Dr. Mrinal Kumar Sharma

Dear Dr. Hettiarachchi, Right now I understand the product is not available in Sri Lanka. Here in India, the formulation is available as both feed additive and water soluble. It contains cocktails of multiple bacteriophages which have a cidal effect on salmonella. No chance of dysbiosis due to broad spectrum antibiotics and no need to use additional probiotics. Infact in a trial here in India we ...

Does anyone have any experience in using bacteriophage formulations for treating and preventing salmonellosis? this is one of the safest and most effective solutions for the disease and is now available.

Thanks for reviewing this important topic Dr Butcher. We often struggle to findout about a failed vaccination before it actually shows up in losses or mortality. Could you kindly outline some mechanisms to check on whether the vaccination has been done properly or is it going to give the desired results?

Herbal substitutes of choline have been found to be unable to replace synthetic choline wholely from poultry diets. This is primarily because choline has both structural and functional role. The structural role of choline in the body of the animal is one which cannot be done by functional mimics like the herbal alternatives. To give an analogy, take the example of sweetners, sugar is the real thin ...

Adressed to Dr. Ramzee. Sir you have correctly observed that our article apears as a commercial one. Unfortunately (or fortunately for us) we have just one alternative for this product (chromium tri-picolinate) in our market. You would observe that most references cited from nutral source are not based on our product but on the active which in most cases was supplied by us. Best regards ...

Mr. Neethiraja, Thanks for your comment. I hope this summer the poultry industry is benefited to the fullest by the use of ENCROMIX. regards

Annellie, Well conceived and written article but I have my reservations as far as the relevance of the title is concerned. When we refer to animal nutrition we usually dont refer to functional additives. youe whole article revolves around functional additives and its role. I accept Botanicals, glucans and butyrate are at the forefront of building immunity in birds but I would not consider these ...

One other benefit of fats is that fats as a source of energy is not available to pathogens. Most enteric pathogens depend on sugars and amino acids for their own needs. popular practice in some parts of India is to eat bioled rice and ghee (clarified butter 99[percent] fat) to get rid of mild diarrhoea. I am sure this traditional practice targets the use of fats as a prebiotic where the benefiting ...