimicrobials are approved
for use by the US Department of Agriculture
and classified as "Generally Recognized As Safe"
by the FDA at the recommended use levels as a
very safe and effective way to kill or inhibit the
growth of any potential foodborne pathogens,
like Salmonella, on raw poultry products.
They are used to assure the safety of poultry
products, said the National Chicken Council
(NCC) in response to claims made on Friday
(26 April) in an article appearing in the
Washington Post.
When administered properly at the federally
recommended use levels, these antimicrobials
are safe for poultry products, for consumers and
for those working in the plant. These levels are
frequently tested by both USDA and plant
personnel to ensure they are at safe levels for the
product and for workers in the plant.
It is important to reiterate that OSHA found no
connection or causation whatsoever between
the very unfortunate passing of the inspector
mentioned in this article and the plant
environment.
Though these antimicrobials are approved for
use and are used in very low, allowable
concentrations, the poultry industry takes very
seriously the health and safety of our workforce
and there are a number of steps and precautions
in place in order to minimize any exposure to
them:
? When diluted antimicrobials are applied
to carcasses, they are done so in controlled
areas (inside of closed equipment or inside
the chiller) to minimize any potential
exposure to employees;
? In order to ensure proper ventilation,
poultry processing plants follows strict
Safety of Antimicrobial Use in Poultry Production Reaffirmed
guidelines for air flow set by the American
Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-
Conditioning Engineers. Engineering
controls such as ventilation are acceptable
means to control employee exposure to
hazards;
? Workers and companies must comply with
OSHA standards, wear personal protective
equipment and complete required training
programs; and
? The mixing of water and antimicrobials is
a highly automated process in poultry
plants so that workers rarely come into
contact with any undiluted agents.
Most of these antimicrobials have a pungent
odor that if an excessive concentration were to
occur, it would be taken care of immediately.
Therefore, continued exposure to any potential
harmful level is very rare.
NCC and others in the scientific community
also contested the assertion that antimicrobial
use would increase if USDA's poultry
inspection proposal goes through.
Among many other inaccuracies in Kimberly
Kindy's article, NCC takes exception to the
Post's characterization of our statement that
“the volume of chemicals would increase further
under the new rules because a larger volume of
birds would be processed.”
The volume of chicken produced is dictated by
demand and the market, not line speeds or
inspection systems, NCC told the Post.
Increasing line speeds does not equate to more
chickens being produced. More than likely it
means less production time, not more chickens
produced, and not more antimicrobial use.
Dr S. F. Bilgili, a professor in Auburn
University's Department of Poultry Science,
and a past president of the Poultry Science
Association, added, "The slight increase in
processing line speeds that may occur as a result
of the proposed changes to the US poultry
inspection system is not likely to change the
antimicrobial use much, as novel application
sites (i.e., use in finishing chillers rather than
pre- and final chill tanks) and delivery methods
(i.e., mist sprays rather than as a carcass dip)
have already reduced the antimicrobial use
significantly. Furthermore, novel technologies
continue to be developed and commercialized
to enhance the antimicrobial efficacy at lower
application levels," he said.
Tom Super, NCC vice president of
communications added, “We take very
seriously the health and safety of everyone
working in our plants. It is ironic that these
inspectors, their union and their allies are
claiming how bad the work environment is in
the plants, yet they're fighting tooth and nail to
stay in them, in an attempt to save some
taxpayer-funded jobs that have proven
unnecessary over the past 13 years.”
A March 2012 CDC/NIOSH Health Hazard
Evaluation of a poultry plant tested employees
who worked in areas of the plant where
antimicrobials were used the most, and found
their reported symptoms (itchy eyes, sneezing,
blurry vision, chest tightness) were not related
to increased levels of antimicrobials. The tests
that were conducted as part of this evaluation,
using both area air sampling and by monitors
attached to workers (personal breathing zone
devices), revealed minimum, often even
undetectable levels, in almost every case all well
below the permissible exposure limits for
chemicals set forth by OSHA.
News

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Hubbard and Suomen Broiler Oy enter into a Historic Agreement
Finland/France - Suomen Broilerand Hubbard
SAS are very pleased to announce that recently
they have signed an exclusive distribution
agreementwith Hubbard.
The first consignment of Hubbard H1 Grand
Parent stock arrived by charter to Turku airport
end of April in very good condition and Suomen
Broiler Oy will start supplying the Hubbard H1
Parent Stock to their customers in Finland and
neighbouring countries as fromthe end of 2013.
After 25 years of collaboration with Aviagen,
Suomen Broiler will no longer act neither as a
Distributor of Ross stock into Finland, Estonia,
Lithuania and Latvia nor as a subcontractor to
Russia. Suomen Broiler will continue to
distribute Ross Parent Stock until depletion of
the Grand Parent Stock during the first quarter of
2014.
Reijo and Vesa Jokela, Directors of Suomen
Broiler Oy, said “we are very excited to become
part of the Hubbard family to help our business
grow in Scandinavia and abroad”. Paul van
Boekholt, Hubbard Business Director, stated:
“this agreement is a first and major step of
Hubbard into Scandinavia, we are very confident
that the Hubbard products will succeed in this
region as Hubbard is well-known for its focus on
animal welfare traits. For example, thanks to the
much dryer litter the Hubbard broilers have a
very low level of footpad lesions and hock burn.
We are looking forward to our collaboration with
Suomen Broiler Oy and to expand our market
shareinNorthern Europe”.
For further detailspleasecontact:
Hubbard
Mr. Paul vanBoekholt
Paul.vanboekholt@hubbardbreeders.com
Suomen BroilerOy
Mr. HannuTiuttu
Hannu.tiuttu@suomenbroiler.com
BOVIAN Health Care Participation in 2nd Paschim Banga
Poultry Mela-2013
Bovian Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. a young and
dynamic organization working in the animal
health and nutrition domain with the aim to
propel by providing innovative, scientific &
research based solutions to the farmers,
participated in the '2nd PASCHIM BANGA
POULTRY MELA-2013' in Kolkata organized
b y W E S T B E N G A L P O U LT R Y
FEDERATION from 2nd- 4th May, 2013
under the guidance of Managing Director, Mr.
Subrata Mukherjee and Poultry Business Head,
Dr. Naveen Sharma. Other team members
include Dr. Tarun Kumar (Asst. Technical
Manager), Mr. Santanu (Zonal Sales Manager),
Mr. Ravi Ranjan (ASM), Mr. Pranesh Kumar ,
Mr. Swapan Das and Mr. ParthaModak (PSO).
The intention was to make an impression mark
of Bovian in the poultry industrywith
impressive technical discussions and new
concepts.
The Bovian stall was esthetically designed and
placed in the Hall number 2 of Mela ground.
During the entire period of Melaeveryone in the
team was on their toes as the stall was visited by
large number of poultry farmers, consultants,
feed millers, researchers and young students.In
total about 50 consultants/researchers visited
the stall and shared the technical queries and
facts about the Bovian products and Indian
poultry industry. They were very much
fascinated about the new initiative in the form
of BRU (Bovian Research Update) from
Bovian-Team Poultry, as they find the
newsletter very informative to all the class of
readers indulged in poultry sector.
Almost 500 farmers from distant places of West
Bengal/ Orissa/ Bihar/ Jharkhand showed their
presence in the stall with lot of enthusiasm.
They shared all the information about Bovian
products in the market and were very much
excited about the new innovations of Bovian
like Optiblend-PTM. In addition about 15 big
feed millers of the area shared their
requirements and capacity of manufacturing
feed for poultry. They showed lot of interest in
the products like OildolTM, DucoxTM and
KalnxtTM.During the MelaBovian team was in
companionship with two foreign delegates from
Malaysia named Dr. Sze and Dr. Wilmot
Sasindran. They interacted with the team and
discussed the importance of phytogenic feed
additives in feed sector.
As the vision of the organization is to provide
scientific and research based solutions to the
customers, the poultry division is continuously
working on war front to come up with better
products and solutions keeping in mind the
betterment of poultry industry.

13 May 2013- Netherlands delegation visited
India for two days to share their know-how to
increase food production in India through
improved production methods, logistics and
food safety measures.
Embassy of The Kingdom of The Netherlands
organized networking cocktail hosted by Mr.
Arie Veldhuizen- Agriculture Counselor at
The Netherlands Ambassador residence. The
agenda of the networking cocktail was to
welcome the delegation consisting of Mr. Ton
Akkerman, Veterinary Counsellor in General
Service, Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO); Mr.
Erik Bosker, Senior Policy Officer from
Ministry of Economic Affairs; Mr. Tjeerd den
Hollander, Senior Policy Advisor, Product
Board of Meat and Eggs (PVV) and Mr.
Henny Swinkels, Director Van drie Group and
announce their agenda of visit. Below are the
excerpts from the interview:
Netherlands is a trading country but besides
that it also exports knowledge. In 2011 Indian
government requested Netherlands
government to share our knowledge. Indian
delegation visited Netherlands and after
exploring the industry they felt the need to
Netherlands is the 2nd largest exporter
of Agricultural produce after US but India is
also an exporting country. Would you please
elucidate our readers about your purpose of
this visit?
upgrade Indian industry. If we look at mid
2011, India had a lot of production but approx
40% of produce was lost which never reached
the end-consumer.
The best way to improve the productivity and
reduce the losses is to use the knowledge and
expertise of others and Dutch businesses will
contribute to increasing food production in
India through improved production methods,
logistics and food safety measures. We are here
to deliver that knowledge.
In September 2011, a bi-lateral agreement was
signed between Product Board for livestock
and Product Board for Poultry and Eggs; and
National Meat Poultry Processing Board
(NMPPB) which is a part of MOFPI and joint
action plan was developed to work closely with
Indian government. Since then Centre of
Excellence have been introduced and finance
is being assisted by state and central
government.
To achieve better quality and quantity, India
needs to upgrade using others knowledge and
experience. Like one cannot improve milk
productivity of cows on its own, he needs
bovine semen, heifers, better feed, better farm
management practices etc.
Because of religious and economic reasons,
Meat & Poultry Board is the main nodal
body in India; do you have any agreement
with them?
India is very hard country to get into with
products. Therefore it is wise decision to enter
with knowledge. Hence Netherlands
Ministry-responsible for issuing Veterinary
certificates decided to come with industry
stake holders to meet with Joint Secretary and
discuss the problems we are facing to send
veterinary products and get Veterinary
certificate in India.
As we are not familiar with all the procedures,
this is the reason delegation consisting of Mr.
Ton Akkerman, Veterinary Counsellor in
General Service, Chief Veterinary Officer
(CVO); Mr. Erik Bosker, Senior Policy Officer
from Ministry of Economic Affairs; Mr.
Tjeerd den Hollander, Senior Policy Advisor,
Product Board of Meat and Eggs (PVV) and
Mr. Henny Swinkels, Director Van drie came
to visit India.
This combination gave us possibility to
discuss with various people in livestock and
agriculture sector and get the information so
that we can send the products needed for
Centre of Excellence which is coordinated by
NAFTC.
Livestock is segmented into four main
parts: Genetics, Nutrition, Farming and
Processing. India is having very small
processing percentage that too is exported;
can we use same Netherlands technology to
upgrade our technology or it will need to
Holland and India
cooperate on
agri-food production
Interview
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NetherlandsDelegates
EmbassyRepresentatives

Interview
15
invent some new technologies as per Indian
requirements.
If we go 20 years back, Indian Poultry
Industry was facing same problems. There
were only 1000 birds farms but today various
farms are available with bird capacity of more
than 1 million. So in terms of poultry
farming we have achieved world class
standards. But in Dairy Framing we are still
lacking how your know-how can help us in
this sector?
Today if we compare India with Netherlands
technology then Netherlands is like Science
Fiction because the technology is far beyond
the borders which can be achieved. But if you
look 50 years back Netherlands was same as
that of India.
One can gain from our knowledge and
expertise but can't copy the whole system.
Netherlands is such a small country with 17
Million population and is most dense
population on other hand India is a huge
country with 1.3 Billion population.
We consume frozen products whereas in India
consumer prefers fresh products as that of
Vietnam. Hence you can adopt some parts but
cannot copy the whole system.
Centre of Excellence will play significant role
in Dairy sector development. Here we are
showcasing farm management, feed
management, genetics improvement, cold
chain etc. We will also focus on quality of
milk, milk collection system and hence we
cover all aspects of dairy farming.
India would not remain same at same position;
farmers would not remain backyard farmers.
Some of them will drop farming and others
will grow with their calves.
50 years ago, Netherlands farmers also had 40
cows; today they have 120. Similarly India will
also develop and purpose of Centre of
excellence is to understand those needs and
bring Netherlands knowledge to India so that
it can achieve its targets.
This practical display will showcase the
technology how it can be adopted in India. It
will be displaying 100-200 dairy farm cows
with feed system and cold chain to showcase
how it can be accomplished.
In centre of excellence we can also
demonstrate profits-that is the only key to
success. In beginning farmers want to have
profits from their existing systems. Hence we
need to show case them how they can earn
more profits from their existing systems. For
example in Europe you can feed new born
calves with milk which will cost you 40 euro
cents per L but you can also feed those calves
with milk replacers that will cost 10 euro cents
and it won't give only financial profits but also
the calves will grow faster.
In 2012, the Indian and Dutch Governments
signed mutual agreements to work together
towards greater efficiency in the Indian
agrifood sector. In recent months the Ministry
of Economic Affairs, together with several
Indian states, the Netherlands Agro, Food and
Technology Centre (NAFTC) and Greenport
Holland International (GHI), have worked on
proposals for the establishment of Dutch-Indo
Centre of Excellence, which show case Indo-
Dutch government to government approach.
Netherlands Centre of Excellence works
like Indo-Italian Centre of excellence for
vegetable which is a government to
government project. What is your focus-
government organization or private
companies?
India's central Government has now agreed to
the establishment of 10 Dutch–Indo Centre of
Excellence across India and has given the green
signal for the steps necessary for further
developments.
Private to private connections are also there
which are supported by two governments. As
per my opinion this is the only approach we
can work upon.
Kick off for first 10 Centre of excellence is
planned for next week which will be started on
small scale as it also needs the capacity and we
need people to transfer the knowledge. At
present we have planned Centre of Excellence
will concentrate on the horticulture, dairy
cattle, potato, meat and pork chains and will
provide opportunities for collaboration
between Dutch and Indian businesses in
Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, UP, Karnataka,
Punjab and West Bengal.
India will be one of biggest economies in the
world. In 2020, India won't need Centre of
excellence (it is here for short time period).
India will be well developed by that time.
Netherlands can bring its knowledge for the
country and try to find solution and new
opportunities. Two governments have shared
the responsibility to produce food on
sustainable and efficient manner.
In 2020, food safety won't be required, it will
be food security. We are smallest country with
huge production; we have to share this
knowledge with the other countries. Dutch
knowledge and experience will help in
developing India.
Your vision 2020 for Indian Livestock
industry.
INDIA - About three per cent of egg and
environmental samples from farms in Bareilly
were found to be positive for Salmonella but the
relatively high antibiotic resistance among the
bacteria was raised as a concern by scientists
carrying outthestudy.
The prevalence of Salmonella bacteria at egg
farms was found to be low by Renu Singh of the
Central Avian Research Institute in Izatnagar and
co-authors there and at M J.P. Rohilkhand
University in Bareilly and Salim Ali Centre for
Ornithology and Natural History in
Coimbatore. However, they express concern that
the relatively high resistance among the bacteria
present in poultry could pose a risk to public
health as well as therapeutic problems to
consumers.
Their latest study, published in Food Control,
was carried out to detect Salmonella spp.
Antibiotic Resistance in Egg Farm Study Raises Concerns
contamination of poultry and poultry
environmental samples from layer farms in
Bareilly and to determine the antibiotic
susceptibility profiles and serotype distribution
of the isolates.
A total of 720 samples of egg, feed, water, cloaca
and faeces were collected and screened for the
presenceof Salmonella.
Twenty-four (3.3 per cent) of the samples tested
were found to be positive for Salmonella. Out of
180 chicken eggs, 120 poultry feed samples, 120
poultry water samples, 120 faecal samples and
180 cloacal swabs, the isolation frequencies of
Salmonella spp. were 3.3 per cent, 2.5 per cent,
3.3 per cent, 2.5 per cent and 4.4 per cent,
respectively.
Among the isolates, Salmonella Typhimurium
wasthepredominantserovar.
The antibiogram testing revealed differential
multi-drug resistance among Salmonella isolates
in poultry and poultry environment samples. All
theisolateswereresistanttoclindamycin,oxacillin,
penicillin and vancomycin whereas sensitivity was
recordedforampicillin,enrofloxacinandcolistin.
As a result, the relatively high resistance among the
bacteriapresentinpoultrycouldposepublichealth
and therapeutic problems to consumers as
potential vehicles of resistant Salmonella
foodborne infections, concluded Singh and co-
authors.

Press Release
17
Vets Club Ludhiana recognized by Animal
Welfare Board of India, Ministry of
Environmental & Forestry, Govt. of India,
celebrated “World Veterinary Day-2013”
on Sunday, the 28th April 2013, on its
campus at 1/A, H-Block, BRS Nagar,
Ludhiana, Punjab.Technical Programme
was sponsored by Punjab State Veterinary
Council, Chandigarh and Nestle India
Limited, Moga. The celebrations started
with a Free Camp for Antirabic Veterinary,
Deworming & Deticking of Dogs & Cats,
which was inaugurated by Bibi Veeran Bedi,
Councilor of the area and sponsored by
AAS- A Ray of Hope, an NGO being run
by animal lovers. Programme inaugurated
by Dr. H.S. Sandha, Director, Punjab State
Department of Animal Husbandry as the
Chief Guest by lighting ceremonial lamp.
The chief guest also released Volume 1 (i),
2013 Issue of Vets Press, Newsletter of the
Club for circulation amongst members of
the club and other interested veterinarians
of livestock farmers. Technical programme
included lectures related to the theme of the
celebrations i.e. “Vaccination - in
prevention and control of diseases in
animal”. Dr. Ajit Singh, Prof.-cum-Head,
Deptt. of Veterinary Microbiology, Lala
Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary &
Animal Sciences University, Hisar,
Haryana, delivered the main lecture,
followed by lecture on the theme relating to
parasitic diseases by Dr. L.D. Singla, Prof.-
cum-Head, Department of Veterinary
Parasitology, , GADVASU, Ludhiana and
another one relating to Wild-life animals by
Dr. M.P. Singh, Senior Veterinary Officer,
Chhatbir Zoological Park, Chandigarh.
Presentation of lecture was followed by a
Panel Discussion-cum-Question-Answer
Session, which was presided over by
Professor Dr. H.S. Sandhu and Dean,
College of Veterinary Science, GADVASU,
Ludhiana and Dr. P.N. Dwevedi, Professor
of Veterinary Microbiology acted as the
Floor Coordinator. The Panelists' consisted
of Dr. Kirti Dua, Professor of Veterinary
Medicine and In-charge Wild-life Centre,
GADVASU. Dr. N.S. Sharma, Professor-
cum-Head, Department of Veterinary
Microbiology, GADVASU and Professor
Dr.Vandana Verma, Department of
Veterinary Microbiology, Christian
Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana.
Vets Club Ludhiana took a lead this year in
honoring & felicitating sixteen persons for
their distinguished contributions including
Vets Club Ludhiana celebrates “World Veterinary Day-2013”
four Veterinarian Entrepreneurs including
Retd. Professor Dr. M.L. Kansal for his
valuable innovations in poultry farming,
Dr. Satish Kumar Chadha, a successful
veterinarian poultry farmer, Dr. Sunil Dutt
Rampal running an ISO certified company
Imperial. Marketing Services India, Pvt.
Ltd since 1990, job provider to more than
200 persons and Dr. Sham Tewari,
Chairman-cum-Managing Director VETS,
FARMA Ltd. an ISO GMP & GLP
certified company as per world standards
and having attained a multinational status.
T h e h o n o r e d o n e s i n c l u d e d o n e
progressiveand innovative buffalo farmer,
S. Harminder Singh Sandhu and one
progressive pig farmer, S. Sukhwinder
S i n g h G r e w a l . S c i e n t i s t s h a v i n g
distinguished themselves with many
national/international recognitions
honored included Professor Dr. R.S.
Sahota, as the most popular Professor
among livestock farming community;
Professor Dr. H.K. Verma, most successful
literature provider to the livestock farmers;
Dr. Jasbir Singh Bedi, a promising budding
Public Health Scientist, Dr. Chandrahas, a
guiding force for goat farmers; Dr.
Jaswinder Singh, one of the most vibrant
nutritionist-cum-extension man; Dr.
Devendra Pathak, a popular basic science
teaching veterinary anatomy specialist and
Dr. Niraj Kumar Singh- a budding animal
biotechnology.
Student achievers honored were Dr.
Navdeep Singh Ratta, young veterinary
Gynecologist and Dr. Sravani Gantasala, a
budding veterinary microbiologist-cum-
artist, Dr. Sukhchain Singh, IRS, honored
for possibly being the first veterinarian
from Punjab to have cleared the Civil
Service Examination conducted by Union
Public Services Commission and after
undergoing training to join in Indian
Revenue Service Department at Ludhiana.
Ms. Aditi Sewak, a student of PAU and d/o
Retd. Captain, Dr. Aditya Sewak one of the
club's members, was honored for securing a
gold medal in 10 meter Air Pistol shooting
at national level.
Dr. H.S. Sandha presented shields/shawls
& certificates of honor to all the honored &
distinguished persons. The felicitation
programme was sponsored by INTAS &
Indovax. Felicitation function was followed
by culture programme conducted by Dr.
Sukhwant Singh, a renowned Punjabi
Singer and Professor Dr. Dwivedi with
heartfelt orchestra accompanists.
Dr. P.N. Diwedi Professor of Veterinary Microbiology, G.A.D.V.A.S.U, Dr. Vinod Gupta(Vice-President Ex.
Former Joint Director Animal Husbandry Punjab), Dr. K.K. Bakshi President, Vets Club, Ludhiana (Ex.
Dean of Veterinary College P.A.U/G.A.D.V.A.S.U., Ludhiana & Dr. H.S. Sandha Director Animal
Husbandry Punjab, Dr. Pramjeet Singh, General Secretary and Dr. H.S. Sandhu Dean College of
Veterinary Science G.A.D.V.A.S.U, Ludhiana are seen the above picture.
Professor Dr. M. L. Kansal Technical Director, Kansal & Kansal Agro Farms receiving Award of
Honor from Dr. H.S. Sandha, Director, Animal Husbandry, Punjab, Chief guest at the time of World
Veterinary day ( 28th April 2013) celebrations.

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[BANGALORE, India] The world is producing
959 million tons of feed and has increased its
production by at least four percent in the last year,
according to the 2013 Global FeedTonnage Survey
released today by Alltech. Alltech assessed the
compound feed production of 134 countries in
December 2012, through information obtained in
partnershipwithlocalfeedassociationsandAlltech's
sales team, who visit more than 26,000 feed mills
annually.
“The 2013 publication of the annual year-end
assessmentbyAlltechisbeingreleasedasanindustry
outlook resource for the new calendar year and will
hopefully allow governments, non-governmental
organisationsandthegreaterpublictoappreciatethe
value that the feed industry is generating globally,”
said Aidan Connolly, vice president of Alltech and
director of Alltech's annual Global Feed Tonnage
Survey.
Among the 134 countries assessed in Alltech's
survey,Chinawasreaffirmedasthechiefproducerof
feed at 191 million tons and an estimated 10,000
feed mills. Consistent with late 2011 assessments,
the United States and Brazil followed with 179
million tons produced by 5,251 feed mills and 66
million tons produced by 1,237 feed mills
respectively. Overall, a 26 million ton increase was
observed in BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India
andChina)yeartodate.
Globally India continues to be in the 6th place with
26.837 million tons produced by 862 feed mills in
2012 when compared to 23.4 million tons in 2011.
In which aquaculture accounted as the most grown
from 1.4 million tons in 2011 to 3.5 million tons in
2012. Pet and equine feed each constitutes 0.002
milliontons.
Asia continues to be the world's number one
Alltech Feed Survey Findings: World Increases Production to 959 Million
Tons; Asia grew by 13% within a year
producing region at 350 million tons and this is a
13% increase compared to the figures 12 months
ago. Over 43% of the total pig feed production
comesfromthisregionandmorethanhalf(56%)of
the global aqua feed is produced in Asia. However,
Africa exceeded Asia in percent growth over 2011
results,increasingitstonnagenearly15percentfrom
47millionin2011to54millionin2012.
Globally, the survey identified 26,240 feed mills,
with China serving as home to 10,000 of them.
TogetherwiththeotherAsiancountriesthisnumber
reaches 12,149. The Middle East was estimated to
have the largest feed mills, with an average of more
than 63,000 tons produced per mill which is
significantly higher to the Asian figures of 28,818
tons. Sixty percent of feed produced globally is
pelleted, with percentages particularly high in
Europe.
Whenanalysedbyspecies:
? Poultry continues to dominate with a 43
percent share of the feed market at 411 million
tons, likely due to religious and taste
preferences as well as cost. It grew by
approximately 8 percent over 2011 estimates
globally which is lower than the growth of over
13% inAsia . Sixty percent of all poultry feed
tonnage is dedicated to broilers, with the rest
fedtoegglayers,turkeys,duckandotherfowl.
? Thepigfeedsectormatchedpoultry's8percent
growth, moving to 218 million tons globally.
Asia's share is 94,5 million tons of it which is
morethan13%inceaseasoflastyear'sfigures.
? The ruminant feed market, comprising dairy,
beef and small ruminants, grew more than 13
percent between late 2011 and December
2012, and now requires 254 million tons.The
annualgrowthinthisareaisalsomoredynamic
in the Asian continent (15%; 94,1 million
tones).
? Equine feed tonnage increased almost 17
percentto10.8milliontons.
? Aquacultureisthefastestgrowingspeciessector
by tonnage with growth greater than 55
percent since 2011. Out it this, Asia was
responsiblefor25,6milliontones.
? Pet food represents 20.5 million tons, 40
percent of which is produced in the United
States, but Brazil continues to make
considerableadvancesinthissector.
“As we look to the demands of the future, chiefly the
feeding of 9 billion people by 2050, these survey
results should stir optimism and resolve within our
feed and food industries,” said Dr. Pearse Lyons,
president of Alltech. “Our global feed industry is
rising to the challenge, and we're seeing growth
across the board. Moreover, we're seeing it in some
particularly key areas BRIC, Africa and
aquaculture.”
Global feed production has traditionally been
difficult to quantify because many countries lack a
national feed association. For this reason, Alltech
began in late 2011 to leverage its global presence to
obtain a finer estimate of the world's feed tonnage.
The results of the annual year-end assessment are
announced in January as an industry outlook
resourceforthenewcalendaryear.
Connolly presented the 2012 Alltech Global Feed
Tonnage Survey findings at a joint meeting of the
International Feed Industry Federation and the
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Oct.
2012. The meeting identified the need to collect
more detailed information, a request to which
Alltech responded, engendering a deep appreciation
forwhatthefeedindustryisdeliveringworldwide.
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Below are the tentative topics
Poultry performance and Nutrition trends - A global scenario
Broiler Nutrition trends in India – Past, present and the future
Current Impact & Future Prospects of the Feed in Poultry Production Cost
Alternate nutritional strategies to manage feed cost and sustain performance
Nutritional strategies for disease avoidance.
Pathogens and bird performance in poultry nutrition
Mycotoxin prevalence in south east Asia
Mineral nutrition and its importance in poultry nutrition
Feed milling technology in South Asia -evolution, growth and developments
Alternate protein sources - Are they available and how to choose the right ones?
Grain Storage and treatment
Feed formulations – what tools are the ideal ones?
Layer nutrition and the challenges and changes needed
Breeder Nutrition and the advancements
Smart milling-Concept and practice
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Poultry breeding company Aviagen launched the latest version of
its corporate website, which includes access to information about the
company's Arbor Acres, Indian River, and Ross brands.
The website redesign is in response to positive
customer feedback as well as statistical analysis of
how visitors use the site and the information
accessed most frequently.The full site is currently
available in five languages: English, Chinese,
Portuguese, Russian and Spanish; Arabic and
Turkish versions of the full site are currently
under development and expected to come on line
in the second quarter.Therearealso an additional
nine language-specific pages on the site which
highlight documents available in those
languages.
Tech Centre
One key area with enhanced functionality is the
Tech Centre. Containing more than 400
documents and representing 14 languages, this
online and searchable technical library was
developed by Aviagen to give customers fast and
easy access to the best flock management
practices and technical advice on veterinary,
nutrition, hatchery, production, and
environmental topics.To make the search feature
even more robust, additional search criteria
options were integrated, allowing customers to
target an areaof interestmoreprecisely.
The comprehensive and informative Parent
Stock management handbooks are now easily
downloadable as interactive documents with
built-in navigation, making them ideal reference
tools for customers to use on mobile devices
anywhere.
Global Customer Support with More
Languages
Another enhancement to the site is the result of
input from customers in growing markets whose
primary languages arenot one of the five in which
the full site is available. To address this need,
easily identifiable country flags were added to the
navigation structure and new language specific-
pages created in nine additional languages,
including Balkan, Bulgarian, Czech, French,
German, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, and
Turkish.
On these specialty pages, customers will find a list
of all technical documents available in their
native language as well as contact information for
the Aviagen office serving that country. “The goal
of the country-specific pages is to make
information easily and quickly available to our
global customers in their native language. As
Aviagen continues to expand into new markets
and regions, we will continue to proactively
evolve our website and other tools to meet the
diverse needs of our customers,” stated Patrick
Claeys, president of European Distribution for
Aviagen.
Pas Reform: expanding global distribution with a future-focus
As a direct result of rapid and continuing global
expansion over the past two years, leading
hatchery technology company Pas Reform has
entered phase two of ambitious plans to further
extend and upgrade its award-winning Global
Distribution Center at Doetinchem, in The
Netherlands.
The new 3,779m.sq.expansion, already clearly
visible at the Doetinchem site, integrates the
latest technologies and advances in
automation,to provide enhanced global logistics
and quality control, for Pas Reform's customers
in more than 100 countries, and for increasingly
larger hatchery projects and installations
worldwide.
The new facility doubles the storage, loading and
unloading capacity of Pas Reform's flagship
GDC, with state-of-the-art computer controlled
storage, retrieval and transfer systems that
significantly improve the speed, accuracy and safe
handling of parts. Full integration with existing
Warehouse Management systems will decrease
picking time by more than 60 per cent,
particularly for smaller items, to have a
significant impact on the speed of delivery to the
company'scustomers.
In addition to enhanced global logistics, a new
training center, complete with the very latest
audio-visual facilitiesand practical laboratory
suite, will accommodate Pas Reform Academy's
internationally renowned hatchery management
training programmes.
CEO Bart Aangenendt sees this latest
development as pivotal to achieving Pas Reform's
global aims. “When we originally conceived our
global distribution facility, it was designed and
planned to be future-proofed in every way
possible. We were and remain - ready and willing
to lead the way, as a truly global, future-focused,
customer-orientatedsupplier.
“Two years on, our continuing expansion is a
direct result of the growth that our customers, old
and new, are achieving around the world. We will
continue to invest in that growth and this new
facility is the realisation of one more step towards
future-proofing our plans, and those of our
customers,for many yearstocome.”
INDIA - Feed prices are likely to rule flat in near term following volatility in prices of key ingredients.Heavy fluctuation in prices of its input materials kept
poultryfeed pricesunalteredin 1stweekof May.
Aditya Mishra, a commodity expert, told that following fluctuations in ingredients prices, feed prices have not been declined yet.In 1st week of May,
soyamealhasdecreasedbyalmostINR 1,000atonne. Feedpricesmay continue torule aroundcurrentlevelsfor thenextfew days, he said.
On Saturday, soyameal eased by INR 750 to INR 36,050 a tonne.Bajra went up by INR 20 to INR 1,510 a quintal, DCP was at 35 a kg, MBM eased by Re
1to INR 40 akg, whilemaizedroppedbyINR30to INR 1,370 a quintal.
Mustard De-oiled Cake remained unchanged and sold at INR 14,500 a tonne. DRB ruled flat at INR 9,100 a tonne, while rice bran oil quoted at 51 a kg,
downRe1.
Pre-lay mash quoted at INR 1,040 for a 50-kg bag, while layer grower mash sold at INR 980 for a 50-kg bag.Broiler concentrate quoted at INR 2,000 for a
50-kg bag whileBroilerStarter Mashwas at INR1,520.
Meanwhile, higher supplies in the market coupled with steady demand pulled poultry products further down on Saturday.Egg went further down by 15
paiseon slack demandto INR 2.05. BroilereasedbyINR2 andquoted at INR58-65a kg, while chickwentfor 8,INR4down frompreviouslevels.
Traders expectthatpoultryproductsmaygo further downin coming days
Poultry Feed Prices Seen Flat in Near-term
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US - Ceva Animal Health has recruited three
new veterinary professionals to support the
company's rapidly growing livestock and
companion animal product portfolios. Jo
Gourlay and Anna Zakharova have joined
the team as field-based Veterinary Advisors,
while Emma Rixon has been appointed as
the office-based Technical Advisor.
Jo Gourlay BVM&S MRCVS, completed
her veterinary degree at Edinburgh
University, after which she worked in mixed
and then small animal practice. Based in
South West Scotland, Dr Gourlay is
responsible for providing technical support
for customers in Scotland, Northern England
and Northern Ireland. She is the proud
owner/trainer of two registered polo ponies
and her areas of expertise are in equine
medicine, nutrition, pheromones and
companion animal parasiticides.
Anna Zakharova BSc MA VetMB MRCVS,
holds a degree in Pharmacology from
Aberdeen University as well as a veterinary
degree from Cambridge University. She has
worked in mixed, equine and small animal
practices, has lectured in animal health and
welfare, worked for DEFRA and owned her
own small animal practice. She farms sheep
and cattle in Wales with her husband who is
also a vet. Dr Zakharova is responsible for
providing technical support for customers
across Wales, the West Midlands and the
South West of England. She has particular
expertise in ruminant reproduction, animal
production and anti-infectives.
Emma Rixon RVN, is a qualified veterinary
nurse. She worked previously as Head Nurse
at a busy veterinary hospital where she co-
ordinated a high standard of patient and
client care, including nurse consultations
and nursing CPD. Dr Rixon is based in
Amersham and specialises in nutraceuticals.
Sarah Endersby, the Senior Veterinary
Advisor at Ceva, will provide technical
support for customers in the East Midlands,
East Anglia and the South-East of England.
Dr Endersby's areas of expertise are in
companion animal behaviour, pheromones
and cardiology.
Managing Director, Alan Doyle said: “The
consistent growth of our products and
services, across both the large and small
animal sectors, makes it imperative we
provide the highest levels of veterinary and
technical back-up - our customers expect
nothing less. All our team are highly
qualified and experienced to ensure we
continue to deliver the very best levels of
technical support.”
Paul Pressley has been
elected as the Animal
Agriculture Alliance's
chairman of the board of
directors.
The Animal Agriculture
Alliance elected Paul
Pressley,U.S.Poultry&Egg
Association, chairman of its
boardofdirectorsinApril.
USPOULTRY has been an active member of the
Alliance for 24 years, and Pressley will serve a
two-year term as chairman. The Alliance's board
of directors consists of representatives from all
major sectorsof animalagriculture.
"I look forward to working with Kay and the
Alliance staff. The Alliance has been a strong
voice for all of animal agriculture for over 25
years. Now, more than ever, the ability to unite
USPOULTRY's Pressley appointed chairman of
Animal Agriculture Alliance
the industry across species lines is critical to
responding to animal welfare issues," remarked
Pressley.
"We look forward to having Paul serve as our
chairman," said President and CEO Kay Johnson
Smith. "His insight and continued leadership will
provide critical guidance to ensure that the
Alliance remains a leader in uniting all sectors of
animal agriculture."
Pressley is Executive Vice President of
Industry Programs for the U.S. Poultry & Egg
Association where he is responsible for the
strategic management of USPOULTRY's
technical and education services including
food safety, production, worker safety, and
environmental programs. He is a 30-plus year
veteran of the poultry industry, having spent
25 years with Gold Kist Inc. before joining
USPOULTRY.
BRAZIL - Vitor Arantes
has been appointed
Te c h n i c a l S e r v i c e s
Director at Hy-Line do
Brasil.
T i a g o L o u r e n c o ,
Managing Director of Hy-
Line do Brasil, has
a n n o u n c e d t h e
appointment of Vitor
Arantes asTechnical Services Director at Hy-Line
do Brasil.
As head of the company's technical service
department, Mr Arantes is responsible for
helping customers fully realise the genetic
Hy-Line do Brasil Appoints New Tech Services Director
potential offered by Hy-Line layers. In addition
to his duties in the large Brazilian market, Mr
Arantes will also provide technical expertise to
key accounts in Hy-Line International's
substantialand growing LatinAmerica business.
Prior to joining Hy-Line, Mr Arantes worked as
theTechnicalCoordinatorforUniquímicawherehis
responsibilities included health management and
nutrition recommendations, technical support and
newproductdevelopment.Hereceivedhisdegreein
AnimalSciencein2004fromtheUniversidadeJulio
de Mesquita Filho in Botucatu, Brasil. In 2010, he
completedhisMastersofBusinessAdministrationin
Industrial Poultry Business from the Instituto
DidatusinCampinasinBrazil.
Ceva Expands
Veterinary Team
US - Diamond V is pleased to announce the addition of David Kenyon as
Poultry Specialist.
Mr Kenyon will be responsible for supporting and developing the turkey
businessin North America.
Most recently, Kenyon was the President of Valley of the Moon Commercial
Poults,Inc. (a division of Aviagen Group).
He has also worked at British UnitedTurkeys of America (BUTA) as Director
of Sales for North and South America and at Cargill Turkeys in various
supervisoryand management positions.
He earned his Animal Science degree from Southwest Missouri State
University.
Kenyon Joins Diamond V as Poultry Specialist
David Kenyon,
Poultry Specialist,
Diamond V
Animal feed additive producer, Norel has appointed IndustriasMakano as a new distributor for its
productsinPanama.
“IndustriasMakano has an extensive and successful experience in the Panama market, which could be
crucial for the penetration of Norel's products in the industry,” said Norel in a statement. “This
appointment reflects the continued expansion of NOREL, with the aim to bring to all markets our
products and solutions, thus becoming a global supplier of nutritional additives with a special focus in
the Central American market.” Panama has an interesting poultry industry, although small in terms of
production, it is considered as a benchmark in the region thanks to the improvements and
developmentsobservedoverthepast10years.
New distributor for Norel in Panama
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GLOBAL - In many countries around the world,
WorldVeterinaryDay(WVD)wascelebratedon27
Aprilforitsthirteenthyear.
Onthisoccasiontheveterinaryprofessionhighlights
its various contributions to the health of both
animals and humans, underlining the vital role of
veterinarians in also ensuring animal welfare, food
safety, food security, safe world trade in animals and
animalproductsaswellasprotectingpublichealth.
WVD was initiated by the World Veterinary
Association(WVA)in2000inordertocelebratethe
veterinaryprofessionannuallyonthelastSaturdayof
April.Theobjectiveistobringtheimportanceofthe
Veterinary Profession to the society as well as
individualsinfocus.
World Veterinary Day activities around the world
vary from seminars, workshops, 'open doors'
activities at clinics, hospitals and veterinary schools,
social and media events to inform the general public
aboutthekeyroleplayedbyveterinariansinourdaily
life.
In 2008, the WVA and the World Organisation for
Animal Health (OIE) agreed on the creation of the
WorldVeterinaryDayAward.Theaimofthisaward
is to reward the most successful celebration of the
veterinary profession. The first WVA-OIE World
Veterinary Day Award was given in July 2008 to the
KenyaVeterinaryAssociation.
Celebrating World Veterinary Day
Every year, the WVA and OIE are choosing a
different theme for the World Veterinary Day
Award. The selected theme for World Veterinary
DayAward2013isVaccination.
In previous years, themes were Antimicrobial
Resistance,Rabies,theOneHealthConceptandthe
Diversityoftheveterinaryprofession.
The veterinary profession, through effective and
efficient Veterinary Services, is crucial to the success
of vaccination campaigns in animal health and
consequently, in protecting human health from
diseasesofanimalorigin.
A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves
immunity to a particular disease. The term vaccine
derives from Edward Jenner's 1796 use of cow pox,
to inoculate humans, providing them protection
againstsmallpox.
Today, vaccines are valuable tools to stop the spread
of a large number of transmissible diseases that
threaten the health and welfare of animals and
people. Through well organised campaigns,
vaccinationcontributestotheeradicationofdiseases
from certain areas and even from the world.The use
of mass vaccination campaigns also limits, in many
situations,recoursetodepopulationincaseofdisease
outbreaks.
The price of chicken and eggs in India rose by
up to 95% in different areas due to higher feed
costs over the past fiscal year, the country's
AgricultureMinister, SharadPawar,hassaid.
“Average prices of chicken in different stations
during 2012-13 have shown an increase,
ranging from 3.8% to 95.5% compared to
2011-12,” Pawar told local media sources in
India.
One of the major reasons for the increase in the
price of poultry products is the rise in the price
of poultry feed and feed ingredients like
soyameal and maize,Pawarconfirmed.
The Minister also said the government has not
imposed a ban on poultry exports following the
recentoutbreakof avianinfluenza.
Price of poultry
products rises 95%
in India
TURKEY -The first chicks were hatched at a new facility that Cobb has
opened in Turkey to supply increasing demand in the country and
acrosstheMiddleEast.
Cobb has made a multi-million Euro investment in purchasing and
completely redeveloping the hatchery located in Bandirma, south west
of Istanbul.
The hatchery has been designed initially to produce five million parent
stock a year, with the first order of Cobb500 being supplied to Banvit,
which has been a Cobb customer for many years and is one of the
leading producers in the Turkish market. The facility has been
completely redesigned and upgraded to comply with Cobb's global
standards withtheemphasison efficiency and biosecurity.
“The hatchery will operate as a single stage operation to ensure
optimum chick quality for our customers inTurkey,” said LloydPonder,
Cobb Europe hatcheries manger. “We hatched our first parent stock
using the single stage format and have been very pleased with chick
qualityfromday one.
“We also commissioned Petersime in Belgium to redesign our
ventilation for the hatchery. This ensures we have air handling units
feeding into each room to optimize the pressure and air volumes to each
roomsowecanconsistently achievethebestresultsfor our customers.”
Cobb's partner in the venture is Erol Can, who has been the company's
sales agent for the past five years. Erol will lead the Turkish operation
andcontinue tobean important driverof Cobb'sgrowthin theregion.
Cobb Opens New Hatchery in Turkey

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INDIA - The Tamil Nadu government is
planning to promote poultry clusters in seven
backwardand non-poultry regionsof thestate.
According to Namakkal, in southern Tamil
Nadu, is the largest egg exporting hub of the
country. The state occupies second position in
egg productionin thecountry.
At present, most of the poultry farming has been
developed on a commercial scale in the western
parts of the state, with Namakkal developing as
layer belt and Palladam region developing into a
Tamil Nadu to Promote Poultry Clusters in Poor Districts
hubfor broilers.
According to the animal husbandry department,
it is proposed to involve Nabard and commercial
and nationalised banks to implement the scheme,
which will be integrated with the existing Poultry
Venture Capital Fund of the Government of
India, wherein 25 per cent back ended subsidy is
provided by Nabard to the individuals. The
individual entrepreneur has to raise the rest of the
funds through his own sources or through bank
loans. Farmers, individual entrepreneurs and self-
helpgroupsareeligible.
The total egg production increased 2.94 per cent
overthepreviousyearin thestate.
The state government will provide 25 per cent
front ended subsidy for setting up a poultry farm.
An individual is eligible for availing assistance
only once for each component. The beneficiaries
under this scheme will be provided with 5 days
training on commercial native poultry rearing
through Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal
SciencesUniversity.
“Averagepricesof chicken in differentstations during 2012-13haveshown increase,ranging
from3.8percent to95.5 percentcomparedto2011-12,”MrPawar saidinawritten replytotheLokSabhaon 7 May.
Mr Pawar said that one of the major reasons for increase in prices of poultry products is rise in the price of poultry feed and feed ingredients like soyameal
andmaize.
TheMinister alsosaid thegovernmenthasnot imposedbanon export of poultry itemsaftertheoutbreakof recentAvian Influenza.
Tocurbprices of theseitems, thegovernmenthadallowedduty-freeimport of oil cakes, usedasanimalfeed, till31 March.
INDIA - Chicken and egg prices rose by up to 95 per cent in different
areas on higher feed cost in the 2012-13 fiscal year, according to
Agriculture Minister, SharadPawar.
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Novus Receives 2012 Product Differentiation Excellence Award
US - Novus International, Inc. has received the
2012 North American Animal Feed Ingredients
Product Differentiation Excellence Award for
its trace mineral product MINTREX®.
Novus was selected from an elite group of
competitor companies by Frost & Sullivan, a
50-year-old global research organization that
specializes in helping clients accelerate growth
and achieve best-in-class positions in growth,
innovation and leadership. This is the second
award Novus has received from Frost & Sullivan
in 2012. The company also was the recipient of
the 2012 New Product Innovation Award in
Prebiotics for its product PREVIDA® in
September 2012.
"We are so proud that Frost & Sullivan is
recognizing Novus and MINTREX with this
distinguished award," stated Thad Simons,
president and CEO of Novus. "When we
develop animal health and nutrition products,
it is always with the goal of fulfilling our mission
to make a clear difference in sustainably
meeting the growing global need for nutrition
and health. Receiving awards for what we truly
perceive as 'doing our job' is a wonderful and
much appreciated affirmation of our efforts."
To support its evaluation of best practices across
multiple business performance categories, Frost
& Sullivan employs a Decision Support Matrix
(DSM) that is customized for each award.
Potential recipients of the Product
Differentiation Excellence Award are evaluated
on a scale of 1 to 10 using the following set of
criteria: 1) Unique Features/Functionality; 2)
Quality/Complexity; 3) Customization; 4)
Matched to Target Market Needs; and 5) Brand
Perception. MINTREX received an overall rating
of 9.4, outranking the next highest competitor by
2.4points.
"As a leader in this market space, Novus clearly
understands its customers' needs, which is
evident in the range of products they offer around
the world," noted Anjaneya Reddy, Industry
Analyst of Frost & Sullivan. "MINTREX
excelled in all five product evaluation areas and
we are delighted to present Novus with the
Product Differentiation Excellence Award in
Animal Feed Ingredients. This product has
earned its well-deserved reputation as the
industry's bestmineralsource."
MINTREX is intended to be used as a source of
trace minerals. By definition, the specific metal
chelate must be declared as a metal methionine
hydroxyl analogue chelate. MINTREX chelated
trace minerals, including zinc, copper and
manganese, are chelated using HMTBa, creating
a strong bond between the ligand and the metal.
This maximizes the use of minerals by the animal
through greater bioavailability and digestive tract
stability. Since 2004, when Novus first
introduced MINTREX to the market, this
product has been a trusted nutritional solution
for multiple species, providing the essential trace
minerals needed for healthy hooves, immunity,
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Ross technical seminar in Belarus focuses on
nutrition, successful brooding
The fourth annual technical seminar for Ross
Parent Stock customers included the
presentation of Best Ross Broiler Flock Awards
for Belarus.
The fourth annual technical seminar for
RossParent Stock customers took place recently
in Belarus. The event, organized by Aviagen
together with its grandparent customer PPR
Broiler, OAO Agrocombinat Dzerzhinsky, took
placenearMinsk and saw 90 delegates attend.
As well as receiving first-hand information about
the new Ross 308 Parent Stock Nutrition
Specifications, guests at the seminar heard
p r e s e n t a t i o n s o n b i o s e c u r i t y a n d
successfulbrooding, while Neil Clark, Aviagen
regional technical service manager, gave an
overview of PS and Broiler results from around
the globe. The seminar also included a question
and answer session, as well as demonstrations of
theAviagen Russianwebsiteand technical center.
"We were delighted to see even more attendees at
this year's seminar," Clark said. "The main
objective was to introduce the new Ross 308 PS
N u t r i t i o n
Specifications and one
of our nutritionists,
Antonio Kalinowski,
did a terrific job in
explaining to the
audience how new
nutrition specs are
compiled and how,
a p a r t f r o m
experimental and
practical data analysis,
new modelling tools, that makes nutrition
recommendations much more accurate, are
applied."
Yuri Fesin, Director of PPR Broiler, added: "The
quality of the presentations given at this seminar
was outstanding; they were very informative and
the discussions between the delegates were lively.
The seminar received exceptionally positive
responsesfromalldelegates."
One of the highlights of the event was the
presentation of the first ever Best Ross Broiler
Flock Awards for Belarus. The winner was OAO
Agrocombinat Dzerzhinsky, with OAO Poultry
Farm Druzhba and OAO Vitebskaya Broiler
PoultryFarm asrunner-ups.
"We would like to congratulate our Ross Broiler
Flock Awards Winners on achieving such
outstanding results which are testament to the
genetic potential of the Ross 308 and the hard
work and dedication by our customers to ensure
that this potential is realised in their operations,"
INDIA - The first of its kind model Environment
Control Chambers (ECC) in India for research
purposes will be put to use at the Namakkal
Veterinary College and Research Centre (VC&RI)
from29thApril.
“It was established at INR 5,200,000 INR
4,700,000 funded by the Indian Council of
Agricultural Research and INR 500,000 from the
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences
University,” Dean of VC&RI Dr K.A. Duraisamy
said.
He told that there are six separate chambers in the
model research facility in which research can be
simultaneous carried out among broilers and egg
laying (layer) chicken under different artificially
maintainedclimaticconditions.
“Research can be carried in about 2,400 broilers or
5,000 layers with focus on enabling quicker weight
gain in broilers and improving quality and egg
layingefficiencyoflayers,”headded.
Head of Animal Nutrition Department Dr D.
Chandrasekaranwhowillspearheadresearchinthe
ECC said that the chambers with walls on all its
Environment Control Chambers for Research to
Benefit Poultry Industry
sides will help in maintaining the desired
temperature with the help of big air coolers,
exhaust fans to take away foul smell and sensors to
monitor and maintain the conditions inside the
roomwithpresentconditionsinafeeder.
“ECC also known as poultry farms closed with
side walls is widely established and used in
developed countries. In India there are very few
ECC for broilers. Of the 1,000 layer farms in the
country's egg production hub (Namakkal) only
two are ECC. This is due to the lack of awareness
onthebenefitsofECCamongpoultryfarmers,”he
added.
Recalling his research experience in the United
Kingdom and active role played to establish and
operate ECC in India, he said that ECCs have a
hostofadvantagesovershedswithopensides.
“Timetakenforabroilertoreachfullsizeoftwokg
is 42 days. In ECC broilers gain the same weight in
30 days as conducive conditions are maintained
insidetheECCs,”DrChandrasekaransaid.
Inthelayerindustryitreducesfeedintakeby10per
cent and benefits farmers who are facing hardships
duetoescalatingfeedprices.
“On the other hand ECC with about one lakh
chicken can be maintained by only one labourer
against the more than a dozen in the existing sheds.
It also reduces mortality rate of birds in summer,”
headded.
According to him another salient feature ECC is
protection for birds from aerial infections. n the
research front, he said that focus will be in
extending the efficiency of layers from the existing
prime egg laying period when it is 18 to 72 weeks
old and to improve weight gaining process in
broilers in a shorter time frame. He said that the
area needed for establishing an ECC is only 20 per
cent of the space in which the farms are
functioning, while investment is also only about a
thirdoftheinvestmentforanexistingshed.
Poultry farmers said that they will not be able to
makeaheavyinvestmenttoreplacetheiropenshed
farmswithECCastheycannotaffordtodoitasthe
industryisinaverybadshapenow.
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DAILY/MONTHLY EGG PRICES DECLARED BY NECC AND PREVAILING PRICES AT VARIOUS
PRODUCTION CENTRES (PC) AND CONSUMPTION CENTRE (CC)
Egg Rates
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Name Of 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Zone Day
NECC Prices
Ahmedabad 296 296 296 290 290 280 263 252 252 252 257 262 262 271 271 271 271 255 255 255 249 249 249 237 232 232 232 232 232 236 240
Ajmer 255 255 250 238 235 235 235 235 235 233 245 245 248 245 235 240 235 235 235 235 230 228 218 210 207 207 220 226 223 223 -
Banglore (CC) 290 295 300 300 300 300 275 275 250 250 255 265 265 280 280 280 280 280 280 280 260 260 260 260 260 260 260 260 260 260 260
Chennai (CC) 300 310 310 315 315 315 305 295 295 295 295 295 295 310 310 310 310 310 310 310 300 300 300 280 280 265 265 265 265 265 270
Chittoor 293 303 303 308 308 308 298 288 288 288 288 288 288 303 303 303 303 303 303 303 293 293 293 273 273 258 258 258 258 258 263
Delhi (CC) 265 272 272 265 255 255 255 255 250 250 253 260 264 264 264 264 255 250 250 250 250 250 240 240 230 220 220 235 240 240 242
E.Godavari 277 287 291 293 293 293 255 245 245 245 245 247 252 257 259 259 259 253 253 253 242 242 242 225 217 215 215 217 219 223 231
Hyderabad 265 274 277 277 265 255 240 230 230 230 233 236 242 247 249 249 249 243 243 243 237 237 237 225 215 215 215 215 215 217 221
Miraj 300 309 312 312 298 288 271 261 261 261 265 268 270 279 281 281 281 275 275 275 269 269 269 257 252 252 252 252 252 254 258
Mumbai (CC) 300 309 312 312 298 288 271 261 261 261 265 268 270 279 281 281 281 275 275 275 269 269 269 257 252 252 252 252 252 254 258
Mysore 295 295 305 305 305 285 285 285 285 285 265 265 265 290 290 290 290 280 280 280 280 280 270 270 255 255 255 260 262 267 -
Nagapur 265 267 272 270 260 255 240 230 228 230 232 250 252 251 252 248 245 242 232 232 230 227 222 225 215 207 205 212 222 230 235
Namakkal 300 310 310 310 310 290 290 290 290 290 295 295 310 310 310 310 310 310 310 310 310 310 290 290 270 270 260 262 265 270 272
Pune 300 309 312 312 312 312 286 271 261 261 265 268 270 279 281 281 281 275 275 275 269 269 269 257 252 252 252 252 252 252 -
Punjab 249 256 256 250 240 240 240 240 232 232 236 242 248 248 248 248 242 234 234 234 234 234 224 219 209 209 209 219 224 224 -
Vijayawada 277 287 291 293 293 293 255 245 245 245 245 247 252 257 259 259 259 253 253 253 242 242 242 225 217 215 215 217 219 223 231
Vizag 306 310 315 315 315 315 295 285 275 275 275 275 277 279 279 279 279 269 269 269 259 259 259 250 242 235 235 237 240 250 260
W.Godavari 277 287 291 293 293 293 255 245 245 245 245 247 252 257 259 259 259 253 253 253 242 242 242 225 217 215 215 217 219 223 231
Warangal 268 277 281 281 269 259 244 232 232 232 235 238 244 251 253 253 253 246 246 246 240 240 240 228 218 218 218 218 218 220 225
Prevailing Prices
Allahabad (CC) 286 281 281 281 281 281 276 271 271 257 271 274 276 276 271 271 267 262 262 257 257 257 252 252 238 238 238 243 245 245 250
Barwala 254 262 258 248 236 243 235 235 227 228 242 245 254 251 240 240 238 230 230 233 235 228 228 217 205 206 207 225 230 224 232
Bhopal 275 285 275 270 265 265 250 245 245 245 250 260 263 265 263 258 253 250 250 252 250 245 245 235 225 225 225 225 230 235 240
Hospet - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Indore 280 285 280 270 260 260 250 245 240 240 240 255 260 263 265 260 244 260 247 247 240 235 235 225 220 210 210 230 235 235 240
Jabalpur 275 278 273 268 262 263 255 245 240 237 247 260 260 263 263 263 260 255 255 252 253 245 237 230 225 220 222 226 230 232 241
Kanpur (CC) 286 286 286 286 286 286 276 278 271 271 276 281 286 286 276 276 276 276 267 267 267 267 262 262 252 245 245 248 248 248 262
Kolkata (CC) 355 356 356 350 - 300 295 280 280 285 295 305 305 305 305 305 297 300 285 285 285 270 270 260 260 255 255 267 275 300 300
Luknow (CC) 283 283 283 283 283 283 280 283 283 283 283 283 283 283 283 283 283 277 274 274 277 277 277 277 277 277 243 267 267 267 267
Raipur 285 300 300 285 270 270 270 270 250 250 250 255 260 265 265 265 265 255 255 255 255 245 240 240 230 220 220 220 220 227 231
Varanasi (CC) 286 286 286 286 286 286 278 278 276 267 276 283 290 290 290 281 274 267 267 267 267 267 257 257 252 257 250 257 257 257 262

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