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Seaweeds and their downstream processed products
Application Uses
  • Improve performance of poultry and cattle
  • Better Immuno-responsiveness (Cellular mediated and HA titer) in poultry and cattle
  • Gut health (microbial & structural) in poultry
  • Higher egg production and advancement in egg laying age
  • Higher Calcium and iron content in milk
  • Reduced methane emission and higher energy use efficiency
  • Higher daily growth rate in cross bred calves
Salient Technical Features
  • Low energy requirement
  • Raw materials indigenously available
  • Competitive cost
  • Idea of toxicological profile and active constituents
  • Palatable to animals
  • Can be offered as feed additive to animals in different forms including powder and cattle lick
  • Good health benefits in cattle and poultry
  • Higher productivity and quality of produce
  • Scope of further improvisation
TRL
TRL 5
Scale of Development:
  • The formulations have been tested and validated by different ICAR institutes working on animals (IVRI, NDRI) and poultry (CARI)
  • Toxicology studies of specific formulation are available
Business scope & opportunity

Animal feed additive Market – By 2022 is projected at USD 1.853 billion and growing CAGR@ 8.1 %, and thus offers tremendous scope

Environment Considerations
  • The invention process is eco-friendly
  • It can bring down methane emissions
Status of Licensing
Licensed technology
Status Commercialization
Ready for commercialization
Major Raw Materials Needed

Select seaweeds

Major Plant Equipment

Seaweed cultivation or collection mechanism, expeller, dryer, pulveriser, reaction vessels

Techno-Economics

Tentative Price: ₹150 per kg – depending on the formulation and process

Technology Package

Know-how of formulation; Demonstration through field validated data; License fee and other financial details would be provided onrequest

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