A systematic approach to evaluating additive claims, active ingredient concentrations, trial parameters, and economic return in commercial feeds.
Evaluating Feed Additives Beyond the Label
Commercial livestock and poultry producers are presented with hundreds of feed additive options. Making an informed technical and commercial decision requires looking beyond broad promotional claims to verify active specifications and biological plausibility.
Key Questions to Ask Before Adoption
- What is the defined active substance and guaranteed concentration? Verify the Certificate of Analysis (CoA) and analytical method.
- Under what diet and management conditions was it tested? Results in low-challenge research pens may differ from commercial houses.
- Is the carrier and physical form compatible with your premix and pelleting temperatures? Heat stability data should cover actual conditioning parameters.
- How will response be measured on the farm? Establish realistic baseline metrics before starting a field evaluation.
FAUNEX believes that practical animal nutrition decisions must always be founded on verified biological mechanisms, realistic feeding conditions, and economic viability. We do not promote blanket solutions without accounting for farm-specific forage chemistry, biosecurity, water quality, and environmental variables.