SIGNS Laboratory
SIGNS LABORATORY, an IRSEA GROUP company, is a world leader in pheromone-based biological solutions for livestock, focused on developing innovations that significantly improve animal health and welfare. SIGNS solutions represent the art of combining nature and science.
All active ingredients in SIGNS products are analogues of pheromones or other secretions released by organisms into the environment: a truly ecological, sustainable and healthy approach. The components are molecules that organisms naturally produce in their metabolisms. SIGNS Laboratories offers innovative, accessible and eco-friendly biological solutions to meet the economic, environmental and welfare needs of animal producers.
Consequences of stressed animals
During stressful situations, metabolism increases its energy needs. This happens at the expense of milk synthesis,
muscles, and the immune system.
Loss of fertility
Effect on meat and milk quality (high pH, exudative meat, DFD).
Herd performance is affected
Immune variability: Increased susceptibility to disease.
Examples of respiratory diseases (RRD)
Increased blood cortisol levels.
Feed intake and rumination decrease.
Effect on growth
Effects on behavior
•Aggression,
•Fear,
•Isolation,
•Malnutrition.
SecureCattle®
How is it detected by cattle?
SecureCattle®’s components are highly volatile, allowing the animal to detect the pheromone via its vomeronasal organ (VNO), which then transmits the message to the brain.
The vomeronasal organ, also known as the Jacobson’s organ, is found in all mammals: a tube-shaped organ located in the nasal cavities, just above the bony palate, connecting the oral cavity to the nasal cavity. When the pheromone message reaches the vomeronasal organ, it stimulates neurons there.
The message is directly transmitted to brain regions that control emotions and the various physiological mechanisms they influence. The effect of the pheromone is short-lived, but it causes physiological changes that allow the animal to gradually utilize all its adaptive abilities without experiencing stress. Because the vomeronasal organ is not constantly open, overstimulation is prevented, and the detected message is destroyed.
These two features prevent addiction as well as the presence of residues. The compounds are trapped in the vomeronasal organ and broken down there, leaving only carbon dioxide and water behind. The VNO contains specialized neurons carrying specific receptors.
How to use SecureCattle®?
Spray 5 ml of solution 4-6 hours before the stressful event.
SecureCattle® is ready to use, dispensed with the first press of the 5 ml automatic dispenser.
1 SecureCattle® bottle (1L.) = 200 applications
Depending on the accessibility of the cattle, 2 applications are possible: •To the withers, •Between the horns
SECURE CATTLE
BENEFITS
Immunity increases, stress and aggressive work decrease,
Milk production and quality increase,
Creates birth/placental rupture, Decrease in Somatic Cell Count,
Improvement of feed efficiency,
Regulation of growth and turnover, pH level, Reduction of DFD risk,
Distributions/easier grouping, Reduced disease in young calves during transport,
Improvement of the immune system’s response to the vaccine.
Effectiveness of scientific evidence
Dairy calves are exposed to various stressors in the period before weaning. These stressors include the sudden physical separation from the mother after birth, changes in feeding, grouping, new environments and management, all of which affect their health and performance and require attention. Treatment: SecureCattle® application every 30 days from birth to weaning.
