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Identification & Functionality
- Ingredient Name
- Ingredients
- Resin Acid
- Technologies
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- Animal Feed & Nutrition Features
- Product Overview
Launched in 2015, Progres® has proven itself internationally in different species and production conditions.
Naturally:
Progres® is based on resin acids, the natural protection mechanism of coniferous trees against bacteria, fungi and parasites. It’s produced by thermal distillation without added chemicals from a side stream of cellulose production.
Active:
The bioactive compound is known, measurable, and stable. Its unique ability to enforce gut integrity by reducing the inflammation-induced degradation of collagen has been scientifically proven.
Force:
Progres® improves both animal performance and the sustainability of animal production and is becoming an integral part of antibiotic free production systems worldwide. It gives consistent, proven effects in different animal species and conditions.
- Progres® for Poultry
Improves performance in both healthy and disease challenged birds:
- In challenge trials, Progres® improved broiler growth on average by +2,5 g/day and feed conversion ratio on average by 7 points.
- Under normal trial conditions, Progres® improved broiler growth on average by +1,8 g/day and feed conversion ratio on average by 5 points.
- Under normal trial conditions, Progres® improved EEI of turkeys on average by 19 points and feed conversion ratio on average by 6.5 points.
Benefits wellbeing of birds by improving litter quality:
- Under normal trial conditions, Progres® improved FPD scores of broilers by 12.6%.
- In a turkey trial Progres® improved litter quality by 43.6% and FPD scores by 25.8% .
- In field trials with layer hens Progres® reduced dirty eggs and improved litter quality.
Practical Application:
- For improvement of performance, litter quality, and FPD scores of broilers, turkeys and layers
- Broilers 0.5–1.0 kg/ton of feed
- Turkeys 0.5–1.5 kg/ton of feed
- Layers 0.5–1.0 kg/ton of feed
- Progres® for Pigs
Help your piglets to a good start! Progres® performs splendidly when fed to sows before farrowing and to piglets after weaning.
Enhances farrowing and lactation sow performance:
- Sow fed Progres® in lactation diet (starting one week before expected farrowing) improve piglet colostrum intake and sow colostrum yield.
- Progres® in sow lactation diet helps to improve the colostrum IgG and Serum Amyloid A (SAA) consistently.
- Progres® helps to shorten the farrowing duration in sow when included in gestion diet.
- Supplementation of Progres® in late gestation diets change the hind gut microbiota (more butyrate producer and cellulolytic bacteria) and improve sow physiology.
Improves sow litter performance:
- Progres® in sow feed improves the survivability of the suckling piglets and increase the number of weaned piglets up to one piglet per farrowing.
- Litters from Progres® fed sows are heavier at weaning and with higher ADG.
- Progres® addition in the sow diet improved the vitality of piglets with low birth weight.
- Several field trials and numerous customer experiences have showed that litters of Progres® fed sows require significantly less antibiotic treatments .
- ROI of Progres® fed sow can be up 15 times compared to the control fed sow.
Improves post-wean piglet performance:
- Feeding Progres® to post-wean piglets significantly improved ADG.
- Improved FCR in weaners.
- Reduced post-weaning diarrhea of piglets.
Application in Sows:
- For better colostrum yield, quality and lactation performance we recommend to start Progres® application one week earlier of expected farrowing date (lactation diet) and continue throughout lactation.
- Recommended dose for sow: 1.0 – 1.5 kg/t of feed.
Application in Piglets:
- Suckling piglets and weaners 0.5–1.0 kg/t of feed.
- Older pigs (2 weeks post-weaning) 1.0–1.5 kg/t of feed
- Progres® for Young Ruminants
Progres® supports the health and improves the performance of calves, goat kids and lambs.
Improves the growth and feed efficiency of young ruminants:
- Progres® addition in milk replacer increased the final slaughter weight (3.1 kg) and feed conversion ratio FCR (6 points) of veal calves with restricted feeding.
- Progres® addition in milk replacer increased the final slaughter weight (3.6 kg) and FCR (7 points) of veal calves with ad libitum feeding.
- Progres® addition in milk replacer increased the average daily gain (7 %) and FCR (6 %) of goat kids.
Supports good health and reduces the need of antibiotic treatments in young ruminants:
- Reduced number of antibiotic treatments in veal calves.
- Improved lung scores in goat kids.
Practical Applications:
- For improvement of growth and feed efficiency of calves, lambs and goat kids
- Milk replacers: 1kg/ton
- Starter feeds: 0.4–0.8 kg/ton up to 10 weeks of age
- Benefits
- Intestinal epithelium is a delicate tissue which needs to absorb nutrients efficiently and yet maintain a barrier against the entry of pathogens.
- Progres® reduces the impact of inflammation to the epithelial integrity.
- Inflammation harms epithelial barrier functions.
- Progres® also favorably modifies the gastrointestinal microbiota.
- Production Features
- Strict internal and external quality control
- Production process grants a stable content of the active compound
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
- Certifications & Registrations
- A feed material status in European Union, registered in several countries beyond EU
- GMP+ and ISO certified
Technical Details & Test Data
- Technical Details
Intestinal epithelium is a crucially important tissue for high-performing farm animals. Even subclinical inflammation impairs the epithelial barrier function and reduces the capacity for nutrient absorption. Intestinal epithelium is composed by only one layer of cells which are attached to the collagen-rich basal membrane. Inflammation induces the expression of specific matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) enzymes which degrade collagen and other structural molecules of the extracellular matrix. This process damages epithelial integrity and leads to the “leaky gut syndrome”. Our research has demonstrated that diet-derived resin acids inhibit the expression and collagenolytic activity of inflammation-associated MMPs. Resin acids also reduce the number of inflammatory T-lymphocytes in the small-intestinal tissue. By these mechanisms the resin acids of Progres® reduce the impact of inflammation to the epithelial integrity. Progres® also beneficially modulates intestinal microbiota, favoring butyrate producers and lactobacilli, and reducing the growth of Gram-positive pathogens.