This document discusses the use of performance minerals to improve pig and poultry performance. It provides information on several studies that show minerals like zinc, manganese, and copper from Zinpro sources like Availa-Sow can help increase sow longevity and litter performance, reduce lameness in sows, and increase weaning weights in piglets. The document also discusses benefits of Zinpro minerals for poultry breeders and layers in improving eggshell quality, hatchability, and chick weights. Finally, it summarizes research showing Zinpro minerals can improve broiler performance and reduce Salmonella levels.

1. USING PERFORMANCE MINERALS
TO IMPROVE PIG AND BIRD
PERFORMANCE
Dr. Peter Plumstead, Chemunique
Mr. Hans Aae, Zinpro

2. ZPM IN THE SWINE SPACE

3. ACHIEVE SUCCESS
FOR SOW FARMERS
 Weaning large and heavy
litters
 Healthy sows and litters
 Sows maintaining body
condition
 Sow longevity
SwBr - 292

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BETTER CLAW HEALTH
Zinc 50 ppm
Manganese 20 ppm
Copper 10 ppm
Availa®Sow

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• The young ones creates all the troubles
• Immunity
• Birthweight
• Milk production
• Progeny performance
• Death sows
• Cost up front
• Sustainability
MORTALITY AND LONGEVITY
100 AUD
per sow
per year

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Zinpro Availa®Sow and Effect on Lameness / Longevity
Measurement Trials
Absolute
change
Relative
change
Culls till 2nd parity 1 (18,700 sows) -9%-points -38%
Total culls 1 (4,200 sows) -5%-points
Lameness culls 1 (70,000 sows) -7%-points -44%
1st parity mortality 1 (17,528 sows) -2%-points -23%
Sow mortality 1 (28,600 sows) -3%-points
Sows with claw lesions 6 herds -30%-points
Sows with moderate & severe
claw lesions*
15 herds -61%
* Heel overgrowth & erosion, White Line lesions
Field evaluations

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Total summary
Measurement
High prolific sows
Spain 2021
Number
of trials
Absolute
change
Relative
change
Weaning weight + 130 g / pig 6 + 110 g/pig
Sow lactation feed intake 4 + 0.12 kg/d
Sow feed efficiency +3 % 1 + 3%
Colostrum quality 1 + 25%
Sow therapeutic treatments - 5%-points 1 - 5%-points - 13%
Litter antibiotic treatments -14%-points 1 - 14%-points - 26%
Wean-to-estrus interval - 0.9 d 2 - 0.4 d
Non-productive sow days - 5 d 1 - 5 d
Pregnancy rate + 8%-points 1 + 8%-points
Farrowing rate + 5%-points 3 + 2%-points
Zinpro Availa®Sow and Effect on Performance
Controlled research sudies

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AVAILA®SOW
AVAILA®SOW
HELPS RAISING
INFLAMMATION
REDUCES
GLUCOSE GLUCOSE
LACTOSE LACTOSE
MILK
PRODUCTION
MILK
PRODUCTION
WEANING
WEIGHT
WEANING
WEIGHT
+0,11 KG
AT WEANING
+0,33 KG
AFTER NURSERY
+0,77 KG
AT SLAUGHTER
HEAVIER AND HEALTHIER PIGLETS
1kg at weaning increase
weight gain and gives 7kg
more weight at slaughter

10. WHAT ABOUT GROWING PIGS

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Bone
Muscle tissue
DAILY HIGHLY AVAILABLE ZINC INTAKE IS CRITICAL
Slowly exchangeable Zinc
Plasma
Liver
Rapidly exchangeable Zinc
Zinc deficiency induced rapidly
Zinc needs to be provided in highly bioavailable form
via feed on a daily basis
90% 10%

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LINES OF DEFENSE AGAINST ENTERIC DISEASES
1st line - intestinal barrier
Modified from a slide courtesy of A. Moeser, NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine
Zinc deficiency
→ tight junction damage
Immune Activation
(Inflammation)
Adapted from: Al-Sadi et al., 2009. Front. Biosci. 14:2765-2778

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LINES OF DEFENSE AGAINST ENTERIC DISEASES
1st line - intestinal barrier 2nd line - immune cells
• Rapid cell turn-over • Quick response
• Stronger and shorter response
is better
Zinc
Modified from a slide courtesy of A. Moeser, NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine
Zinc deficiency
→ tight junction damage

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Ileitis challenge at 7 weeks of age; Availa®Zn vs. Zn sulfate
ZINC AND ILEITIS RECOVERY
Quicker
recovery
Immune cell
numbers
up to +85%
Pigs with
gross lesions
up to -66%
Severity
of gut lesions
up to -77%
Number Pigs
with antibodies
up to +88%
Adapted from Leite et al., 2018. Vet Res 49: 88

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IRON ABSORPTION IN YOUNG PIGS
0.0
0.4
0.8
1.2
1.6
2.0
0 21 42 63
DMT-1
mRNA
Expression,
SLC11A2
Days of Treatment
Baseline Control High Fe
At 26 days of age (d 0 of treatment) pigs are not
equipped to absorb inorganic iron.
Hansen et al., 2010. J. Nutr. 140:271-277, 2010.
Diet P = 0.01
Age P = 0.99
Diet × Age P = 0.98

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3.4 3.3
2.6
1.6
6.3 6.3 6.3
1.9 1.6
3.3
0.8
4.6 4.6
8.3
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0
%
Fe sulfate Zinpro Fe
NURSERY MORTALITY AND IRON
0 to 56 d after weaning, 7 data sets
Availa® Fe ProPath® Fe
Background Fe (ppm): 110 (F) 140 (DK)

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29.5
30.6
15
19
23
27
31
35
Final
BW,
kg
42 d
Control Availa
HEAVIER PIGS TO THE GROWER PHASE
P = 0.084
1.1 kg
SwN - 982

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BREEDERS AND LAYERS

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Carbonic anhydrase
CO2 + H2O
H+ + HCO3
-
BLOOD PLASMA UTERINE FLUID
Uterine Gland Cell
PRODUCTION – EGG SHELL QUALITY
Mammillary layer
Big 3 for Foundation
Cu-Zn-Mn
Mn Palisade
layer
CaCO3
Zinc
HCO3
-

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TRANSLUCENCY AND EGGSHELL MEMBRANE
Olkowski et al., 2015. Brit. Poult. Sci., 56:2, 267-274

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TRANSLUCENCY AND EGGSHELL MEMBRANE
Olkowski et al., 2015. Brit. Poult. Sci., 56:2, 267-274
✅
❌
Control
Mn from Raw
materials only
446/mm2
120 ppm
Mn-sulfate
80 ppm
Zinpro Mn
885/mm2
750/mm2
The greater the mammilary
knob density the better the
eggshell quality, according
with Dr Maureen Bain.

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10.0 %
10.6%
11.5%
7
7.5
8
8.5
9
9.5
10
10.5
11
11.5
12
1 2 3
Egg
Weight
Loss,
%
Eggshell Translucence Score
Δ 1,5%
WEIGHT LOSS DURING INCUBATION

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HIGH TRANSLUCENT EGGS, INFERIOR HATCHABILITY
Commercial European Hatcheries
86.9
88.3
83.3
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
1 2 3
Hatchability
Fertile
Eggs,
%
Eggshell Translucence Score

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DAY OLD CHICK WEIGHT IMPROVEMENT
48.99
48.69
48.31
49.17
49.26
49.13
47.8
48
48.2
48.4
48.6
48.8
49
49.2
49.4
grams Heavier and More Uniform
1 2 3 1 2 3

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Zinc
3.3%
Selenium
61%
Iron
18%
Manganese
7.1%
FEED THE CORRECT MINERAL FOR YOUR HENS TO
NOURISH THE EMBRYO!
% of improvement in egg mineral content vs inorganic source

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223 Data Points – 79% positive results; Avg -0.032 pts
ZPMS IMPROVEMENT ON BROILER FCR (ADJ. BW)
-0.032
-0.20
-0.15
-0.10
-0.05
0.00
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
FCR
pts

30. a Zinc amino acid complex
b Zinc and manganese amino acid complex
c Challenged by oral inoculation, on d 3, 6, 10, 13, and 16, 108 CFU/ bird, Salmonella Typhimurium phage type DT104 strain LNWI
xyz Within category, means lacking a common superscript letter differ, P < 0.05
EFFECT OF AVAILA®ZNA AND AVAILA®ZMB ON CECAL RECOVERY OF
SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUMC IN COBB 500 BROILERS
690
14
638
19
0
180
360
540
720
Control Availa-Zn60 Sulfates Availa-ZM
CFU/g
DAY 42
PB -1496

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Is a Tool to identify, quantify
and calculate the financial
impact of all external and
internal lesions in broiler’s
carcasses.

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Carcass
Lesions
Muscle
Skeleton
Vascular
Skin
Tearing
Dermatitis
Cellulitis
Nail Scratches
Footpad lesions
Litter spots and
hock burn
Breast Bleeding
Wing Bleeding
Thigh Bleeding
Drum Bleeding
Blood Splash
Epiphsiolysis
Broken bones
Ossification
&TD
White Striping &
Wooden Meat
DPM / GMD
Dorsal
Myopathy
PSE like meat
321 flocks across 108 companies situated in 28 countries

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