About AGOLIN RUMINANT

Many years of research has resulted in this specific blend of powerful components with great benefits to ruminant animals. AGOLIN RUMINANT is a blend of high quality plant extracts from e.g. coriander or clove designed to optimize the ruminants feed intake and feed utilization and methane production.

AGOLIN RUMINANT is the Company’s flagship product. It’s a blend of high quality plant extracts from herbs and spices, which is effective, innovative, easy to use and safe. Research trials demonstrate AGOLIN’s potential to influence the rumen microbiota positively. Larger rumen bacteria populations and a reduced number of protozoa were discovered when AGOLIN was fed to cows. The feed additive produces rumen responses, both in vitro and in vivo, such as reduced methane and ammonia production in the rumen that leads to better energy and protein utilisation and consequently improved productivity in the animals.

Research demonstrated AGOLIN’s efficacy to reduce methane. Under the conditions of the trial carried out by INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) in France, the feed supplement reduced over time the enteric methane production in dairy cows significantly by 30 %. In this trial a tracer gas technique was used.
 
In the Institute for Agriculture and Fisheries Research (ILVO) in Belgium, gas from cows and beef cattle was measured, but in metabolic chambers. Also in these experiments AGOLIN confirmed its ability to significantly reduce methane.

Further product features are its pleasant smell and its physical forms , which are well accepted by the feed industry and farmers.

Dairy trials

University research and field trials around the world confirm the benefits of AGOLIN RUMINANT on feed efficiency and milk yields.

A research trial carried out with 600 high yielding dairy cows by the University of California demonstrated the following main benefit from inclusion of AGOLIN in corn based diets of early lactating cows (left):
Further University trials in UK, Germany and Spain have shown excellent feed intakes and positive effects on milk yield and feed eddiciency when AGOLIN was supplemented.

Field trials in the UK on large dairy herds (> 200 cows ea.) fed with grass silage based TMR have shown good feed intake and positive effects on milk yield and feed efficiency.

In all the tested farms, milk yield and feed efficiency showed significant improvement. As a consequence the revenue of these farms was improved by at least 5%.
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Beef trials

Improving rumen efficiency is equally as effective in beef animals as dairy. Field trials confirm excellent responses to AGOLIN RUMINANT in beef animals. The latest example is a ten month trial carried out on a large cattle farm in Germany, with 235 bulls involved. The feed ration formulation is based on grass and corn silage.

The average weight at start was about 365 kg and the final weight was measured at 720 kg. The bulls in the AGOLIN group were slaughtered on average 8.5 day earlier.

The main findings were significantly higher weight gains and an improved feed conversion rate of over 5%. Together these positive results for AGOLIN are worth about Euro 30 - 50 per animal.

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Packaging and dosage

AGOLIN RUMINANT is available in powder and liquid form. A version for organic production is also available.

The recommended dosage for dairy cows is :
1 g of AGOLIN RUMINANT/ head / day.
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The inclusion level for beef cattle is :
150 - 200 mg / 100kg LW / head / day.