February 19, 2009
Press Release
As businesses struggle with world economic challenges, the Alltech Annual Symposium will focus on providing solutions to some of the major issues faced by the animal feed and livestock industries.
The meeting will comprise presentations and interactive sessions where professionals worldwide can exchange ideas and strategies and offer solutions to forge a brighter future for the animal feed and livestock industries.
The 2009 programme will include a debate on sustainability and explore the viability of sustainability initiatives in the animal production industry, said Alltech Founder and President Dr. Pearse Lyons.
Dr. David Bryne, former EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, will discuss Crisis Management in today''s environment and will challenge the industry to achieve long-term profitability while continuing to be conscious of animal welfare, responsive to consumer needs and environmentally friendly.
Industry speakers, representing the dairy, beef, poultry, pig, ruminant, equine and aquaculture species groups will then respond to Dr. Byrne''s challenge.
''''In addition to the species nutrition sessions, we have added a section on feed quality and regulation'''', explains Alltech''s Director of Regulatory Affairs, Steve Traylor. ''''This was in response to increasing demand for information on how products are regulated in global environments and how the registration process works in different markets''''.
Topics within each species session will include discussions on: the importance of nucleotides in early diets; the use of multi-enzyme complexes to release maximum energy from both traditional diets and non-traditional diets containing ingredients such as higher fibre; and immune modulatory compounds. The meeting will also explore opportunities in the area of novel mycotoxin binders. The sessions will include information on the interactions between inorganic and organic minerals and their overall interaction with compounds in a premix.
''''The conference will also look at new energy sources and feature the importance of and steps towards effectively branding our businesses. Branding is becoming increasingly important within our industry'''', said Dr. Lyons.
Meanwhile, the pig session at the symposium will open discussion on how to help the pig industry seize the available opportunities in a rapidly transforming marketplace, and how the industry can be strengthened to improve production efficiency so as to provide more affordable protein and capture growing market share.
As concerns over the global credit crunch, recent feed scares, competitiveness of pork production and traceability continue to mount in the pig sector; nutrition, health status and safe food will provide the foundations on which the pig industry can capture this golden market opportunity.
Leading pig and industry experts will address areas such as new cellulosic raw materials, solid state fermentation technologies and the benefits of these technologies on pork production. It will review an array of initiatives from Germany, Chile, Ireland, USA, UK and France.
The poultry session will discuss the latest technologies designed to improve profitability and build a sustainable business in the new global economy. Attendees will discuss ways to improve feed conversion rates, the importance of proper nutrition in the first seven days, and how enhanced breeder performance can improve the bottom line.
Alltech expects over 1000 attendees and the
technical programme is complemented with a social programme which encourages interaction and networking.
The symposium will be held from May 17-20, 2009, in Lexington, Kentucky, US.