Pig International - May/June 2017 - 14
14 ❙ PigInternational How the pig industry perceives phytogenic feed additives A new survey from BIOMIN gauges the swine industry's views on the use of plant-based feed additives across the globe. BY CHRISTINE HUNGER tion (35 percent), growing-finishing operations (18 percent) and integrations (47 percent) located across 44 countries. The job roles of swine industry respondents included growers/owners (33 percent), veterinarians (23 percent), nutritionists (22 percent), live production managers (14 percent) and consultants (8 percent). Early-adopters Overall, 41 percent of swine sector respondents indicated that they currently use phytogenics, roughly in line with the figures for poultry respondents and less than the 52 percent reported by consultants, feed millers and feed manufacturers. The sample size, though not sufficient to support claims of representativeness of the findings, does allow for a deeper understanding of the mindset of early-adopters, particularly swine integrators - of whom more than half said they currently use PFAs. Phytogenic feed additives are applied to approximately 5 percent of livestock feed tonnage worldwide. Digestibility enhancement Digestibility enhancement was the top reason PHYTOGENICS ARE SEEN AS natural ingredients with many possible benefits for pig producers. www.WATTAgNet.com ❙ May/June 2017 Christos Georghiou | Dreamstime.com Over 1,000 agribusiness professionals provided their views on the use of phytogenic feed additives (PFAs) within the framework of the 2017 BIOMIN Phytogenic Feed Additives Survey. The results provide a number of interesting insights regarding the motivations for using PFAs along with some reasons why swine professionals do not currently use botanicals. Respondents included 111 swine professionals working with breeding herds/piglet produc-
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