What is the New Scientific Finding about Methiorep?

Three magic numbers 19-12-5 determines global sustainable nutrition. Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium (19-12-5) are prerequisites for sustained growth and productivity of all plants. Besides the abundant Nitrogen and Potassium, Phosphorus is becoming scarce, a crucial element in fertilizers. It is extracted from phosphorus rich rocks in the form of phosphates. The majority of world’s agriculture fields rely on fertilizers derived from inorganic minerals, such as phosphate rock. This is the case in poultry production too. Phosphate rock is a non-renewable resource that takes 10-15 million years to form from seabed to uplift and weathering, and current known reserves are likely to be depleted in 50-100 years as per current use rate. Consumption likely to increase as the population spurs. Increased meat consumption, in particular is likely to put more pressure on the land, because animals eat more food than the food they become. This is the reason of spiking price of rock phosphate every day which is increased more than 700% in just 14 months. In this scenario products/feed additives which can help in more retention /utilization of crucial nutrients like phosphorus could be of much importance to save environment and sustain business.

Various herbs have been well tested and documented in improving the retention of nutrients. Unlike other synthetic feed additives/enzymes which only focus on supplying/releasing of nutrients, herbal products are better as it ensures proper release and utilization of these nutrients. Methiorep, which is a Phytoadditive for replacement of synthetic DL- Methionine has undergone stringent test for its environment – saving qualities along with improvement in performance parameters. Just have a look and feel new perspective of your novel feed additive - METHIOREP

For this assessment an experiment was conducted on 120 Vencobb broilers to study comparative growth performance, nutrient utilization etc. of broilers with the use of Methiorep and Synthetic DL – Methionine. Randomly two groups were designed as Group I (Broiler fed with basal diet + DLM @ 0.1 %) and Group II (Basal Diet + Methiorep @ 0.1 % and no added DLM). Following parameters were evaluated

a) Growth and performance (Avg. Body Weight, Feed Consumption, FCR)

b) Nutrient balance studies & Nutrient retention (Ca, Phosphorus, Nitrogen)

c) Others (Haematological profiles studies, Immunological profile, Carcass traits, Gross pathology of liver, bursa, spleen and kidney etc.)

a) Methiorep helped in improving live body weight of broilers. 5 % more weight was witnessed when compared with synthetic DL- Methionine Supplemented Group. Please note that in Methiorep supplemented group only Methionine was supplemented, there was not any DLM. 

b) Methiorep was found to be involved in enhancement of digestive processes; consequently lower feed was required for producing per kg of meat, saving ever rising feed cost.

c) Feed Conversion rate was markedly improved. Methiorep was found to be profit booster with three approaches, extra profit due to more meat, cost savings due to savings of feed consumption, savings on replacement cost of high cost synthetic DL - Methionine replacement to economical Methiorep.

a. Methiorep improved Metabolizable energy which is a direct measure of utilizable energy, which get converted into meat

b. Utilization of Nitrogen has been improved, mean Methiorep enabled birds to take less protein for more production of protein in body.

c. Better calcium retention mean better growth of bone, consequently more meat wrapping will be around bone so meat : bone ratio will be improved.

d. As phosphorus is fastest running and costliest of minerals, marked improvement in retention of phosphorus is ensuring better management of our global phosphorus for sustainable food production.

Other parameters – Non-significant and within the normal permissible range for other parameters was obtained for both group.

a) As Methiorep is herbal it saves the bird from sulphate toxicity usually seen in bird supplied with more DL-Methionine. This propels poultry production of your customer one step towards organic poultry production.

b) Bird supplemented with Methiorep required 0.09 gm less Phosphorus for optimal production. This means you are contributing to save 5 Kg of rock phosphate mining per year per bird, helping phosphorus reserves to stay longer. (1 gm phosphorus/day in body requires 56 kg mining of rock phosphate per year)

c) Better retentivity of phosphorus is linked with less eutrophication in lakes means more life to aquatic animals. (Phosphorus eroded from soil ends up in lakes and ocean where it promotes massive growth of blue green algae which limits growth of other aquatic animals and creates dead zones due to less dissolves oxygen)

d) You are contributing to global food security!! How? More demand for meat and dairy, rapidly growing economies, means more demand for fertilizers.
Water and energy are now considered critical for meeting future food demand of a growing population.  But seeing their reserve in replenishment rate, phosphorus seems to be limiting factor. However there is little or no mention of future phosphorus scarcity as a key factor limiting future food security. Yet without phosphorus, there would be no food, or any life on earth. There is currently no single international body responsible for managing global P resources in the long-term, unlike oil, water and nitrogen. But we, together are contributing towards global food security in our own natural way.