Succesful Alltech Asia-Pacific Lecture Tour

Mr Bourne went further to say that “The future is all about ‘Personalised Nutrition’, whether this be the way we feed animals or people it is not just about nutrition, but is the interaction between nutrients and gene expression, for health and wellbeing.” Under the umbrella theme of ‘People, Profit and Planets’, the two week tour focused on new technologies that can help the feed industry solve current issues.

Over 1,300 animal feed industry professionals joined Alltech’s 23rd Asia-Pacific Lecture tour which began in New Zealand and travelled to ten countries including Australia, Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. The second leg of the Lecture Tour will take place from August 1-6, 2010 visiting India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Representing Alltech’s Research and Development team, Dr. Richard Murphy, Research Laboratory Manager, Alltech Ireland and Dr. Alexandros Yiannikouris, Senior Research Scientist and Coordinator of Glycomics Research, outlined some of the fundamental research which has been used to develop these technologies. 

Dr. Yiannikouris told delegates how Alltech’s understanding of the structure of yeast and yeast cell wall components has led to the development of more effective natural solutions to mycotoxin problems and the control of pathogens.

Alltech’s Research Manager for Ruminant Nutrition, Dr. Juan Tricarico and Dr. Alison Leary, Key Account Technical Services Manager, Alltech, focused on how Alltech’s Primacy of Science can be used practically on-farm to improve performance and profitability.  “A healthy cow is needed to capture the benefits of rumen function. We need to provide animals with all the nutrients required for optimum health and production. We need to feed minerals in the form that supports optimum health and production,” said Dr. Juan Tricarico.

Dr. Alison Leary outlined Alltech’s iSolutions Program, an interactive computer program for poultry and pig used to regularly evaluate performance on-farm, to help customers find solutions to current concerns. “Some of the benefits of this innovative tool are that it: increases profits by focusing on income opportunities; minimizes business losses due to non-performance and non-conformance to targets; allows for on-time decision making, preventing occurrence of possible pig / poultry issues; and provides pig and poultry performance analysis in minutes,” she said. Future programs will target the ruminant and aquaculture industries.

For tour reports from each stop please visit the website.