Alltech Charts Six Steps to Profitability at IPE
With more than 200 attendees, Alltech's Annual Breakfast Meeting at the International Poultry Expo provided a chance for members of the poultry industry to sit down together and discuss the most important events from the previous year and trends that they will face in the future.
Attendees were treated to a traditional Irish breakfast while Dr. Pearse Lyons, president and founder of Alltech, spoke about improving profitability and sustainability for poultry producers through Alltech's Six Steps to Profitability. The six steps are:
1. Feed efficiency
2. Gut health
3. Mycotoxin management
4. Alternative raw materials
5. Starter feeds
6. Adding value to meat and eggs
Lyons described Alltech's toolbox for increasing productivity in broiler, breeder and layer operations. The toolbox is filled with natural, nutritional technologies developed through research that integrates digestive function, growth responses and nutrigenomics.
Dr. Lyons stated, "To quote Steve Jobs, 'We're here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why else even be here?' With this mentality in mind, I want to say that's why Alltech is here, and I suspect that's why you are too. We need to learn to open our toolbox and use those tools to make that dent."
Marking a decade of student support, Alltech once again presented the Alltech Student Manuscript Award at IPE. Leonel Mejia, a poultry science student at Mississippi State University won the award with his paper, "Dietary influence of digestible lysine concentration on Cobb 500 hen broiler breeder reproductive performance." Mejia received a trophy and a $500 cash prize.
Mejia said, "I appreciate the support, not only for the society but for the students. This represents a lot of collaboration between the professor and the students. The recognition is not only for me, but for everyone involved."
Another Alltech tradition at IPE, the Alltech Researchers' Appreciation Dinner, is now in its 18th year. The topic of discussion during this year's dinner was mycotoxins.
Dr. Swamy Haladi, Alltech's global technical manager, spoke at the dinner, "We have seen tremendous advancement in mycotoxin analytical technology. Years ago we started off by using simple black lights in order to understand mycotoxin challenges, which later developed into TLC, ELISA, HPLC and now the latest technique is LC-MS/MS."
Alltech's director of worldwide research, Dr. Karl Dawson, added to Haladi's point, "Five years ago we were talking about analyzing for five or six mycotoxins. Today we can analyse for more than 37. Imagine what the future holds."
For more information about Alltech's Poultry Advantage program, visit http://www.alltech.com/poultry.
