Changing elements in swine feed to boost nutritional content and improving management practices to address hygiene, biosecurity and stress help farms reduce the overall use of antibiotics in production, says Trouw Nutrition following a project in Brazil....
Swapping an antimicrobial growth promoter for a blended probiotic improved broiler growth, well-being and reducing the incidence of the ‘spaghetti breast’ myopathy, say Brazilian team.
Supplementing tilapia feed with probiotics for short periods boosts fish growth performance, but continual supplementation provides the best protection against pathogenic bacteria, say researchers.
A recent meta-analysis by Nutreco company, Trouw Nutrition, found supplementation of piglets’ diets with a feed additives blend resulted in an additional €1.31 financial gain per piglet.
Nutreco has announced a strategic partnership with US cell-based seafood startup, BlueNalu. This announcement comes only a week after the Dutch animal nutrition and fish feed group reported it was collaborating with cellular meat pioneer, Mosa Meat.
Supplementing broiler feed with blended cashew net shell oil and castor oil supports bird production and gut health during a coccidiosis challenge and provides an alternative to antibiotic use, say researchers.
Increasing sales of medically important antibiotics used with livestock raise questions about data collection and the development of alternative production practices to improve antibiotic stewardship.
Supplemental inulin can replace antibiotic use for growth promotion in broilers without altering the physiochemical properties of the meat produced, researchers say.
In an increasingly ‘noisy’ antimicrobial marketplace, Irish biotech start-up Auranta, which won the New Frontiers category in the Irish Times Innovation Awards last month, found robust scientific evidence is the key to ensuring its plant extract-based...
Despite advances in genetics and management, metabolic and skeletal disorders are common among commercial poultry, leading to high mortality rates and large financial losses for producers.
Gut health is one of the three pillars of research at Alltech’s European Bioscience Center in Dunboyne, in Ireland. The other two pillars are trace mineral and crop science research.
