Mike Persia (Virginia Tech) talks about the benefits of Direct-Fed Microbials (also Sulfur Amino Acid supplementation) to help manage the adverse effects of heat stress, in this interview during IPPE 2023 in Atlanta, USA.
Mineral Supplements are deficient during the heat stress because of low digestion Giving Miaphos for 3 days for 2 times in broiler, once a month to the layer and in Breeder for 5 Days a month through drinking water will support birds for mineral deficiency that will help in lameness in broilers and for egg shell issues (layer/Breeder).
Poultry experiencing heat stress due to panting can experience mineral loss, particularly sodium, potassium, and phosphorus. Panting increases carbon dioxide loss, leading to respiratory alkalosis, which can disrupt mineral balance and increase mineral excretion.
At this stage, Mineral supplements through water will be immediately absorbed, and the deficiency can be removed.
Livestock Industry Foundation for Africa,a livestock knowledge sharing NGO formed in Nigeria has as part of her initiative climate smart feeding as tool to mitigate climate change vulnerabilities, and reduction of feed cost in poultry. Integration of dietary betaine with this procedure significantly reduced feed cost and improved productivity and stock livability in hot weather's The NGO is headed by Dr Stephen Adejoro with over 45 years practical experiences in the tropics. Livestock Industry Foundation for Africa ,since 2019 have had training in 48 locations in Africa ,including Nigeria where the programme started in 2019. So far the NGO had visited 20 countries in Africa,mostly from West Africa and East Africa. This year the country will further visit farmers in Tanzania,Uganda and Rwanda . This NGO is still interested in collaboration with international organization that cherished improvement in Animal food security. To follow all our activities in Africa link to https://blog.lifango.org for contact write lifango48@gmail.com Attention Dr Stephen Adejoro President
@Dr Kotaiah Talapaneni Broilers without feed for 6 hours or more will get hungry, then at the moment they get access to feed will overfill their CROP to maximum expansion, to the size of a tennis ball. They will eat as much to fullfill their bag capacity in order to have plenty of available feed for a longer period of time.
AAPSA Alimentos y Aditivos Pecuarios S. A. de C. V.
19 de junio de 2025
Adding Sulphur amino acids will increase the feed cost. In my experience adding betaine is cheaper and very effective solution as long as you keep the recommended levels of Methionine. You just avoid using Methionine as NH3 producer.