A low dietary protein allocation post-weaning can reduce the diarrhea frequency and thereby reduce the need for antibiotic treatments when medicinal zinc oxide is banned, reports a Danish team.
Development of alternative strategies to antibiotics and zinc oxide in swine diets should integrate the role of vitamins for gastrointestinal functionality, finds a review.
SKOV, which produces ventilation, management systems and digital services for animal production, has entered into a partnership with Danish insect startup, ENORM Biofactory, to develop future climate control and production systems for insect farms.
Early nutrition compared to delayed feeding would appear to accelerate maturation of humoral immunity in broilers up to seven days of age, according to a new study.
Norwegian company, ORIVO, which provides origin certification of ingredients based on lab testing, has been granted funding from the Research Council of Norway (RCN) to lead a three-year long project aimed at developing the next generation DNA-based analysis...
Scotland’s whisky industry and biotechnology innovators are continuing to up their game to try and find new sustainable solutions from whisky co-products such as animal feed, while a new barley based vodka from Finland sees benefits for pig farmers as...
DSM says a two-year large-scale trial in beef cattle in Alberta, Canada has successfully demonstrated that its feed additive 3-NOP, branded as Bovaer, can be included in commercial feedlot diets to reduce methane emissions by up to 80%, without negative...
SalmoSim, a salmon simulator start-up, has secured its first commercial contract, supporting trials for an alternative aquaculture feed protein source.
The use of raw proteaginous seeds (PS) such as faba bean, lupin or pea in dairy cow rations increases ruminal nitrogen degradability compared to soybean meal (SBM), according to a new meta-analysis from a French team of researchers.
Belgian processor, Trotec, is involved in an €1.5m EU funded three-year project aimed at developing innovative packaging and processing technologies to process new streams of former foodstuffs into high quality feed.
A recently published study by Danish researchers showed milk replacer with high levels of starch – wheat flour - could potentially increase piglets’ feed intake and also mature those animals' small intestines prior to weaning.
A newly published study corroborates previous research papers reporting zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) excretion from grower‐finisher pigs could be reduced by perhaps 50% without negative effects on growth by reducing trace mineral supplements below commercially...
Dietary fiber has received a considerable amount of attention in recent years with fiber components demonstrating beneficial effects in chickens and pigs.
