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Defined enzyme combo for an easy switch between wheat and corn

Cereals, legumes and oilseed, as well as their by-products, are common ingredients used in animal feed. The cells of these plant products contain the necessary nutrients for a good animal development. In contrast to animal cells, plant cells are protected...

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What nutritionists are missing: Important considerations for soybean meal-based diets

Soybean meal (SBM) is the main protein source in the swine feed industry due to its excellent amino acid profile and digestibility. But, costly issues related to trypsin inhibitors as well as the wide variation in digestibility between soybean meal sources...

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Choosing the right protein minimizes oxidative stress

For the youngest piglets weaning is stressful. Not only because they are being separated from the sow but also because of the change in their diet. The transition from easily digestible milk to solid feed can be troublesome as it becomes much harder for...

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Eubiotics: Encouraging balanced microflora to manage post-wean diarrhoea without zinc oxide

Piglets face a challenging four to five weeks after weaning. Over this period, piglets must cope with the loss of protective milk antibodies, new microbes and other stresses that can allow Escherichia coli to colonize the gut. Farmers have traditionally...

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7 common questions about antibiotic use and poultry production

Antibiotic resistance is one of today’s most pressing global public health threats. Unchecked, antibiotic resistance could become the primary cause of human deaths by 2050. The severity of this problem has drawn global attention to the use and overuse...

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Choosing the optimal soy protein for young animal feed

Soy is a well-known ingredient in animal nutrition. The soybean is an excellent source of protein and other important nutrients, and every year, the production of soybean meal exceeds all other oilseed proteins put together.

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Tailoring an ERP solution to the unique needs of nutritional supply chains

Nutritional supply chains present companies with a unique set of challenges. Volatile raw material prices combine with the logistical difficulties of handling bulk materials and other complications to raise the risk of expensive errors. To avoid these...

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Managing feed hygiene following formaldehyde ban: Six reasons to consider organic acids

On December 2017, at the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCOPAFF), 26 European nations voted against the authorization of formaldehyde as a feed additive. The SCOPAFF vote means that EU feed mills will no longer be able to include...

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Improve Feedstuff Quality with Precise Protease Use

Using protease, producers can control variability and use ingredients that may be higher in ANFs while controlling the level of excess nutrients offered to animals.

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Focus on gut microbiota to combat diverse health challenges in cage-free layers

With the transition to cage-free production, strategies must be used to quell disease and boost performance. Gut health and farm management play a vital role in maintaining good bird performance

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Piglet Gut Health Challenges Diminished with Holistic Techniques

The early development of piglets has a huge impact on their lifetime performance. If adequate strategies are not taken, producers will leave growth potential, and ultimately money, on the table.

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Overcoming Piglet Gut Health Challenges with Holistic Approaches

The early development of piglets depends on their health and nutrition, and that sets the stage for their lifetime performance. If adequate strategies are not implemented, producers will leave growth potential, and ultimately money, on the table.

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The effect of precision delivery coated butyrate on a necrotic enteritis model in broilers

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International jury praises finalist for high potential game changing innovation

Start-up company MicroSynbiotiX has won the final of the Nutreco Feed Tech Challenge Event. The event took place on 22 and 23 February in Boxmeer...

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Feed holds the key to a healthy young animal gut

Ensuring that the gut is healthy is critically important for all of life’s activity, since all nutrients must of course be absorbed through the gut. The right raw material choice therefore, limits the growth of pathogenic bacteria in young livestock animals.