Improvements in animal growth management carrying out preventive actions in matters of health and animal welfare is crucial to reduce the need of use of antibiotics and to obtain a higher production performance.

For example, dietary measures can help in order to prevent some diseases, strengthen the immune system, to develop a balanced gut microflora and contribute to better animal growth.

However, not only animal nutrition and feed is necessary to get the highest performance. At Bordas, we approach animal management in a comprehensive way from three areas: Nutrition, Health and Welfare.

In this blog we are going to explain how high nitrogen emissions generated in the production of different animals are not only harmful to the environment but also affect negatively their lives and those of their caretakers, causing diseases to farm animals, pets and humans

Ammonia gas, which is compounded by atoms of nitrogen and hydrogen, is a colourless gas which is not only harmful for livestock, pets, and farmers, but also produces unpleasant characteristically pungent odour

Some studies have shown that chronic exposure to ammonia gas may produce health damages to animals and workers.

The negative effects on animal health may be consequences in proper growth, fertility, infections, and respiratory disease. Some respiratory tract damages observed are difficulty breathing, imitation of the trachea, proliferation of bacterias in lungs and pneumonia.

Furthermore, long-time exposure to high levels of this compound may, for example, impair egg production in birds, or cause mastitis in cows.

Harmful effects of ammonia in humans can be a threat to worker’s health, producing effects such as irritation of mucous membranes (eyes and the respiratory tract), developing headache, nauseas, and loss of appetite, among others.

To get livestock, diary and birds welfare and maintain animals in the safest and more comfortable environment in the housings, it is necessary to develop a proper animal performance and to adopt preventive checkpoints-measures individually or in combination as follow:

As a manufacturer of feed additives and animal health and welfare ingredients, Bordas takes seriously the importance of maintaining the safety and high quality of our products, from the raw materials used until it is placed in the hands of the final consumer.

This solution is centric based on the chemical composition of the essential oils from the Mediterranean Arc extracted naturally through distillation.

This product completely covers the quick appearance of the strong and unpleasant ammonia odour coming from urine and faeces due to the bacterial proliferation in animal housing. The main objective is to create a healthier environment for the animal and farmer, acting as a green alternative to fight against microbial and enzymatic breakdown.

Cleanness conditions and high-quality air have a positive effect on the happiness and health of any livestock animal and pets.

This deodorising product, made 100% in Seville (Spain), should be easily mixed with a solid mineral carrier such as diatomea sand and should be applied directly on the surface or mist in air, in both farm animals spaces and pets litter bedding.