The National Drug Administration and Food Control (NAFDAC) has approved the first indigenous alternative herbal supplements to vaccine, antibiotics for poultry in Nigeria.
Earlier, the herbal supplements had provided succour to 1, 468 farm centers in Nigeria which were faced with threat from various diseases affecting their birds on the farm.
The co – founder and managing director of Ehibaghe Organic System, the manufacturer of the herbal product, Mr. Adedeji Babatunde who announced this in a press statement in Calabar, Cross River state said the management of the company was grateful to NAFDAC for beliving in the Supplements by granting them approval to be legally recognised as herbal supplements that will serve as alternative to vaccines for poultry in Nigeria.
He said that the herbal Supplements fight bacteria, fungi and viral infections and improve microbes that help play crucial role in Poultry birds productivity and health .
Adedeji further explained that over the years , the health of birds and productive status of farms that patronize the Supplements have considerably improved and the death rate due to sickness reduced.
The managing director assured that the company intend to expand its product to enable it cater for many farms in Nigeria in few months time after it is officially launched.
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