HTSi - giving your flock a voice
Collect meaningful data
Identify key areas for improvement
Make informed decisions
Drive improvements in your poultry business
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.
The benefits of HTSi
UNRIVALLED BREADTH AND DEPTH OF DATA1
Meaningful broiler benchmarking information, for accurate predictive modelling
PROVEN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENTS
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
Farm visits by the knowledgeable HTSi team guarantees access to the very best expertise and individualised advice
VALUABLE INSIGHT
Recognise trends early, identify opportunities for improvement and monitor the success of interventions to improve gut health in poultry
ESTABLISHED
- Improving poultry production for over 30 years
- Globally recognised and independently verified
- Trusted by over 350 poultry producers across 54 countries
BESPOKE BIRD INTESTINAL INTEGRITY (I2) SCORING SYSTEM
Consistent and easy-to-compare bird intestinal health data
HTSi process
Explanation of a data-driven broiler benchmarking platform that improves poultry health and performance
- Necropsy of 6 birds/flock
- Assessment using defined and standardised set of health parameters
- Data added to HTSi database confidentially
- Significance of findings established, via methods including index scoring
- Benchmarking conducted
- Summary report produced
- Interpretation of data by Elanco expert consultants
- Recommendations for actions/interventions are made
- Includes early detection of issues, modelling and predictions
Learn more about what makes HTSi unique
HTSi stands out with an unmatched collection of data spanning 26 years. This encompasses data contributions from 54 countries, covering most 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
Benefits of HTSi
Elanco's Health Tracking System (HTSi) is a leading data-driven broiler benchmarking platform that enhances poultry health and performance.
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
