The first fortnight decides the flock. Ekome builds the gut community that carries a bird through it — defined strains, declared counts, nothing hidden behind a “proprietary blend”.
THE PROBLEM WE SOLVE
Antibiotic reduction, feed at two-thirds of your cost base, and margins that move on a tenth of a point of FCR. Meanwhile most direct-fed microbials arrive as a species list with no strain, no count you can verify, and no evidence you can read.
A nutritionist cannot formulate around a black box. A buyer cannot defend one to a board.
So we publish what is in the sack, and what the evidence does and does not show.
OUR RANGE
A pellet-stable additive for chicks, broilers and layers. Three defined organisms that hold microbial balance while the bird is working hardest.
A six-organism lactic acid bacteria consortium for pullets and pre-lay birds — put in early, while there is still an empty gut to occupy.
N=189 FULL TEXTS ASSESSED | MULTI-STRAIN VALIDATION
We screened 4,423 records and read 189 full texts to decide which organisms earn a place in our products. The figures below are published, peer-reviewed results for these species, obtained by independent groups using their own strains. They are why we selected what we selected — not results from Ekome products.
1.71 → 1.55
Broiler FCR
Day-42 body weight +7.6% (2176 vs 2023 g, P = 0.003), B. subtilis.
Chen et al. 2025, Poultry Science
1.72 vs 1.81
Broiler FCR, 0–6 weeks
B. licheniformis, administered in water (P < 0.05).
Liu et al. 2012, AJAS
95.9% vs 94.3%
Hen-day egg production
Laying hens supplemented with B. subtilis (P = 0.048).
Chen et al. 2020, Poultry Science
2.08 vs 2.15
Feed per kg egg
Alongside improved shell strength and thickness (P = 0.001).
Wang et al. 2021, Poultry Science
1.97 vs 2.01
Layer FCR
P. acidilactici; egg weight 62.9 vs 62.1 g (P = 0.015).
Mikulski et al. 2020, Poultry Science
4,423
Records screened
PRISMA 2020 systematic review; 189 full texts assessed.
Ekome internal evidence review
Where the evidence is thin, we say so. Three organisms in our consortium have no species-level efficacy trial we consider clean, and no published study yet tests the full blend. Our technical team will walk you through the gaps as readily as the results.
WHY FEED MANUFACTURERS WORK WITH US
Every organism identified, selected for a defined function, and declared at a guaranteed viable count. Strain designations are on the label and in the dossier.
No proprietary-blend black boxes
EKOSHIELD is spore-forming and built for the mill. It survives standard commercial conditioning, so no post-pellet liquid application line is required.
> 95% survival, 90 °C for 30 min
Certificates of Analysis on every batch, and a full reference list behind every claim we make. If a figure is not ours, we tell you whose it is.
CoA with each delivery
We work alongside your nutrition team on inclusion rates, mill trials and trial design — as a technical partner, not a drop-shipper.
Trial design support included
“We don’t fight nature. We fortify it — and we prove it.”
STABILITY · RESILIENCE · EVIDENCE
We issue the full technical dossier and the published evidence behind each formulation to feed manufacturers, integrators and distributors.
WHAT YOU GET
