The trend of anti-microbial free feeding programs and the adoption of other such approaches is increasing among poultry, cattle, and other livestock animals. And in this subject, direct fed microbial or DFM is one of the most popularly growing methods to boost the health of livestock.
Also referred to as probiotics, DFM is a product consist of live and
feasible microorganisms such as bacteria or yeast that are most commonly
provided to the livestock. This in turn aids in altering the gastrointestinal
flora and overall health of the animal. In the past few years, the awareness
regarding DFM has immensely increased among pet and cattle owners. Owing to
this, their adoption of direct fed microbial has significantly increased for
livestock. In a report published by Allied Market Research, the
global direct fed microbial market is anticipated to hit $1.77 billion
by 2026.
How does it
help to boost the Health of Livestock?
Over the last decade or more, DFM has shown beneficial results with
regards to animal performance, digestion, improved feed efficiency, decreased
condemnations, and immune system. When provided in an appropriate quantity to
the livestock, microorganisms can offer plentiful health benefits. To specify,
monogastric animals observe an array of benefits with DFM during the beginning
of lactation and the process of weaning. In addition, DFM offers greater
resistance to infectious diseases, improves feed conversion, improves milk
production and quality, boosts egg production, and provides essential
nutrients.
Yeast helps in alleviating pH along with minimizing the risk of
acidosis among the livestock. Furthermore, yeast is commonly used for swine,
poultry, and monogastric animals. Yeast-based probiotics aim to benefit the
colon, caecum, and other areas of diverse microbes.
The bacteria, on the other hand, used most commonly as animal-feed
probiotics are Bacillus, Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, Pediococcus, Enterococcus,
and Bifidobacterium. Moreover, commercially probiotics products
have more than one class of microbes for better effect. In addition, some also
have fungi.
Undeniably, the farms and cattle owners have been through massive
challenges during the outbreak of the global pandemic. As a result, this has
impacted the DFM industry as well as the livestock. Here are some of the major
aspects that have impacted the market during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Covid-19 and
Calamity
The outburst of covid-19 has wreaked havoc on the lifestyle of each
and every person. Where we suffered through numerous health challenges, the
global industries have face major disputes as well in terms of economic
stability and maintenance. The prolonged lockdown announced to curb the spread
of the disease has led to disrupting the manufacturing facilities of DFM
products. In addition, the supply chain management has been interrupted during
the initial phases due to travel bans.
At the same time, people have switched to adopt healthy diets and
lifestyles to boost immunity. Owing to which the poultry and cattle owners have
massively witnessed the demand for eggs and milk. However, presently, the
government bodies in various regions have issued several measures and
precautionary elements to aid with economic terms.
The rising demand for poultry and cattle products is leading to an
increase in the requirement of DFM and other approaches to boost livestock and
its health. This has supported the industrial growth during the pandemic.
Moreover, the market is expected to observe higher demand post-pandemic.
What Does the Future
of Animal Probiotics Seem to Be?
No doubt that the requirement for DFM products would increase in the
approaching time. In order with this, the DFM manufacturers are investing in
newer technologies. The market players are capitalizing on discovering
innovative ways to boost the benefits of probiotics. Since DFM product also
plays a vital role in maintaining more applications in animals, this approach
as anti-microbial free programs is expected to rise.
Farm animals, moreover, are exposed to environment-related stress.
Apart from this, numerous factors are responsible for causing an imbalance in
the intestinal system, thereby becoming risk factors for pathogenic infections.
Irrespective of the class, animal health is important for the production chain.
The use of DFM in an animal is related to effectiveness in the modulation of
the intestinal microbiota. What’s more, both individual and combined strain of
DFM has a significant effect on absorption and application of feed, a regular
rise of body weight, and total body weight of numerous animals.
The growing health awareness is leading to an increase in the demand
for protein-based food products. In addition, the growing population is
augmenting the demand for animal-based products including meat and milk. Simultaneously,
the high cost of manufacturing facilities somehow leads to hampering the market
to a certain extent. Moreover, the increasing concerns based on the utilization
of antibiotics in animals and benefits of direct fed microbial are expected to
unlock huge prospects for the industry in the coming years.
Author Bio:
Akshita Pacholi has accomplished a Masters’ degree in English Literature and is presently working as a content writer with Allied Market Research. She loves reading, writing short stories, poems, and blogs. She is a selective sports’ admirer and is curious to learn new things.
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