DDC Sheep Industry Conference Showcases New Options for Ruminant Palatability Enhancement

From September 22 to 24, the 21st (2025) Sheep Industry Development Conference was grandly held in Yulin, Shaanxi. The conference brought together industry experts, enterprise representatives, government leaders, and frontline practitioners from across the country to jointly explore new paths, technologies, and models for the development of the sheep industry.

Under the theme "Focusing on New Quality Productivity, Empowering High-Quality Development of the Sheep Industry," the conference adopted various forms such as thematic reports, technical training, achievement signings, and model site visits. It gathered industry wisdom, focused on tackling key challenges and difficulties within the sector, conducted in-depth analyses of the current opportunities and challenges facing the sheep industry, and built consensus and clarified pathways for the industry to move toward high-quality and sustainable development.

During the keynote report session on September 23, the thematic report titled "Development and Application of New Technologies for Feeding Regulation in Meat Sheep" by Zhang Zhehao, Technical Service Manager at DDC, attracted significant attention. Starting from the animal feeding regulation system and its mechanisms, he shared DDC's achievements in the research, development, and application of feeding regulation technologies for meat sheep in recent years.

In the exhibition area, at booths D35-36, DDC showcased its new scientific research achievements in the field of ruminant feeding regulation—"Wei Tai Xian" and "Pineapple Milk." As a major achievement transformation project in Sichuan Province, "Wei Tai Xian" is a powerful assistant dedicated to enhancing palatability and efficiency in ruminant farming. With biotechnology at its core, it creates a dual-upgrade solution for "feed intake + profitability" in ruminant farming, helping breeders save costs and increase revenues with proven effectiveness, making it a reliable partner on the breeding journey. As a new-generation option for ruminant palatability enhancement, "Pineapple Milk" was featured in a feeding preference study for fatting Hu sheep conducted by Lanzhou University. The study showed that adding 400g/t of "Pineapple Milk" to concentrated supplements significantly increased feed intake, daily weight gain, and the feed conversion ratio. Experimental data indicated a 20% increase in daily feed intake compared to the control group, with a preference index of 1.2.

In the future, DDC will continue to adhere to its strategy of "Leveraging Biotechnology to Become Experts in Animal Feeding Regulation." It will persistently deepen its expertise in biotechnology, advance research on animal feeding regulation, iteratively upgrade biotechnology products, empower innovation in the feed industry, contribute to saving grain and increasing efficiency in livestock farming, and join the sheep industry in ushering in a new future for the development of new quality productivity in biological feed.