Iranian Knowledge-Based Company Produces Animal Feed Supplements Using Nanotechnology

According to the Iran Nanotechnology Innovation Council (INIC), one of the knowledge-based companies in Iran has produced third-generation animal feed supplements, which, not only has high absorption rate but also the risks of sensitivity to temperature and humidity has been eliminated.

Fatemeh Sakatchi, the managing director of the knowledge-based company, noted that 60% of the costs of livestock and poultry companies are related to feeding, adding,“By developing a nano product, we have offered an animal feed supplement that not only downs animal feed costs, but also has higher effectiveness and absorption rate compared to ordinary supplements.”

“We are the third generation producer of mineral supplements for animal feed, which we produced with nano technology. The use of supplements is currently a necessity in the [farming] industry while prior to this, the first and second generations supplements had been offered [to the market],”she added.

Stating that in the first generation of animal supplements, mineral compounds were extracted from mines and were utilized, she added, “These supplements had low absorption rate and high contamination potential, and to tackle this challenge, chelating agents were used in the second generation, which increased the absorption rate of supplements, but still there was absorption interruption and sensitivity to temperature and humidity as problematic factors.”

 “After 10 years of research and development, an American-Dutch company produced the third generation of supplements and exported them to more than 90 countries, and based on that, we developed the third generation of animal feed mineral supplements,”she went on to say.

According to her, in the third generation of animal feed supplements, in addition to the advantages of the previous generations, the sensitivity of these supplements to temperature and humidity has been eliminated.

“Considering that the biggest cost in the livestock and poultry business feeding-related costs, increasing productivity and reducing costs is of great importance in that industry.”

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