ASU proceeded to manufacturing trial batch of innovative probiotic for agriculture

The product has a form of fine powder, soluble in water and milk, mixable with main animal feedstuff. This probiotic feed additive for calves and cows allows taking prophylactic measures against gastrointestinal diseases, downregulating opportunistic pathogens, normalizing animal intestines microflora and providing better nutrient intake.

“Our center’s objective is to master the manufacturing technology and make trail batches of several innovative biological products. Thus, we have already conducted several industrial tests of the probiotic in 2015–2016 and the next step is mastering silage ferments manufacture technology in 2017. We also have a separate program of Russian Ministry of Education and Science and Russian Ministry of Industry, where Altai State University is a prime contractor. In the second half of 2017 we are going to launch a wide variety of products. Particularly, feeding antibiotics are latest-generation products that help take care of animals’ health and do not accumulate in their tissues. These factors have become very important for agriculture due to increasing control of final agricultural products,” noted Director of Prombiotech Engineering Center Nadezhda V. Orlova.

Nadezhda V. Orlova also said that ASU Engineering Center had become a country’s flagship in conducting research and creating new biological products. It especially concerns joint work of Prombiotech and EuroChem Company, which was the first in Russia to complete an agreement for bio-combined products. Prombiotech has been responsible for product design and biological part, while chemical part has been carried out by EuroChem. In the foreseeable future they will start industrial tests in different parts of Russia in order to estimate the product’s efficiency and opportunity for market launch.

Industrial tests of the product will be carried out on the premises of Altai Krai farms under the support of L.K Ernst All-Russian Scientific and Research Institute for Animal Breeding. According to the scientists, farms’ participation in the tests of innovative products will allow agricultural manufacturers optimize animals’ diet with the usage of high-efficiency probiotic additive, improve quality of the manufactured goods and increase livestock yield.

The scientists expect calf performance and milk yield to increase by 10–15% and feed costs to drop by 5–10% due to better nutrient intake.