New Ancera Software Optimizes Downtime for Poultry Flock Transitions Based on Microbial Data
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Precision Downtime, a new software solution from Ancera, helps poultry integrators reduce downtime during flock transitions by leveraging real-time, farm-specific data based on microbial risk assessments. The software is already in use at a small bird complex, where is has reduced average downtimes between flocks by one day.
Traditionally, integrators rely on fixed downtime schedules, applying the same number of days for cleanout and treatments across all farms regardless of their microbial conditions. This “one-size-fits-all” approach leads to lost revenue as some farms sit idle longer than necessary, while others restart too soon, leading to increased microbial risk, higher mortality, and poor feed conversion.
Ancera’s Precision Downtime delivers data-driven downtime recommendations based on microbial risk assessments. The platform collects real-time data from poultry houses, analyzes microbial conditions, and prescribes the optimal number of downtime days, preventing unnecessary losses and improving the conditions for healthy birds.
Ancera: www.ancera.com
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