MicroFeed

MicroFeed is applied in the drinking water of broiler chickens with a dosing unit (Dosatron). The lactic acid bacteria help to balance the gut flora; better flora supports digestion and the use of nutrients, minerals and proteins. With less undigested protein in the droppings there is less putrefaction, less ammonia and less odour in the house, and less medium for unwanted bacteria to multiply. Used continuously and at a low dose, it also helps to protect the water system against algae build-up.

Dose and frequency

• Dose: 1.5 litres of MicroFeed per 20-litre bucket of water.
• Frequency: every other day.
• Start: between day 7 and day 10 of the cycle, to be set with the farm's veterinarian.
• Duration: until the end of the cycle, between 40 and 45 days.

Step by step

• Prepare a bucket with 20 litres of water and add 1.5 litres of MicroFeed.
• Place the suction hose of the Dosatron in the bucket.
• Close the chlorine shut-off valve.
• Open the Dosatron and wait until the whole content of the bucket has been dosed.
• Close the Dosatron and open the chlorine shut-off valve again.

It is not dosed together with chlorine or with other additives in the same tank: they are kept apart by time of day. The application schedule is set together with the farm's veterinarian.

What to expect

Better flock health, lower mortality, higher weight, better feed intake and better feed conversion, less odour from the droppings and the litter, less ammonia in the house and better-quality litter for composting. These are expected results: they depend on the management of each farm. MicroFeed is at the stage of comparative trials on poultry farms in Paraguay, and the results will be published with their numbers once they are measured.

How it is measured on your farm

One house with MicroFeed against one house without the product, and against the farm's history of previous cycles, with technical visits from the Bloom team during the cycle and a technical and veterinary report at the end. Indicators: mortality, weight, feed conversion, odour and the condition of the litter.

Composition declared for poultry

Lactobacillus and pediococci: 1.2 × 10⁸ CFU/ml at manufacture and 3.8 × 10⁷ CFU/ml at expiry; plant extract 4%; total N 0.21%; total P₂O₅ 0.49%; total K₂O 0.22%; total Ca 0.65%; total Mg 0.05%; total S 0.04%; total B 0.01%; total Fe 0.0041%; total Mn 0.000094%; total organic carbon 1.90%; total organic matter 3.27%.

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