Adjuvant of Methionine in laying hens

METHPLUS® is a nutraceutical product that acts in feeds as adjuvant to synthetic methionine (from Latin, adiuvare: to aid). Thanks to its ingredients based on plant extracts, seaweed and legume, helps to enhance remethylating path of the methionine cycle.

METHPLUS® was developed thanks to European funds, over a period of 3 years, and its effectiveness has been demonstrated in the field in numerous countries with different diets, different climatic factors and management, becoming an effective aid in the partial replacement of methionine, and allowing in turn optimization of costs.

If you are concerned about the volatility of raw materials and you are interested in reducing costs, go on reading.

Successful result: the average egg weight increased when METHPLUS® inclusion rate augmenting. The zootechnical performance was equal to control group, but feed cost was optimized. 

Successful result: not only there was no negative effect on performance but improved egg weight and % or laying. The objective of the trials was obtained: replace partially Methionine-OH maintaining the same performance. In this case, egg weight and laying rate was enhanced, even if it was not the initial objective. 

School of Agricultural, Food and Biosystems Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, UPM (Spain).

Aim of the trial: “Assessment of the effect on production and egg quality of different levels inclusion of product METHPLUS® in diets of laying hens”

METHPLUS® product is shown as a partial replacement of methionine hydroxy analogue in laying hen diets, achieving a substitution of 1,2 Kg of methionine hydroxy analogue per 1 Kg of METHPLUS® without any impact on the performance.