4. Potential Benefits in Poultry
Performance
• Increased growth rate
– Heavier birds
– Faster growth
• Improved feed efficiency
– Reduction of total feed consumption
– Reduction of cost of growth
5. Potential Benefits in Poultry
Health and Welfare
• Gut health
– Villi height and crypt depth stimulation
– Balance of microbial population
• Litter quality
– Droppings moisture
– Hock and foot pad lesions
7. Experimental Design. 1
• Place: Avian Science Research Centre,
Scotland's Rural College
• Conditions: experimental farm
• House: environment controlled
• Breed: Ross 308
• Duration: 42 days
• Feed Manufacturer: Target Feeds
8. Experimental Design. 2
• Treatments
– Six: control and 100 to 500 ppm Tecnaroma
in 100 ppm increments
• Animals
– Total birds: 960
– 20 birds/replicate
– 8 replicates/treatment
9. Experimental Design. 3
• Feed
– Wheat and soya based
– Diets
• Starter: 1-10 days
• Grower: 10-24 days
• Finisher: 24-42 days
– Form: Crumbles and pellets
– Supply: Ad libitum
21. Tecnaroma Herbal Mix Features
• Increases returns for the producer
• Effectively improves performance
parameters in broilers
• Faster body weight gain than control
• Feed efficiency improves by 6% against
controls
• The recommended range of dose is
100 ppm
23. Sources of Profit. 1
• Two days less to reach the same weight
than the control: 430 g less feed
consumed
• Two days less, that can be adjusted in
the production cycle of the company or
production unit
• Money savings: 0.14 €/bird
24. Sources of Profit. 2
• Up to 240 g of live weight at the end,
creating additional returns to the
producer.
• Extra profit: 0.26€/bird