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The world’s population is projected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion by 2050 and exceed 11 billion in 2100, with India expected to surpass China as the most populous country. At the same time, prosperity and buying power are slowly, but steadily on the rise. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, humans will start eating meat as soon as they gain spending power, usually over 5 USD per day. As a result, consumption of food from animal origin will gradually further increase around the globe and in Asia in particular.
Hence, a solid and healthy animal production sector will be of paramount importance, in order to meet this growing demand for food. Logically, that all starts will healthy and productive animals.
Full control
From their early life, precise and well balanced feed formulation is a prerequisite for such healthy and productive animals. Proper ingredients and additives are the basis for energetic rich rations.
However, regular epidemics like Avian Influenza (AI) in poultry and currently African Swine Fever (ASF) in Asia, are a serious threat to the animal production business. Adequate veterinary control is of great importance, including proper medical treatment.
Banning antibiotics
Up to the recent past, antibiotics were used abundantly to treat animals to a wide range of diseases. Not just that, antibiotics were also used as growth promoters in poultry and swine. In some parts of the world, that is still common use. But the awareness that this is a serious danger, is steadily gaining ground. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a very serious threat to animal and human health. As a result, many governments have adopted, or are in the process of adopting legislation to ban the unlimited use of antibiotics in animal production.
Proper solutions
In this context, biosecurity in feed plants and at farm level is of great importance to prevent new outbreaks of contagious diseases, which again may lead to enormous losses. Moreover, the use of new and innovative feed ingredients, enhancing the immune system of animals is widely promoted. Such products have a positive impact on the health status of animals.
Health and nutrition of production animals go hand in hand
The launch of VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia 2020 as a joint event combines under one roof the expertise of two show organizers, VICTAM and VIV, who made the summer headlines worldwide for a unique event in Asia.
Providing a total solution from feed production, feed technology and processing, to feed ingredients, feed additives, animal health and pharmaceuticals in animal protein production, VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia 2020 will open the doors on March 24 – 26, 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand, with around 400 exhibitors and a total of 17,800 square meter exhibition space at BITEC. In parallel with the exhibition, there is an extensive conference program available with specialized topics in the field of animal feed technology, animal nutrition and health. Exhibiting in one of the three show halls of VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia, gives exhibitors access to the world’s fastest growing market, Asia, and to a targeted audience of around 9,000 professional visitors including CEOs, feed formulators, mill managers, nutritionists, operation directors, veterinarians, academics, and many more.
January 20, 2020 - VICTAM
