Alltech Latvia – Quality Animal Nutrition, Health and Feed Supplements

Dr. Harriet Walker, Ph.D., BSc (Hons), ANutr

Dr. Harriet Walker is the poultry specialist for the Alltech^® Gut Health platform.

Before taking this role, Harriet worked in the industry as a poultry nutritionist, developing a solid nutritional and technical knowledge base. She has extensive experience in bird nutrition and management over various farm sizes and poultry types..

Harriet completed her Ph.D. at Nottingham Trent University in 2013, evaluating the gut health and performance of broilers when feeding supplements to reduce antibiotic use, elucidating their mode of action. She also studied Animal Science at the University of Nottingham, where she completed her third-year dissertation in poultry nutrition in 2009.

Joel Estevinho, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Joel Estevinho serves as the poultry technical manager for Alltech Europe.

Throughout the course of his career, Joel has gained experience managing flocks in furnished and conventional cages and cage-free systems in a variety of farm sizes and house types throughout Europe and South America. His primary area of technical expertise is in the management of layer hens, both in rearing and production.

Joel earned his veterinary medicine diploma from Portugal’s UTAD University in 2005.

Pig: Pathway to ZnO-free: a holistic approach optimizes gut health

Time is running out to find solutions that could be used to replace therapeutic, high-level zinc oxide (ZnO) in weaned piglets. The EU will ban the use of medicinal levels of ZnO in 2022, and other regions will follow suit.

Alltech’s Seed, Feed, Weed (SFW) program is a timed gut health strategy that ensures your piglets perform optimally, even under stress. It is a synergistic combined approach to accelerate the evolution of the microbial community to a stable state and then maintain the status quo. Thanks to the antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and digestive properties, these natural ingredients stabilize piglets’ intestinal flora, boost their feed intake and set them up for strong and sustainable health and growth performance. Alltech SFW makes the transition to ZnO-free piglet diets more reliable and cost-effective.

Poultry: Achieve profitability in a sustainable manner

There is a broad interest in developing natural nutritional strategies to promote gut health and development in birds, maximizing lifetime growth performance, minimizing antibiotic use and improving the overall sustainability of production. Alltech’s SFW program is designed to positively impact gut health, affecting both microbial diversity and gut structure. This is essential for the bird and helps ensure optimal lifetime performance and profitability for producers in a sustainable manner.

Calves: Improve immunity for life-long benefits

A healthy gut is crucial for a healthy calf, and every calf disease will leave subclinical or clinical effects that may lead to early culling or reduced milk production. Establishing gut health and development in calves is essential for building a foundation for performance and profitability in the future herd. Alltech’s SFW program plays a crucial role in helping producers invest in future performance by modifying the gut and helping establish a favorable and more diverse microbial population after birth.