Condition and development prospects of turkey meat production in Ukraine

Nikolay Vernitsky, Director
ProAgro Information Company (Ukraine)

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Mr. Vernitsky graduated from the National Agrarian University (1994) with a diploma in agro-chemistry and soil science. He worked as a leading specialist at the Centre of Marketing Research “Ukragroconsalt”, a head of the informational department of the Ukrainian Agrarian Exchange, deputy director of the “Olimpex Ltd.” Company representative office.

 He has been actively involved in analyzing and forecasting agrarian market and pricing tendencies for 10 years; he studies issues of agrarian products trade liberalization and integration of Ukraine into the world market. Mr. Vernitsky stands for market relations in Ukrainian agriculture, agrarian market infrastructure development, private land ownership and exchange trade.

Requirements for live poultry and products import to Ukraine

Natalya Zgonnik, Chief Specialist

State Department of Veterinary Medicine 
of Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine

State Department of Veterinary Medicine is a government authority which is a part of Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine.

The main tasks of State Department of Veterinary Medicine are participation in implementation of state policy on veterinary medicine, state veterinary and sanitary oversight and inspection of quality and safety of foodstuff and animal origin products.

State Department of Veterinary Medicine organizes development and implementation of antiepizootic, treatment and prevention, veterinary and sanitary measures; supervises use of veterinary preparations, drugs and treatment methods.

State Department of Veterinary Medicine also provides for control and oversight of production and application of veterinary preparations and drugs, fodders and fodder supplements; assessment of their impact on animals’ health; organizes veterinary and sanitary examination of products of animal and plant origin.

Scientific support of pedigree turkey breeding in Ukraine

His research experience is 14 years. He is a specialist in the field of poultry breeding, selection and genetics quantification. He is an author of 75 researches, including 8 books and guidelines.

Poultry Research Institute of UAAS was founded as Ukrainian Research Poultry Institute in 1930 in Kamenets-Podolsk. In 1938 it was reorganized into Ukrainian Research Poultry Station and transferred to Borky village (Kharkov region). In 1959, the Station was awarded the status of a Research Institute which is now the leading Ukrainian Poultry Research Centre.

Institute works on preparations for treatment and prevention of avian mycotoxicosis and methods of their use in poultry industry. A number of scientific solutions developed by the Institute were used as a basis for prospective plans of development of poultry breeding and selective breeding programs. Currently the Institute develops business-plans for individual farms and provides consultations on management in poultry breeding.

David Shaw, Regional Sales Manager
British United Turkey (United Kingdom)

British United Turkeys is committed to supplying the best turkey genetics to meet the market requirements of the World's turkey industry. Combining the latest quantitative genetics selection techniques with more than 40 years of turkey experience, B.U.T. can supply its customers with a range of products that can meet the needs of different market sectors, from whole birds to further processing.

The company supplies the turkey-poults and eggs of various size group: B.U.T.8, B.U.T.9, B.U.T. Big6. B.U.T. is unique in the versatile range o products available, with each product adapted to meet specific market sectors worldwide.

Turkey breeding and feeding technologies

Jo Loiseau
Grelier (France)

GRELIER is a company with its 50-year-old experience and its history. GRELIER is familiar in many countries of Europe and Africa. Company’s line of daily actions needs mastering many activities : genetics, breeding, hatching, sanitary safety, service.

Also the company implements various programmes: Improving rearing conditions and monitoring animal welfare, Testing new nutritional programmes, Testing new equipments in hatcheries.

GRELIER advertises for sale hen, turkey and guinea fowl crosses. The company also provides the Planning Service, the Technical Service and the Customer Service.

Potential of leading French turkey and waterfowl breeders and the proposals to Ukraine

Jean-Jacques Herve, Agrarian Counsellor of Embassy
Embassy of France in Ukraine
 

Up-to-date equipment for turkey breeding

Adri van Hoof, Director
Van Hoof Bladel B.V (Holland)

The company offers equipment for poultry and pig farms:

·        feed storage bins, feed transport system, feeding and drinking system, automatic community nests (for broilers, layers, breeders, turkeys, ducks, geese) (Roxell, Belgium);

·        layer batteries (Tecno, Italy);

·        ventilators, air control equipment, heaters (Multifan, Ermaf, ITB, Stienen, The Netherlands);

·        lighting systems, brooders (Gazolek, Italy)

·        equipment for slaughtering, meat and waste processing (Stork, The Netherlands);

·        feeding systems for pigs (Roxell, Belgium).

Also Van Hoof Bladel offers short season soybean and peas.

Complete feed for turkey and waterfowl feeding

Yury Vanzhula
Kiev-Atlantic Ukraine JSC (Ukraine)

JSC “Kiev-Atlantic Ukraine” is the modern production complex – integrated agricultural center which consists of grain elevator, oil processing plant and feed mill.

The main product that is produced by JSC “KAU” is top-quality feed product for all kinds of agricultural animals and birds under the trade mark “Multigain”.

“Multigain” feed is the ecologically pure organic product for 100%, it does not comprise hormones and artificial growth stimulants. Using “Multigain” feed you provide the animals with all necessary nutrients, vitamins and minerals that in return is a guarantee of reaching the highest results in meat, milk and eggs production.

Feed additives in poultry fodder

Leonid Podobed, Doctor of Science in Agriculture, Professor
Stirolbioteh (Ukraine)

The leading Ukrainian researcher with regard to cattle and poultry feeding and feed technologies. Published more than 200 research papers (including 11 monographs) concerning production and usage of feed supplements in animal husbandry and poultry farming. Is engaged in finding ways of optimization of poultry feeding using modern feed supplements.

Is a scientific consultant of the "Stirolbiotech" firm regarding production and usage of "Lirprot" amino-acid supplement. Consults leading Ukrainian poultry companies on issues of complete feeding and effective mixed feed production.

JSC "Stirolbiotech" was founded on basis of Tripolskiy Biochemical Plant in 2001. Today a factory produses goods of strategically important groups - baking yeast "Obukhovskie" and lysine fodder additive LIPROT®. All production of the highest quality also is in great demand in Ukraine, and is exported to the countries of the Europe and the CIS.

Efficiency of use of fodder additive LIPROT® is confirmed by researches in profile institutes UAAS and by CIS and European countries. Use of LIPROT® in feeding animals allows to reduce the cost price of production, to increase quality of end production, to increase an output of meat, dairy and egg production.

Genetic potential of Ukrainian geese breeds and populations

Viktor Khvostik, Candidate of Agriculture Science, Selection and Genetics Branch Manager
Poultry Research Institute of UAAS (Ukraine)

It is possible to obtain high quality, competitive products provided we use premium-grade pedigree stock with high genetic potential that is adapted to local climate and environment conditions and is simple to feed and keep.

Ukrainian specialists of Poultry Research Institute of Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences work on profound breeding and selection of Ukrainian gene pool geese on the basis of State Poultry Breeding Enterprise “Razdolnoye” (Kharkov region). The breeding enterprise and 14 breeding farms actively work with geese of the Big Grey breed. Recently, much attention has been paid to development and improvement of Big White geese population.

International standards and their application for food producers

Ivan Sokolov, Head of Safety and Environment Department
Bureau Veritas Ukraine (Ukraine)

Technologies of meat output and quality increase

Poultry slaughtering and dressing equipment and technologies

Konstantin Samoylenko, Head of Representatives
Linco Food Systems A/S Representatives (Denmark)
AM2C (France)

LINCO is one of the world's leading manufacturers of machinery for the poultry meat processing industry. The company has a sixty year history of experience and know- how when it comes to poultry processing machinery.

Four North European factories, situated in Denmark and Holland, LINCO has the capacity to supply machinery for a wide range of processes in poultry and related food industries worldwide. LINCO employees have a unique knowledge covering all aspects of poultry processing from live birds - (chickens, hens, turkeys, ducks and geese) - to waste management.

LINCO´s product range covers the needs of small, to large-scale processing companies, from single process stand-alone machines, to turnkey projects including complete processing plants, management, and training.

AM2C was created in 1991. The firm is specialized in mechanical separators and deboners/desinewers.

An efficient research department together with technical team increase and set up own systems and also our full production line. AM2C is becoming an important actor on the worldwide market.

Production management

Efficiency and economic evaluation of different poultry keeping systems

Sergey Grechihin, Deputy Director of Poultry Department

KreMix (Ukraine)
 

Premixes plant KreMix (Poltava region) was founded in 2002. Its products conform fully to the European standards and can compete with foreign analogues. Volume of premix production is 3500 tones per year. The plant is equipped according to modern principles of premix production, the necessary requirements of premix technologies of the level observed abroad are satisfied.

Premix production at the plant represents a complete classical technological process, which is globally accepted. It results in creation of quite a new product with chemical, physical and mechanical properties, planned in advance. Complete computerization of all production phases combined with high-grade stock, which is purchased at the leading European manufacturers enable to produce premixes different as for composition and purpose of usage.

New opportunities for crediting of Ukrainian agroindustrial sector and poultry enterprises

Andrey Trifonov, Senior Economist
Raiffeisen Bank Aval (Ukraine)

Infectious disease prophylaxis at poultry farms

Vitaliy Vdovichenko
Intervet International B.V. Ukraine (Holland)

Intervet International B.V. successfully works in Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic States from the early 90-s. It is one of the world’s leaders as for farm and domestic animals sales volumes. The company’s production facilities are located in 20 countries and its representatives in 120 countries of the world. In Ukraine Intervet works more than 11 years.

Intervet International B.V. range of products consists of about 750 veterinary medical products of different pharmacological groups: biological and chemotherapeutical products, fodder additives. The main system of medicines includes vaccines for poultry, pigs, cattle and small domestic animals; medical products for mastitis and endometritis cattle treatment, various injection antibiotics, hormonal preparations, antiparasitics products.

Comprehensive veterinary service for poultry breeding farms and biosecurity

Valeria Kilimenko, Medical Adviser of Poultry Department
Bio-Test-Laboratory, Research-and-Production Company (Ukraine)

Since 1989 the company is successfully working on the Ukrainian market. At the moment it is competitive company, which has different types of activities:

▪ Production department is developing and producing the high qualitative vaccines, test kits for diagnostic, veterinary products and mediums;

▪ Sales department is selling veterinary products and vaccines, veterinary tools and equipment, test kits, equipment for disinfection, vaccination and artificial insemination of animals;

▪ Consulting group is providing with complex services for livestock and poultry farms;

▪ Modern Diagnostic Center is making serological tests, postmortem examination, bacteriological, virological, histological and molecular (PCR) tests, feed tests (nutritional value, safety tests and mycotoxines detection). At the moment it’s the unique commercial veterinary center of diagnostic.

The main principles of the company activity are quality, reliability and professionalism.

Technologies of poultry waste processing

Pyotr Kucheruk, Consultant, Principal Engineer of Institute of Technical Thermal Physics of NASU

SEC Biomass (Ukraine)

Ukrainian company "Scientific Engineering Centre "Biomass" Ltd. (SECB) was registered in January 1998 and is currently the leading commercial Ukrainian company working in the sector of energy production from biomass (combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, anaerobic digestion, landfill gas extraction and utilisation, liquid fuel production) and preparation of JI projects under Kyoto Protocol.

For the moment staff of SECB is 20 persons (including 7 Ph.D.). The main activities are consultancy, R&D, feasibility studies, participation in implementation projects in the field of bioenergy technologies, development of Joint Implementation projects