Manna Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

Livestock technology products

Introduction

Company’s development and current status

Manna Biotechnology has been in existence for 25 years. The inception of Manna Biotech coincided with Taiwan’s economic takeoff. At that time many households began to raise tropical fish in house aquariums. However, the growth environment required for ornamental fish farming is much stricter and more complicated than other fish farming.Therefore, the R & D department of Manna Biotech Company was founded early and created a special bio-agent to improve the water quality of ornamental fish tanks, odor and pathogen removal to promote the health of fish farming. The bio-agent helped the aquarium industry to increase profits. At the same time, the company also applied the bio-agent to fish outdoor ponds and other large-scale fishing places for the development of enhanced fish aquaculture. The Mannatech bio-agent was effective in maintaining the water quality and reduce the cost of tank water for aquaculture industry making a great contribution for this field.

Moreover, the Manna Biotech Company has also developed a bio-agent for broiler breeding. This revised formula, the new modified bio-agent has been used in broiler breeding and demonstrably improves the quality of chicken meat, enhances the viability of chickens, and enhances the health of the chickens significantly. Through the application of the newly developed conditioner, the company also developed an innovative system of broiler rearing: Improved Litter Engineering System (ILES). After three years of farm trials testing confirmed that this system significantly improves the living environment and meat quality of broiler. In addition, Manna Biotech also begin production of a variety of disease-resistant probiotics. These probiotic agents target the common diseases in broiler breeding offering enhanced disease prevention and treatment of a range of pathogens that commonly occur on broiler farms. The disease-resistant probiotics are produced by a unique culture developed by Manna Biotech. It has both deodorant and has antibacterial effects on chicken manure. It is also used as an environmental conditioner, for odor removal in many public waste water systems, such as: septic tanks, drains of residential buildings, etc.

It has proven particularly effective at reducing the growth of bacteria, especially at preventing the development of lumps which cause the pipeline in septic tanks from becoming plugged and is quite miraculous.

Company Vision

Since the establishing the company, we continue to engage in rigorous testing, and have developed a variety of engineering methods for improving broiler breeding. Our product not only provides chicken growers with a better tool for raising profitability but also helps the farmer in achieving the goals of organic agriculture. Accordingly, the Manna Biotech Company will continue to adhere to this working hard for the future of chicken industries worldwide. It is beneficial to breed chickens with no drug residue, and the promotion of optimizing poultry meat quality. Using our rich experiences of broiler breeding in Taiwan, we will extend our knowledge and benefits to poultry breeders all over the world enabling poultry meat of the highest quality.

Fermentation of ST bacteria

Chicken manure-free fermentation biological treatment method

1. Introduction
The company has developed a repetitive padding construction method, based on methane bacteria as the main body, and with Aspergillus, Bacillus bacteria, yeast and lactic acid (collectively known as ST fermentation bacteria) that have been used for decomposition of litter in poultry industry for eliminating risk factors, improving the resistance of pathogens to reducing the cost of litter, and providing a cooler and drier environment for broiler breeding.

2. Advantages of ST bacteria for the poultry industry
(1) Biological effects: fermentation bedding plate count test
A: E. coli was inhibited at 1CFU / 100 ml after using ST bacteria.
B: Salmonella not detected.
C: Viruses absent in the host state after the breeding place was put it aside for 12 days.
D: Provides natural bio-feed and antigens.

(2) Chemical effects: excludes bad gases:ammonia and hydrogen sulfide.
A: Ammonia was not detected due to methane decomposition by thermophilic bacteria. It helps to reduce respiratory disease and the viral infection rate.
B: Hydrogen sulfide was efficiently decomposed.
C: The pH was maintained between 5.5-6.1, it inhibits harmful protozoa proliferation.

(3) Physical effects
A: Fluffy bedding technology increases the oxygen content of biodegradable waste to improve on-site odor and decomposition.
B: Up to 200 % the amount of water was absorbed in the litter, it is useful to enhance hydrogen sulfide conversion.
C: Chicken manure on the soil is relatively odorless

3. Repetitive padding operations
Steps:
1. First, turn litter completely.
2. The spray the diluted ST bacteria solution onto the litter .
3. Seal the chicken coop about 7-9 days.
4. After about 15 days later, the process is completed.

4. Advantages using fermented litter
* No occurrence of coccidia.
* Reduces feet odor.
* Improves the distribution of shed flora: the environment of sheds will be converted to an acidic one, harmful to bacteria and viruses and more difficult for them to survive.
* Odor: Litter after contact with the feces and urine from the chicken has no odor occurrence in the sheds.
* Save on labor costs.
* Due to the fermentation of litter moisture evaporates naturally and increases dryness of the bedding surface.
* Anti-virus.

The beginning of the journey: As a kid in Brooklyn we probably ate out at least 2 times a week. One time was Italian food and the other time was definitely Chinese. The Chinese food of my youth, or the default Chinese food if you will was Cantonese style-from what is now known as GuangZhou. The thing that always fascinated me about the Chinese-American people I contacted was how many of them still dressed in a Chinese style or flavor, spoke the language of their original country and read Chinese character newspapers. In fact, I remember one funny minor scandal in Brooklyn dealing with Chinese newspapers and Brooklyn’s first Kosher-Chinese restaurant. Management wasn’t Chinese and they cut up various papers they got their hands on only to find out that much of it contained Communist Party rhetoric-this was still in the Cold War pre- China normalization days so it definitely caused a little stir. These more noticeable differences in culture from the more prevalent European immigrants always fascinated me. The delicious food and  Asiatic appearance were also kind of exotic and interesting too.

Some years later the cultural curiosity I had probably influenced me to take a course on Chinese poetry. After taking this course (English translations) I got the ambitious idea on taking the language, thinking that possibly one day I could read the poems in Chinese. I never got that far on my reading but ended up as an Oriental Studies major, with my concentration on Chinese studies-including the language, culture, history, philosophy, etc. Ironically, while I was studying Chinese I didn’t have many Chinese friends but did have several Japanese friends that could read the Chinese characters which they call kanji.

I was always good at languages-they came easy to me. I guess I inherited some linguistic ability  from my maternal grandmother-she spoke around 10 different languages and I had an aunt that was a UN interpreter. Chinese fascinated me-I loved the simple grammar but was challenged by the 4 tones in Mandarin(which I later learned is really 5 tones if you included the light tone).