What is HTSi?

Elanco’s Health Tracking System (HTSi) is a leading data-driven broiler benchmarking platform that enhances poultry health and performance.

Tailored for poultry businesses, the system facilitates precise monitoring and understanding of flock health, aiding the management of issues like coccidiosis, necrotic enteritis, footpad dermatitis, and hock burn.

HTSi is pivotal in driving improvements, ensuring healthier flocks and advancing poultry industry standards.

UNRIVALLED BREADTH AND DEPTH OF DATA

Providing meaningful benchmarking information, at any level of detail, for accurate predictive modelling

PROVEN BUSINESS BENEFITS

Profitability, bird health and welfare, environmental

ALL KEY AREAS OF BIRD HEALTH ANALYSED

Full assessment that recognises the importance of gastrointestinal health, enabling informed decisions

IN-PERSON EXPERTISE

Bespoke Intestinal Integrity (I²) scoring system

OFFERING CONSISTENT AND EASY TO COMPARE INTESTINAL HEALTH DATA

Farm visits by the knowledgeable HTSi team guarantees ready access to the very best expertise and individualised advice

ESTABLISHED

Improving poultry production for over 26 years
Globally recognised and independently verified
Trusted by over 350 poultry producers across 54 countries

Learn more about what makes HTSi unique

: The HTSi process is split into three phases:

Phase 1 involves conducting autopsies on six birds per flock and assessing health parameters, with secure data entry into the HTSi database.

Phase 2 focuses on analysing findings using index scoring and benchmarking, producing a detailed summary report.

During Phase 3, Elanco's experts interpret the data, offering tailored recommendations for early issue detection and predictive strategies for effective poultry health management.
: HTSi stands out with an unmatched collection of data spanning 26 years. This encompasses data contributions from 54 countries, covering 90% of the UK's broiler industry.

With insights from over 8,500 farms worldwide, HTSi caters to all types of broiler enterprise, offering the most comprehensive data set in the global poultry production sector.

HTSi's dynamic database is continuously updated, strengthening its analytical and forecasting abilities. This reinforces HTSi as a key resource for poultry producers focused on achieving greater efficiency and reducing the prevalence of poultry coccidiosis.

Analysing all aspects of poultry health

HTSi gathers accurate data to evaluate comprehensive flock health markers, pivotal for managing instances of coccidiosis in poultry.

Our system monitors the following areas:

Intestinal health: Inclusive of Intestinal Integrity (I²) scoring – Elanco's distinctive measure of intestinal health, which is validated to align with vital performance poultry health indicators

Locomotor function: Assessing the mobility of the birds, which is essential for poultry wellbeing, considering hock burn and footpad dermatitis

Respiratory health: Monitoring to ensure the respiratory system is functioning correctly, which is crucial for preventing diseases including poultry coccidiosis and necrotic enteritis

Bird welfare: Evaluating the overall conditions that contribute to the poultry health and welfare

In-person expertise

Acknowledging the value of tailored advice from experts, Elanco is proud that HTSi is delivered in person, by a farm-specific adviser.
: Measuring performance and benchmarking against industry standards

The system assesses each farm using a relevant industry-wide standard, so performance is appropriately held to account

Early recognition of problems and monitoring of trends

Our experts bring an understanding of the relevance of any emerging trends and the system helps identify those yet to have manifested themselves, prompting earlier intervention and reduced losses

Identification of opportunities for improvement

Implementing targeted strategies to combat coccidiosis in poultry effectively prevents secondary diseases such as necrotic enteritis as well as other poultry health challenges including hock burn and footpad dermatitis

Accurate predictive modelling

Helps inform and mitigate any risk of implementing change or interventions

Monitoring and measuring the success of changes or interventions can deliver an accurate picture of return on investment

"The Intestinal Integrity (I²) index, combined with information contained in the HTSi database can be used to identify yield gaps in production and suggest possible interventions to close these gaps."

Learn more about Intestinal Integrity and I2 scores

Alexandra L. Swirski, Novometrix Research Inc.

For a poultry company producing 100 million broilers per year, partnering with Elanco could improve their Intestinal Integrity index by 5 points which could mean an income boost of £572,000¹
Learn more about what makes HTSi unique
: The HTSi annual report highlights the service’s significant efforts in poultry health surveillance during 2022. It details the findings from the post-mortems of 5,244 birds covering over 300 UK farms, including seven broiler integrators.

This comprehensive examination represents 90% of the UK market and highlights poultry coccidiosis peaks, Intestinal Integrity (I²) trends and locomotor health information.

The report aims to provide valuable insights into the health status and challenges facing the poultry industry. It offers a foundation for informed decision-making and strategic interventions to enhance flock health and productivity across the UK.
Download annual report
: In 2022, the UK experienced unprecedented levels of coccidiosis and a notable decline in Intestinal Integrity (I²). This is attributed to the instability in controlling coccidial populations due to changes in anticoccidial programs.

This led to increased incidences of poultry coccidiosis going into winter 2022, posing a greater challenge to the poultry industry.

Throughout the summer of 2023, this instability was intensified by additional factors, such as high rainfall, significant temperature fluctuations, and viral challenges, further disturbing coccidial stability and heightening poultry health problems.

Download the full report below for more information.
Download interim report

1. Kasab-Bachia H, et al. (2017). The use of large databases to inform the development of an intestinal scoring system for the poultry industry. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 146, pp. 130–135

What is HTSi?

The HTSi Process

What makes HTSi unique?

Analysing all aspects of poultry health

In-person expertise

HTSi Benefits

Measuring performance and benchmarking against industry standards

Early recognition of problems and monitoring of trends

Identification of opportunities for improvement

Accurate predictive modelling

Download the HTSi annual report

Download the latest interim HTSi report