carbovet goes global

Following a successful test marketing operation, CarboVet is now available to all sectors of the international feed industry.

CarboVet is a natural vegetal charcoal made from a special variety of oak tree grown to supply wood for wine barrel production in France.

The benefits of charcoal to alleviate digestive disorders are well documented. It has high adsorbent properties, which can trap enterotoxins produced by harmful bacteria, as well as mycotoxins present in contaminated feed materials.

A recent study carried out at the Bangkok Research Centre in Thailand, compared the effect of CarboVet and two competitor products on the performance of broilers fed feed contaminated with Aflotoxin B1. The results are summarised in the table below.

On all the key parameters; body weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio, CarboVet demonstrated numerically a superior performance.

Concerning faecal score, liver, % bodyweight and kidney, % bodyweight, CarboVet once again performed nearest to the control where no Aflatoxin was presented: See table below.

More details about this trial are available in Pancosma Technical Bulletin No. 500. Also a new brochure featuring all the benefits of CarboVet and feeding instructions is available, both can be obtained from your local Pancosma representative.