Animal Health and Productivity

ACCELERATE YOUR RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN STOCK FARMING

CD Genomics implements research, practice, and service programs directed toward the improvement of health and productivity, with primary focus on microbiology. With multiple microbial research platforms, we are capable of handling stock farming issues, such as nutrition, infectious diseases, microbial control, productivity, and animal welfare through microbial genomics methods.

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  Microbial Risk Assessment

  We perform early and accurate microbial testing for animal feeds, breeding environment, and meat product, as proper management of hygiene is very important for both animal welfare and human health. For example, Fungal contamination of animal feeds is regularly occurred on a worldwide scale and the detrimental effects have been observed in all classes of farm animals due to the generation of mycotoxins by certain species and strains of molds. We can provide microbial biodiversity, microbial identification, and whole genome sequencing services to detect microbial composition in the breeding and quality control process.

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  Gastrointestinal Microbiome Analysis

  Gastrointestinal (GI) microbes like rumen microorganisms play a vital role in the health and disease of farm and lab animals. We perform accurate GI microbiome analysis for farm and lab animals, which is important to understand the taxonomy, dynamics, and functions of microbial communities residing in the GI, microbe-host interactions, factors that influence microbial activities, and the differences between healthy and diseased animal populations. Therefore, our GI microbiome analysis has great animal health implications. Our principal approaches to investigating GI microbiome include whole-community metagenomics and metatranscriptomics, and correlation analyses.

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  Microbial Probiotics Discovery and Development

  Probiotics are living microbes that may be beneficial to the health of animals or humans when consumed, such as bacteria Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium spp. The research of intestinal microflora is an important aspect of probiotic discovery and development. Based on high-throughput sequencing technology, we can easily obtain the knowledge of microbial composition, complex microbial ecology, and microflora-host relationships. We assist our clients in probiotics discovery and development projects to promote the health of animals or human.