Venky’s India Limited organized technical seminars in second week of January at Hotel Noor Mahal, Karnal (6th Jan), Hotel Days, Panipat (7th Jan), Hotel Babylon Capital Raipur (8th Jan), and Hotel Radisson Blu, Bangalore (9th Jan). Mr Koastas Syriopoulos, an expert on animal nutrition and feed technologists from Switzerland was the guest speaker. The theme of the seminars was “Performance Enhancing Concept for Commercial Poultry”
Mr Koastas began the presentation with a product introduction. He discussed the composition and the significance of each ingredient. He described how aromatic essential oils and pungent chemicals in NATEXT aid nutrient digestion and absorption. Saponins in NATEXT assist in minimizing ammonia release and emissions. Additionally, it boosts immunity. NATEXT also possesses antioxidant properties.
Mr Koastas then demonstrated several efficacy trials on various layer and broiler birds undertaken in other countries and in India as well. NATEXT plays key role in improving digestion and assimilation of key nutrients including calcium and phosphorus. Every study demonstrated greater performance and lower ammonia reduction with improved FCR. Return on investment was also provided in an Indian trial, demonstrating the benefits of NATEXT use.
Later on, Dr. Raetus, who has a PhD in biochemistry, detailed the product manufacturing process. He explained the iso-fusion technology and its importance in making effective delivery of phytogenic compounds.
Following his presentation, Dr. Vishwas Sagajkar (Deputy General Manager sales and marketing) and Dr. N. Baburaj (Deputy General Manager sales and marketing) translated and explained the concepts in their respective states’ native languages, Hindi and Kannada.
All the seminars were attended by field veterinarians, broiler breeders, broiler integrators, and layer farmers. An introductory speech about the concept and speaker was given by Dr. Vishwas Sagajkar at Raipur while in Bangalore Dr. N. Baburaj gave given introduction. Mr. H.S. Padda (Deputy General manager Marketing North zone) has given opening remarks for Karnal and Panipat seminars. Arrangements were by the following people Mr Shashi Bhushan Kumar (Assistant General Manager, North zone); Mr Sandeep Saini (Senior Regional Sales Manager); Mr Yash Munjal; Mr Banwala (at Karnal), Mr Shashi Bhushan Kumar; Mr Kailash; Mr Manoj Kadyan (Panipat), Abhishek Gupte (Zonal Manager Sales Central Zone) and Ashutosh Singh (Raipur) while Mr Babu (Regional Sales manager); Mr R.D. Lokesh (Zonal Manager) and Mr Rajesh Pai (Regional Sales Manager) at Bangalore.
In the end, Dr Vishwas Sagajkar thanked everyone for attending the seminar and concluded with a positive note. The seminars were guided by Dr. Deepak Khosla, General Manager Sales and Marketing, Venky’s India Limited.
The seminar received a massive response from poultry farmers, veterinarians, and consultants. In all the seminars queries from the participants were discussed in detail.
Farmers and veterinarians were happy with the new concept and approach of phytogenic in improving performance of poultry.