Lab Services
In today’s competitive marketplace, you need fast, reliable information to make sound business decisions. Wenger Feeds Laboratory Services can provide swift and accurate results with a wide variety of analyses including mycotoxin testing, feed and ingredient quality testing, poultry serology, egg quality, and water analysis.
Feed Testing
NIR Spectroscopy
Laboratory Services offers feed ingredient analysis using NIR spectroscopy. NIR is an acronym for near-infrared. The testing method is a simple process of grinding a sample and allowing the NIR instrument to analyze and calculate the nutrient levels of the product. This service is available for most commonly used bulk feed ingredients.
Feed and Ingredient Analysis
In addition to NIR, Laboratory Services offers mycotoxin testing for Aflatoxin, T-2 Toxins, DON (Vomitoxin), Fumonisin, and Zearalenone. Other feed analyses including particle size, pellet durability, moisture, and salt are also available to support any quality assurance program. If you need wet chemistry analysis, we will package your sample to refer to an outside lab for protein, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, fat, urease activity, trypsin inhibitor, pesticide, protein, fat, fiber, calcium, or moisture testing.
Egg Testing
Shell strength, Haugh Units, yolk color, and egg shell thickness tests are available. In addition, egg testing customers get access to our extensive database of testing results. Egg quality reports feature a comparison of compiled results compared to other flocks of the same bird strain and age. Wenger’s poultry database contains multiple bird strains and hundreds of individual tests.
Flock Health Monitoring
Laboratory Services also offers quick turnaround on serology for Infectious Bronchitis, Newcastle, AE, IBD, MG, and MS.
Water Testing
An array of water tests including hardness, pH, iron, nitrates, sulfates, E.coli, and total coliform are available.
Services and Expertise
With expertise, facilities, and a variety of available services, Laboratory Services can be a valuable resource for your business. Our compact laboratory allows us to turn around results quickly, and our laboratory technician can fax or e-mail results immediately upon completion.
Wenger Feeds: Quality Feed for Quality Food®.
Water Sampling Made Easy
Use a sterile container provided by Wenger Feeds.
Complete all the label information.
Before running any water, take a clean cloth or paper towel and wipe the inside of the faucet to remove any residue build up.
Take a match or lighter and heat the inside of the faucet to kill any surface bacteria that may be living there. Do this for at least 15 seconds.
Select a frequently used cold-water faucet and allow the water to run for 3-5 minutes for municipal water and 5-7 minutes for well water. With the water still running, remove container top and fill to the EPA fill line. Close the container. Do not remove the lids from the water container before you are actually ready to fill them. Return within 8 hours. Samples must be kept cold (less than 50 degrees F but not frozen) with ice packs and out of direct sunlight.
Remember to return the samples directly. If you can't return them immediately, keep them cool with ice packs and ship them overnight.
Mail to: ATTN: Barb Marsh
Wenger's Feed Mill, Inc.
101 West Harrisburg Ave.
P.O. Box 26
Rheems, PA 17570
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