FORMI® NDF – improved performance through patented concept

Improved broiler performance with the aid of organic acids has been reported from many sources. An important limitation, however, is that organic acids are rapidly metabolised from the fore-gut (crop to gizzard) of birds, which will reduce their impact on growth performance. ADDCON's patented poultry product FORMI NDF based on their unique double-salt technology has been proven to be effective in the whole gastro-intestinal tract (presentation at Poultry Nutrition Symposium in Edinburgh), for instance against Salmonella and Campylobacter. On the other hand, its effects on performance enhance of broilers were recently proven too.

A commercial trial with FORMI NDF (0.5%) was conducted in France. 34,500 day old birds were randomly selected and divided into 2 trial groups. Performance data were measured at the end of the trial on day 42.

As it can be seen from the table, overall performance in the groups with FORMI NDF was increased. The addition of 0.5% FORMI NDF resulted in an increase of 2.8% in weight gain, while the feed conversion rate was improved by 2.1%. Furthermore, the mortality was reduced by more than 23%.

Finacial analysis show that the use of the product will give a clear benefit to the farmer!

Table 1:           French broiler results