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Avivagen begins trial of OxC-beta with UNAHCO

2016-02-11 07:50 ET - News Release

Mr. Cameron Groome reports

AVIVAGEN ANNOUNCES POULTRY TRIAL WITH UNAHCO, INC. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BANOS

Avivagen Inc. has started a trial with UNAHCO Inc. at the University of the Philippines Los Banos to measure the benefits of OxC-beta livestock as a feed additive for broiler poultry.

Trial design was by way of collaboration between Avivagen and UNAHCO and it will measure the benefits of OxC-beta on the performance and welfare of broiler poultry raised under typical local commercial production conditions for their full growth cycle. Response to the addition of OxC-beta into feed will be recorded via a series of health and commercial measures including, but not limited to, final body weight, average daily weight gain, feed conversion ratios and tissue/gut morphology. Testing will include six study arms, including unmedicated and medicated control groups and OxC-beta alone or in combination with medications.

UNAHCO is the wholly owned feed and veterinary subsidiary of Unilab Inc., the biggest pharmaceutical company in the Philippines. UNAHCO provides a broad range of animal health care and nutrition products and programs to meet the requirements of both commercial and backyard farmers in the Philippines as well as abroad. It is a leading producer of pig and poultry feed and has a distribution network that serves more than 3,000 outlets, supported by more than 100 field personnel.

UP Los Banos is a major public university located southeast of Manila that plays an influential role in Asian agriculture and biotechnology. The university hosts nine specialty colleges, local and international research, and has emphasized agriculture since its founding in 1909. The referenced trial will be conducted at the farm facilities of UP Los Banos.

Glen Ibanez, assistant vice-president, technical services, of UNAHCO, said: "This project will further strengthen UNAHCO's green platform strategy safe feed equals safe food. We're very excited to work with Avivagen on their OxC-beta technology, a nature-based feed ingredient that has been shown to enhance immunity and productivity."

Cameron Groome, chief executive officer and president of Avivagen, provided Avivagen's perspectives: "We're very pleased to be collaborating with UNAHCO for this new broiler poultry trial: the Philippines is an important Asian market and both UNAHCO and UP Los Banos are rightly respected for their capabilities. We believe that positive results from such trials will help establish OxC-beta technology as a valuable new tool for commercial feed and livestock producers."

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