Iranian Knowledge-Based Firm Produces Probiotic Yeasts for Livestock, Poultry Feed

“Our company’s activities are focused on production of probiotic supplements, and due to the impossibility of eliminating all harmful bacteria and the resistance created by the use of antibiotics, this knowledge-based company has produced probiotic supplements and yeasts to increase the positive bacteria in the living environment of humans and animals,”said Ahmad Yari Khosroshahi, the managing director of the knowledge-based Gol Sahand Khosro company.

Stressing the important role of probiotics in improving the nutritional health of the society, he said, “Probiotics lead to improved health and reduced consumption of antibiotics.”

“Our company operates in six major livestock fields, including cattle and sheep, poultry, aquatic animals, horses, sheep, goats, and bees. We are trying to improve the breeding of the mentioned animals by using our products,” Yari Khosroshahi noted.

In a relevant development earlier this year, a startup in Iran had also succeeded in extracting the yeast cell wall (YCW) and using it in livestock and poultry feed to prevent increase in population of probiotic bacteria and formation of mold in animal feed and reduce the financial losses.

“The increase in population of probiotic bacteria boosts the amount of absorption and energy received from the animal feed which results in reduction of costs of purchasing feed by livestock and poultry farmers,” Sima Moradi, the managing director of the start-up active in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry, told ANA.

He also underlined the importance and high efficiency of yeast cell wall (YCW) as a part of compounds that make up the toxin binders, saying that they can play a significant role in preventing disease in livestock and poultry.

“An important application of toxin binders is when livestock and poultry feed is moldy due to improper storage conditions, and livestock farms are sometimes forced to use such feeds to prevent financial losses,” she said, noting that adding toxin binder to livestock and poultry feed removes toxins from animal’s body and prevents it from entering the milk.

“Therefore, our researchers extracted the yeast cell wall (YCW) and used it in livestock and poultry feed to prevent the increase in population of probiotic bacteria and existence of mold in livestock and poultry feed and reduce the financial losses of livestock farms,” Moradi said.

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