Layers · Breeders Weak or thin egg shells Cracked, thin or soft-shelled eggs; rising breakage in the tray.
Broilers · Breeders Leg weakness or poor bone strength Lame birds, weak legs or poor skeletal development in fast-growing flocks.
Broilers · Layers · Breeders Poor FCR or slow weight gain Birds eat more feed for every kilo gained, or reach target weight late.
Broilers · Layers · Breeders Uneven or non-uniform flock Wide spread of body weights within the same flock.
Broilers · Layers · Breeders Poor gut health or high mortality Loose droppings, poor gut condition or higher-than-expected mortality.
Broilers · Layers · Breeders Ammonia smell or wet litter Strong ammonia in the shed, wet or caked litter.
Broilers · Layers · Breeders Liver stress or low immunity Poor appetite and growth, weak response to vaccination, birds that look dull.
Broilers · Layers · Breeders High DCP / phosphorus cost Feed cost pushed up by dicalcium or monocalcium phosphate inclusion.
Broilers · Layers · Breeders High protein cost or poor protein digestion Expensive protein meals, or wanting to use cheaper protein sources without losing performance.
Broilers · Layers · Breeders High-fibre diets (wheat, rice bran, DDGS) Sticky droppings or lower performance on fibre-rich or by-product ingredients.
Water & environment Poor water quality or ammonia in ponds and effluent High ammonia or nitrite, foul odour or sludge in ponds, tanks or effluent.
Food & Beverage Low juice yield or cloudy juice Less juice per tonne of fruit, slow pressing, or haze that will not settle.
Food & Beverage Sticky dough, low loaf volume or fast staling Dough that is hard to handle, small loaves, or bread that firms up quickly on the shelf.
Food & Beverage Slow wort filtration or low extract in brewing Long lautering times, high wort viscosity or less extract than expected.
Food & Beverage Tea cream or haze in tea beverages Cloudiness or sediment when tea extract or ready-to-drink tea is chilled.
Food & Beverage Slow or incomplete protein hydrolysis Low yield or long reaction times when making protein hydrolysates, or tough meat.
Starch & Sweeteners High viscosity or poor starch liquefaction Thick slurry after jet cooking, or residual starch in the syrup.
Starch & Sweeteners Starch lost with the fibre Low starch recovery in wet milling, with starch left in the fibre fraction.
Biofuel & Ethanol Thick mash that limits solids loading High mash viscosity, pumping problems or a cap on dry-solids loading.
Biofuel & Ethanol Slow fermentation or low ethanol yield Long fermentation, residual sugar at the end, or lower alcohol than expected.
Textile Uneven dyeing from leftover size Patchy dyeing or poor absorbency on woven fabric after desizing.
Textile Fuzz, pilling or a harsh handle on cotton Surface hairiness, pills after washing, or fabric that feels rough.
Textile High caustic use or effluent load in scouring Heavy alkali, high temperature and high COD in effluent from cotton scouring.
Textile Pumice damage or uneven denim wash Machine wear and back-staining from stones, or uneven worn effects.
Paper & Pulp High bleaching chemical use High chlorine dioxide or peroxide per tonne to reach target brightness.
Paper & Pulp Pitch and sticky deposits Deposits on wires, felts and rolls, holes in the sheet and downtime for cleaning.
Paper & Pulp Poor deinking or slow drainage of recycled fibre Low brightness from recycled pulp, or slow drainage that limits machine speed.
Detergent & Household Care Poor stain removal at low wash temperatures Food, grass, blood or grease stains that stay after a cold or short wash.
Detergent & Household Care Greying, fuzz or colour loss after washing Cotton garments look dull and fuzzy after repeated washes.
Wastewater High ammonia or poor nitrification Ammonia above discharge limits, or nitrification that fails after shock loads.
Wastewater High COD/BOD or excess sludge COD or BOD above limits, foaming, or more sludge than the plant can handle.
Wastewater Fat, oil and grease in drains and traps Blocked drains, full grease traps and odour from kitchens or food plants.
Wastewater Hydrogen sulphide or foul odour Rotten-egg smell from tanks, sumps or lagoons.
Agriculture Root rot, wilt or damping-off Seedlings collapsing, wilting plants or rotting roots from soil-borne fungi.
Agriculture Insect pests with chemical-residue limits Pests such as whitefly, borers or grubs where you need to cut chemical residues.
Agriculture Poor phosphorus uptake from the soil Phosphate fertiliser applied but crops still show low phosphorus.
Agriculture Slow composting of crop residue Straw, husk or press mud that takes months to break down.