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Postbiotics
Dr Curtis Harms DVM
Feedworks Conference
September 2022
fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols, which are short-chain carbohydrates (sugars) that the small ...
FODMAP is diets for IBS - simple carbohydrates.
Prebiotic – are fiber like sources, grains, garlic, onions, artichokes. And oligosaccharides like MOS. Mos is a component of a yeast cell.
100g of yeast – 25% of cell wall. 75% is extract make foods more flavorful. ( to be used in food products) 6.25g or (25%) is MOS and another is 6.25g of betaglucan.
Probiotic – live organisms DFM – live year that act as factories to produce make metabolites.
Postbiotic – is the fermentation within a control environment with constant results. Microbes population, gut health and immune function 70% of the immune system is in the gut. - like less sick days, quicker recovery.
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**IMPORTANT NOTES FOR PRESENTER**
How this slide is organized
Top – product definition
Middle – key differentiators
Left – Competitor for each differentiator
Right – Diamond V for each differentiator
Bottom – Relevant Diamond V product research
How to talk through this slide
Start at top with product definition for competitor (left) then Diamond V (right)
First key differentiator (middle), then how the competitor performs (left) then Diamond V (right)
Next key differentiator: middle, left, right
XPC has no direct effect as an antibiotic. We can clearly see the zone of inhibition here with the antibiotic but no inhibitory effect from the disc of XPC.
Key points: “FDA Reviewed and Accepted”, the term of “FDA approved” applies only to drugs claim.
Representative images of lungs at necropsy
In the Brewer study, rectal temperatures and diarrhea were monitored in the calves on day 0 to day 21 post-infection. In this study, fever was observed less frequently (P < 0.05) in calves fed the Diamond V Calf Program. The largest differences for rectal temperatures were observed on day 3 to day 5 post-infection (38.8-39.0 °C).
What does this mean clinically for the calf?
With a fever there is a negative feedback to the appetite center of the brain. So we have a calf with an activated immune system and increased energy requirements, that now does not want to eat.
Improved intakes is a big part of improved health and lessening the severity of the disease and improved recovery from a challenge.
This study further demonstrates DV’s next generation products ability to stabilize microbe populations under stress
ORIENT TO SLIDE
Here you see trends in Firmicutes populations in transition cows
Firmicutes are
Phylum of gram positive bacteria
Make up 50% of total rumen population
There are three periods of stress
Calving
And 2 periods of diet induced SARA
The black line shows how stress impacts bacteria populations in Control cows
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NutriTek fed cows have more stable rumen populations – even during stress
Methods
Cows from transition through early lactation
Three stress events
1) Calving/shift from pre-partum to post-partum diet
Post partum diet (lactation diet) 45% concentrate (DM basis) + assigned treatment
2 & 3) diet-induced SARA events
SARA was induced with a gradual shift in diet over three days (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday)
Grain-based SARA challenges were conducted during wk 5 (SARA1) and wk 8 (SARA2) of lactation by replacing 20% of the DM of the lactation TMR with pellets containing 50% ground wheat and 50% ground barley.
After SARA events, cows were switched back to the lactation diet + assigned treatment
Sampling occurred
Weekly during non-SARA events – Friday
Twice during SARA events
Sample 1 on Tuesday
Sample 2 on Friday
NOTE: Graph is condensed and expanded
Condensed weeks -4 to 0 and 10-12
Small gradual change
Expanded weeks 5 and 8
Abrupt change following SARA event
2 samples taken compared to weekly sampling on others
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**Background—additional notes from researcher**
This graph shows longitudinal shifts in Firmicutes proportion in the rumen microbiome. On the X axis, there are different time points relative to calving, and on the Y axis we have OTU (Operational Taxonomic Unit) counts. The light color lines represent individual cows in each group. The bold lines are the fitted lines with the red indicating NTL (NutriTek) and blue indicating Con (Control).
Overall, Con group experiences more fluctuation during the periods that animal is exposed to physiological challenge, such as stressors in the first week post-calving and follow up SARA challenges. However, NTL group went through the challenge periods without significant population shift (Rumen resilience).
*A majority of metagenomic analyses are carried out using 16S rRNA sequencing in order to assign operational taxonomic units (OTUs) in the form of species, genera or phyla.
19g NT dosage
Transition
We ran a challenge trial to clinically evaluate the effect of NutriTek on immune response in mastitis challenged cows
Methods
Half cows on NutriTek, half on control
Challenge
Day 45 of trial
One-quarter with Strep uberis
Measured immune response & production recovery
Results
Cows fed NutriTek had much lower somatic cell count
Delayed onset
From the challenge line, you see Control starts trending up at 13 hours after challenge
NutriTek doesn’t start trending up until 22 hours
Innate immune system held off clinical infection for 9 hours longer
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Reduced severity
By 30 hours, there was a 900,000 cell count difference
Biologically, we’d expect these animals to have a quicker recovery, but in this trial, all animals received antibiotic treatment after 30 hours (when biopsy was performed)
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NA Reference
**Background – Why use Strep?**
Why use Strep?
This was set up as a clinical trial
Strep uberis is the model that is most well documented and reliable for use in clinical trials and challenge studies
Using a proven method gives a higher degree of confidence that the results are real
**Background — Somatic Cell Linear Score**
Calculated as
= log2(SCC/100) + 3
Reported from researcher
Somatic cell counts increase with the severity of udder infection. However, the corresponding milk loss does not increase at the same rate. Somatic cell linear scores simplifies the prediction of milk loss.
The relationship between lactation milk loss and linear scores above 2.0 is a straight line.
For 2nd+ lactation animals, each LS above 2 indicates 200 kg of lactation milk lost
LS 3 -> 200 kg lactation milk loss
LS 4 -> 400 kg
LS 5 -> 600 kg
For 1st lactation animals, loss is estimated at half of older cows at each LS
LS 3 -> 100 kg
LS 4 -> 200 kg
LS 5 -> 300 kg
References
http://www.agromedia.ca/ADM_Articles/content/dhi_scc.pdf
Fetrow et al., 1988
Transition
Recovery from challenge is especially important in lactating cows
Method
Half cows on NutriTek, half on control
Challenge
Day 45 of trial
One-quarter with Strep uberis
Measured immune response & production recovery
Results
Pre-challenge, NutriTek fed-cows similar to Control
Numerically higher milk
NOT STATISICALLY HIGHER
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After challenge this is what we see
NutriTek fed cows recovered much more quickly than the Control-fed cows
Less energy spent on immune response
Less damage to mammary secretory tissue because the white blood cells (somatic cells) in the cows fed NutriTek more effectively killed the bacteria, and also because genes that protect the mammary secretory cells when an infection occurs were up-regulated in the NT fed cows.
Less loss of production in the face of the challenge
This difference is observed EVEN though this study was not powered for production – only 8 cows
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NA Reference
TRANSITION
So how do Diamond V products compare to other feed additives?
TALKING POINTS
When you look across all of the categories of additives, only Diamond V can claim all of these benefits
Processing and shelf stable – many other additives in the marketplace are not stable in pelleting, extrusion, or even on the shelf.
Consistency – Diamond V’s highly controlled manufacturing process provides lot-to-lot consistency that many other additives cannot
Multi-system effects – Diamond V’s products are a combination of many metabolites and compounds, which account for the extensive benefits we see in animal
Breadth and depth of research – Diamond V leads the industry in in-animal (in vivo) research
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And because our products have a unique combination of hundreds of compounds, our products are the only ones that can provide the digestive health and immune support; our research has shown that our products
Supports gut microbes – Diamond V’s products are shown to support beneficial microbes and promote diversity, which provides stability in times of stress
Supports gut tissue integrity – Diamond V’s products are shown to strengthen the protective barrier of gut epithelium; this strength has been demonstrated in cell culture and in reduction of LPS (endotoxin) in animal blood serum in times of stress
Supports mucosal immunity – Animals fed Diamond V products have higher levels of secretory immunoglobin A (sIgA), and important antibody that is present in the mucosal lining of tissues and contributes to barrier protection
Supports immune response – Animals fed Diamond V products have stronger responses to pathogenic compounds (bacterial and viral) and demonstrate faster recovery from challenges
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**IMPORTANT NOTE FOR PRESENTER**
Typical benefits claimed
Not an exhaustive list of benefits claimed by all products within a category
These are claims only
Not intended to validate whether the claims are met
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