Integrated Agricultural Solutions
Integrated Agricultural Solutions: A Systems Approach to Solving Problems - Animal Agriculture/Animal Health
Aaron Schacht
Vice President – R&D/Regulatory - Elanco
Times of transition in the food animal life cycle result in loss to the producer A producer must manage outputs during periods of high susceptibility Breeding
Parturient /Birth
Weaning
Grow
Process /Market
• Weaning to pregnancy confirmation. Considerations: when to breed, reproductive health, environmental management • 70-90% of animals bred results in pregnancy confirmation • Pregnancy confirmation to birth. Considerations: unpredictability of birth (labor intensive), disease management, nutrition • 85-95% of pregnant animals results in live birth
% Loss: 14-40%
• Birth to weaning. Considerations: comingling with other weanlings, transport, disease management, nutrition • 85-95% live births survive to weaning • Wean to finish. Considerations: diet changes, feed to gain ratio, disease management, nutrition, feed cost (75% of total cost) • 85-95% of weanlings survive to finish
% Loss: 10-33%
• Finish to slaughter. Considerations: variability, timing, quality, withdrawal times • 95-100% of finished animals make it to market
Environmental stressors
Breeding
Parturient/ Birth Environmental stressors
Weaning Comingling, Transport
Weaning
Feed efficiency, Weight gain 15-20% improvement opportunity
Grow Variability Transport
Process/ Market
Food Labeling of the Future
Chicken
Will be a “snapshot” of the food source’s life/living conditions
Animal Production Systems focus on the following factors to ensure Animal Welfare and Health: • • • •
Genetics/Breeding Nutrition/Hydration Activity Physical Facilities
• • • •
Vaccines/ Pharmaceuticals Minimizing Stress Environmental Impact Food Safety
Animals Production Systems will become “smart” via technology, and capture and curate key data at all steps of the production process
Source: www.wired.com/2016/07/how-to-improve-food-labels/
Aaron Schacht
Vice President – R&D/Regulatory - Elanco
Times of transition in the food animal life cycle result in loss to the producer A producer must manage outputs during periods of high susceptibility Breeding
Parturient /Birth
Weaning
Grow
Process /Market
• Weaning to pregnancy confirmation. Considerations: when to breed, reproductive health, environmental management • 70-90% of animals bred results in pregnancy confirmation • Pregnancy confirmation to birth. Considerations: unpredictability of birth (labor intensive), disease management, nutrition • 85-95% of pregnant animals results in live birth
% Loss: 14-40%
• Birth to weaning. Considerations: comingling with other weanlings, transport, disease management, nutrition • 85-95% live births survive to weaning • Wean to finish. Considerations: diet changes, feed to gain ratio, disease management, nutrition, feed cost (75% of total cost) • 85-95% of weanlings survive to finish
% Loss: 10-33%
• Finish to slaughter. Considerations: variability, timing, quality, withdrawal times • 95-100% of finished animals make it to market
Environmental stressors
Breeding
Parturient/ Birth Environmental stressors
Weaning Comingling, Transport
Weaning
Feed efficiency, Weight gain 15-20% improvement opportunity
Grow Variability Transport
Process/ Market
Food Labeling of the Future
Chicken
Will be a “snapshot” of the food source’s life/living conditions
Animal Production Systems focus on the following factors to ensure Animal Welfare and Health: • • • •
Genetics/Breeding Nutrition/Hydration Activity Physical Facilities
• • • •
Vaccines/ Pharmaceuticals Minimizing Stress Environmental Impact Food Safety
Animals Production Systems will become “smart” via technology, and capture and curate key data at all steps of the production process
Source: www.wired.com/2016/07/how-to-improve-food-labels/
