Performance Improvements in Broilers Using AZOMITE™
2005 Field Study in Georgia, Birds Processed 1/22, 4/16 & 6/25
Characteristics of Test
- Top-5 Broiler company in USA, produces @ 11 million birds/week,
owns multiple feed mills
- Each Feed Mill produces @ 9-10,000 tons/wk/
- Study conducted on 7 proprietary farms
- Three (3) cycles (winter, spring, summer) studied
- Company grows all sizes of birds
Test Conditions
- Granular AZOMITE™ added at
feed bin on farm
- AZOMITE™ was used at a rate
of 10 lbs/ton (0.5%)
- Birds received AZOMITE™ from
day 1-harvest
- Birds were grown varying ages
- About 850,000 birds were used in the demonstration
- Cobb x Cobb, mixed sex birds were used
| Results of On-Farm Demonstration |
| Parameter |
AZOMITE™ |
Control |
| # Farms & # Birds/farm |
8 farms, @ 343,000 birds |
12 farms, @ 509,000 birds |
| Avg. Wt |
2.8826 kg (6.3417 lb) |
2.9495 kg (6.489 lb) |
| Age at Harvest, days |
54.5 |
55.33 (0.83 days older) |
| % Sold |
95.265 |
94.13 |
| Feed Conversion |
2.0488 (2.00% better) |
2.0898 |
| Kg Mkt/Farm |
121,909.55 |
122,990.45 |
| Rank Overall |
+13 |
-9.5 |
| Pay/Pound |
$0.048937 (+5.58%)
(net improvement =$0.002589/lb) |
$0.04635 |
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Historical
and Current Ranking
of AZOMITE™ and Control Farms
- The company ranks all farms for economic performance
- We compared the current rank of each test group during
the last cycle to the average of their previous 4 growth
cycle rankings
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Conclusion
- Birds receiving Azomite outperformed Control birds 5.5% on
Economics.
- Birds on Azomite had a better feed conversion.
- Birds on Azomite had much higher livability than Control birds.
- The overall profits were substantially improved by including
Azomite in poultry feed.
- Gross profits with Azomite were substantially better per ton
of feed than Controls.
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Improved Immune Function of Broilers
16 birds/group, Designated products were tested at 0.5% (w/w) of the feed
during the 22-d study.
Birds were challenged by injecting sheep RBC on day 16.
Increased Protein Synthesis
Broilers Challenged with High-Levels of Individual
Fusarium + Mycotoxins,
+/- 0.5% AZOMITE™
Averages in Processing of Yield in Nine
(9) USA Field Trials
of AZOMITE™ in 4.7 Million Broilers |
| Process Parameter |
AZOMITE™ |
Control |
Postive Gain |
| Chilled Carcass Yield |
76.80% |
76.20% |
0.60% |
| Breast Yield |
16.95% |
16.58% |
0.37%
Increased
Protein Synthesis |
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