As part of its development of Precision Services for animal agriculture, dsm-firmenich Animal Nutrition & Health continues to invest in a portfolio of data-driven technologies for optimizing nutrition and animal performance. Using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning has enormous potential to provide not only diagnostic insights about what has and is happening in animals, but also to detect and predict issues and performance and suggest management and nutritional changes in ways that traditional practices cannot.
While there are very different distinctions between, for example, integrated poultry complexes versus the beef cattle production chain, all animal agriculture systems have in common aspects like huge amounts of data from biological processes, including animal health and nutrition data, increasingly sophisticated hardware and software tools and platforms, and new technologies like Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, biomarkers and gut microbiome sampling and analysis. The global team of animal scientists, data scientists, and software engineers at dsm-firmenich are pioneering ways to unlock the value and benefits made possible by these innovations.
Verax™ is a unique precision health and nutrition platform built on a foundation of blood biomarkers, combined with necropsy observations and multiple other data inputs. It provides novel insights to poultry producers to make better, timely decisions to drive their business. Verax may help highlight risk patterns associated with mortality and performance challenges, support earlier interventions, and highlight opportunities for nutrition efficiency. Customers can benefit both from ongoing monitoring of flocks and early detection or prediction of emerging issues, as well as diagnosis of performance issues that haven’t been resolved by other means. Since its original launch for broilers, dsm-firmenich has continued to add to its portfolio of standard models, while also expanding Verax for layers and broiler breeders. We are also in advanced development of our initial Verax swine models.
In parallel to increasing the depth and quality of our biomarker, microbiome, and other animal databases, we are also advancing machine learning and AI approaches. For example, taking insights from our FarmTell™ LORE platform developed for beef and dairy in South America, we are accelerating application of AI to our full portfolio of services for customers. In this interview as part of the upcoming Animal AgTech Innovation Summit April 8-9 in Fort Worth, TX, hear Leonardo Sá, Head of Global Precision Services, talk about the proliferating sources of data, use of AI, digital twins and more.
If you will be at Animal AgTech in Ft. Worth, look for David Dayhoff. To learn more about Verax, visit the Verax website, talk to your dsm-firmenich representative, or reach out to Dr. Matthew Livingston, our Verax lead for the USA & Canada.
Verax provides decision-support insights and is not a diagnostic test; outcomes depend on data quality, representativeness, and on-farm conditions.
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Verax is a precision health and nutrition platform for poultry that uses blood biomarkers, necropsy data, and machine learning to provide actionable insights. It helps producers reduce mortality, detect diseases early, and improve nutrition efficiency. The cloud-based app delivers customized reports, compares flock data to proprietary models, and curates relevant research. In addition to broilers, Verax also supports layers and moving into breeders, with both standard and custom analytics tailored to specific challenges. Since its original launch for broilers, dsm-firmenich has continued to add to its portfolio of standard models against which all new broiler blood samplings are assessed.
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Verax™ is a decision-making tool that enables data-driven optimization to improve your animals’ health, performance and environmental footprint. When producers partner with Verax, they receive access to the Verax application, including customized nutritional solutions and critical insights such as early detection of health issues and nutritional deficiencies unique to your birds. What specific features and insights are included within the app? In this short video, Matthew Livingston, business development manager for Verax within North America, walks through application features including blood biomarker insights, veterinarian observations, and various models such as coccidiosis and acid/base balance.
