Launching Fysal Fit-4 poultry

Fysal^® Fit-4 poultry and Fysal Feed, the most recent innovations in the Fysal Salmonella control programme of Selko Feed Additives, were launched on 15 April in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Fysal Fit-4 poultry provides unmatched control of Salmonella through four different modes of action. This innovative product will help poultry producers meet the stringent new Salmonella regulations being introduced in the European Union from January 2011. Anticipating these rulings, Selko has joined forces with Nutreco sister organisations in a two-year collaborative project: Nutreco R&D and the Sada poultry production and processing business in Spain.

Fysal Fit-4 poultry is an innovative way to combat Salmonella. This multi disciplined product contains four different barriers that prevent Salmonella colonisation of the intestinal tract.

First barrier: combats Salmonella in feed and reduces Salmonella multiplication in the crop and stomach.
Second barrier: prevents attachment to intestinal enterocytes by blocking of the Salmonella receptors.
Third barrier: controls intestinal multiplication by killing Salmonella bacteria in the gut.
Fourth barrier: reduces virulence and thus prevents invasion of Salmonella into organs, thereby cutting back the number of carrier birds in the flock.

Trials show the multiple barrier approach to be very effective. Fysal Fit-4 poultry lowered the number of Salmonella in the caeca of birds by more than 96% and significantly reduced the risk of Salmonella transmission from bird to bird in a flock.