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Plus4pet - Innovative and effective feed additive solutions for pets

Focus on research and development, innovation, and dedication are at the base of our additive solutions for pets, which rely on top microencapsulation technology and selected, high-performing active ingredients to provide everything is needed to sustain pets physiology at all levels, from intestinal wellbeing to immune system function, from skin and coat health to puppies’ brain development. All our products are 100% made in Italy.

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  • Selected active ingredients and top microencapsulation technology.
    • Objective

      Sustaining gut physiology.
      Intestinal health is the basis of every individual's general health. Stressful periods, the hot season, as well as pathologies, therapies, or hospitalization, are all conditions that can impair gut physiology. Organic acids and pure botanicals can help restore the physiological status, sustaining both the intestinal barrier and absorption function and the microflora.

    • Target

      Dogs

    • Product description

      Plus4pet Dog is a microencapsulated blend of organic acids and nature identical compounds, which can be useful to sustain animal physiology. It is a premixture for dogs that uses spray-cooling microencapsulation technology, which, applied to organic acids and pure botanicals, allows the slow release of the active ingredients along the whole intestinal tract to have a synergistic effect where it is most needed.
      The product is in free-flowing and readily miscible microbeads, with aromatic smell.

  • Essential active ingredients and cutting-edge microencapsulation technology.
    • Objective

      Compensating retinol and vitamin A/D deficiency.

      Vitamin A, D3, and E are essential to maintain the healthy status of skin, fur, and eye function, as well as to sustain animal growth, reproductive performance, and immune system function. Retinol deficiency is commonly related to skin, coat, eyes, and lung problems in dogs. Puppies need Vitamin A for growth, muscle, and neurological development: it is fundamental for them and pregnant females. Some breeds, such as Cocker Spaniel, Labrador Retriever, Miniature Schnauzer, and Shar-Pei, are more exposed than others to vitamin A deficiency. Vitamin D is essential in mammals to regulate calcium homeostasis, phosphorus balance, remodeling of bones, dental health, immune system regulation, vision, and muscle growth. The precursor of vitamin D is in the skin and it is converted into this vitamin by the ultraviolet (UV) light of the sun. The inactive form is unuseful for the organism, so that the liver and kidneys convert it into vitamin D3. Dogs are less efficient than other mammals in converting sunlight into vitamin D so that the diet is critical in supplying dogs with amounts of this vitamin.
      Vitamin E is a strong antioxidant agent, it supports the immune system function, can improve the skin status, and supports reproductive functions. Unfortunately, this vitamin is strongly degraded by the stomach and the environment. All these vitamins are highly degraded by the stomach, but also by the interactions with other feed ingredients, the environment and the heat treatments during feed production.

    • Target

      Dogs

    • Product description

      Plus4pet AD3E is a premixturefor dogs that uses spray-cooling microencapsulation technology, which ensures the protection of the active ingredients from mechanical stress and heat treatments and also avoids the interaction of the contained molecules with the rest of the diet, allowing an extended shelf life to the product. Moreover, the different and studied particle sizes of the microbeads ensure the stomach bypass and the slow release of the active molecules along the whole intestinal tract of the dog, maximizing their bioavailability and effectiveness.

      The product is in free-flowing and readily miscible microbeads.

  • Top microencapsulation technology and selected, high-performing active ingredients.
    • Objective

      Supporting joint function and alleviate pain associated with arthritis.

      Articular diseases affect 20% of the canine population over the age of 1 and the large-breed dogs have the highest risk to develop some degenerative and painful problems at this level. Chondroitin and glucosamine help support joint function and alleviate pain associated with arthritis: glucosamine regulates the production of collagen in cartilage, while chondroitin reduces the activity of injurious enzymes in joint fluid. These two molecules are involved in the synthesis of the cartilage’s building blocks, the glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans. Moreover, both glucosamine and botanicals may have an anti-inflammatory effect on joints. The other dietary components, the environment, heat treatments, and the gastric digestion strongly affect the bioavailability of the active compounds for the animal at the intestinal level, reducing their effectiveness.

    • Target

      Dogs

    • Product description

      Plus4pet Condrois a premixturefor dogs that uses spray-cooling microencapsulation technology, which ensures the protection of the active ingredients from the interactions with other molecules into the feed, from the environment, during transportation and against the thermal treatments needed to produce pet-food, maximizing the protection of the active ingredients and allowing an extended shelf life of the product. At the same time, the Plus4pet Condro has different and studied particle sizes of the microbeads. In this way it ensures the stomach bypass and the slow release of all the active ingredients along the whole intestinal tract of the dog, maximizing their bioavailability and effectiveness.
      The product is in free-flowing and readily miscible microbeads.

    • Objective

      Global physiology and health.
      Omega-3 fatty acids, especially EPA and DHA, are extremely important for dog’s physiology and health. They are important for the skin and coat health, but also needed for the brain development of puppies, to reduce the negative impact of arthritis on dogs’ life quality, and to sustain the immune system and heart function. It also seems that these kinds of fatty acids can help reduce anxiety and hyperactivity, as well as sustain the animal in fighting cancer. Fish oil is a perfect source of omega-3 fatty acids, highly available for the dog. On the other hand, this oil is easily degradable by the environmental conditions and the feed production processes, and the availability of the omega-3 fatty acids can be reduced by their interaction with the feed ingredients.

    • Target

      Dogs

    • Product description

      Highly available unsaturated fatty acids and top microencapsulation technology.
      Plus4pet Omegais a premixture for dogs that uses spray-cooling microencapsulation technology, which allows microencapsulating oils in microbeads to make them perfectly mixable in the complete feed, protecting them from oxygen, heat, and light. High contents in omega 3 and 6 fatty acids and DHA support the immune system, kidney, and heart functions as well as the physiological status of skin and fur. Our microencapsulation is thought to protect the active ingredient from mechanical stress and heat treatments, minimizing its degradation during transportation and feed production. At the same time, the matrix prevents the interaction among fish oil and the other feed ingredients, maximizing the product shelf life and the availability of the omega-3 fatty acids for the dog.
      The product is in free-flowing and readily miscible microbeads.

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    Top microencapsulation technology and highly available vitamin C.
    • Objective

      Supporting animals’ health status and the physiological function of kidneys.

      Vitamin C is a fundamental antioxidant agent for all mammals that can reduce and prevent damages caused by oxygen free radicals. Dogs synthesize this vitamin in the liver, but the addition of ascorbic acid to their diet is still important. A high amount of ascorbic acid in the organism is important to sustain the immune system function, boost interferon production, produce collagen, and properly absorb the other nutrients at the intestinal level.

    • Target

      Dogs

    • Product description

      Plus4pet C is a microencapsulated source of vitamin C specifically studied to sustain dogs’ physiology. It is a premixture for dogs that uses spray-cooling microencapsulation technology.

      The product is in free-flowing and readily miscible microbeads.

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    Cutting-edge microencapsulation technology and highly available vitamin E.
    • Objective

      Improving immune and reproductive system function.

      Vitamin E has a pivotal role as an antioxidant agent against the damages caused by free radicals and it is fundamental to support the immune system function. At the same time, this molecule can improve the status of the skin of our dogs and supports their reproductive functions. It helps to promote healthy skin and coat. Unfortunately Vitamin E is highly degraded by the stomach, the environment, the interactions with the other ingredients of the feed, and the thermal treatments.

    • Target

      Dogs

    • Product description

      Plus4pet E is a premixture for dogs that uses spray-cooling microencapsulation technology, which is thought to protect the ingredient from mechanical stress and heat treatments, minimizing the vitamin loss during transportation and feed production. The lipid matrix also avoids the interaction of the vitamin with the rest of the feed, protecting the active molecule from degradation and ensuring a long shelf life to the product. At the same time, Plus4pet E has different and studied particle sizes of the microbeads. In this way it ensures the stomach bypass and the slow release of vitamin E along the whole intestinal tract of the dog, maximizing its bioavailability and effectiveness.

      The product is in free-flowing and readily miscible microbeads.

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AP1982 Ltd
A long history of research and dedication

AP1982 – member of Vetagro Group, pioneers in microencapsulation of nutrients studies – has been developing and providing targeted feed additive solutions for poultry, swine, ruminants and pets since 1982.

Based in Italy, we have subsidiaries in different countries all over the world and we work daily to deliver high-tech, innovative and cost-effective solutions in line with the needs of the modern animal feed industry.

Scientific research has always been pivotal for us, as evidenced by the collaborations we have been carrying on with research centres and universities all over the world and by the partnerships we have built with health authorities, private laboratories and consultants.

Our objectives
  • Food safety
  • Reduced environmental impact
  • Improved animal health

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