The digestive tract consisted of 70% of total immune cells and more than 400 species of bacteria (in mammalian gut). Other than its well-known role in nutrient digestion and adsorption function that determines the animal production performance. As the biggest immune tissue that harbors a complex ecosystem, the overall health status of digestive tract has received much attention in livestock production. 

a. AGP replacer

Natural ingredients as alternatives for Antibiotic Growth Promoter (AGP) to combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), at the same time promote growth of intestinal flora and health intestinal environment development.

• • • Orgacids (Feed acidifier)
    • Natusol (Phytomolecules, Direct fed microbes, MOS, organic acids)

b. Microflora management – Probiotics

The total number of microbes inhibited in a mammalian gut is approximately 10¹⁴, which is about 10 times more than their tissue cells. By promoting digestion, and adsorption of nutrients, preventing pathogen colonization, and shaping and maintaining normal mucosal immunity, the commensal microflora in the gut play a key role in nutrition, immune and health status of the host, and hence the animal performance. 

The use of microbial ecological agents, such as probiotics and prebiotics are used as animal feed additives to manipulate the composition of the gut flora. However, the digestive tract is dynamic environment that shifted from aerobic (foregut) to micro-aerobics (middle gut), then anaerobic (hindgut) as moving from front to back. The aerobic bacteria, facultative bacteria and strict anaerobic bacteria respectively adapt to different intestinal environment. Therefore, the selection of the probiotic must be done carefully according to the microbial distribution and characteristic of the intestinal environment, to ensure the optimum intestinal flora growth, colonization, and hence probiotic efficacy.

We had Active Four, a 4-in-1 combinations that consisted of anaerobes, facultative anaerobes and aerobic probiotics that adapted to every segments of intestinal environment. This combination ensures optimum proliferation of intestinal flora and remarkable production of metabolites (such as enzymes, antimicrobial peptides, and organic acids) of every intestinal segment that contribute to the overall health of the digestive tract. 

• • • Active Four (Clostridium butyricum, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus coagulans/Lactobacillus sporogenes)

Besides, we also have direct fed microbes in combinations with other ingredients:

• • • Natusol (Phytomolecules, MOS, organic acids, Direct fed microbes – Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus coagulans/Lactobacillus sporogenes)