The basic concept of in-ovo feeding is to supplement the amniotic fluid, which is the first meal of a chick before it hatches, in order to provide nutritional input that can help with the development of that young bird towards hatch, says Dr Peter Ferket,...
There is pressure on European pig producers to find alternative feeding strategies in light of the upcoming EU-wide ban on zinc oxide and the growing trend away from the use of antibiotics.
AB Agri Ltd, part of Association British Foods, has acquired Michel Pasze, a specialist young animal nutrition business based in Smigiel, Poland. It will operate as Primary Diets Polska.
Arbiom, a developer of non-food biomass processing technology, announced last month that it had successfully produced tonnage quantities of its high protein feed ingredient derived from wood at a combined 80,000-L industrial fermentation scale, with partners...
Cow nutrition, especially in the dry period, in the last three months, seems to be of high importance for the ability of the calf to deal with pathogens, to respond properly to vaccines and to deal with feed ingredients, said Dr Hans-Joachim Schuberth...
Pig farmers in Northwestern Europe are working under tremendous constraints today, in terms of a shift away from antibiotics usage, the removal of zinc oxide and a reduction in copper inclusion levels. Agrifirm says it was mindful of those developments...
Austria headquartered plant feed additives producer, Delacon, is looking to tackle post-weaning challenges in piglets with its new plant based product.
Colonization of gut microbiota in mammals during early life is vital to host health. Further understanding of the dynamics of intestinal microbial colonization in piglets via dietary interventions may possibly contribute to better piglet performance.
The organizers of EuroTier, the major biennial animal husbandry trade show taking place this week in Hannover, have announced that they will be introducing EuroTier Middle East, EuroTier South America and EuroTier China in 2019.
Dispatches from World Nutrition Forum in Cape Town
A study shows combining an anti-coccidial vaccine and a product containing three probiotics and one prebiotic had a positive impact on the zootechnical performance of broilers, and the coccidiosis lesion scoring after the experimental induction of coccidiosis,...
Dispatches from the World Nutrition Conference in Cape Town
In contrast to research showing that feed processing techniques such as milling, steeping and extrusion can reduce mycotoxin content, there is limited research into the impact of feed composition on mycotoxin toxicity, says an expert.
Poultry feed producers today have multiple options for supplementing birds’ diets with a crystalline form of methionine (Met) including DL- methionine and, more recently, L- methionine, but Evonik says accuracy in supplementation of Met is critical for...
Trouw Nutrition is expanding its original swine LifeStart concept, looking at how conditions during the prenatal phase can influence the lifelong performance of a pig.
Adding more dietary tryptophan, light to piglet production post-weaning may not improve stress response or mitigate the negative effects of weaning, but does maintain feed intake, say researchers.
Limiting nutrition to pregnant cows, may mean long-term effects for calves and lead to ways to improve cattle nutrition in the future, say researchers.
If sows are fed within the last three hours before farrowing, they will repay with a shorter farrowing time and considerably fewer stillborn piglets, according to a Danish researcher.
Botanicals company, Nor-Feed, and SONAS, a research unit of Angers University based in western France, have launched LabCom FeedInTech, a joint laboratory for the close study of plant based feed additives.
Nutriad flagged up some of the current challenges in production of freshwater fish like tilapia, with disease being central to that, at Aqua 2018 in Montpellier.
DSM and Novozymes have co-developed a new enzyme product, branded as Balancius. The feed ingredient is designed to remove bacterial cell debris from the animal’s gut, helping to optimize nutritional absorption and digestibility.
Danish feed company, Aller Aqua, launched an updated fry feed portfolio, including reformulations of existing products and a new product for larvae and small fry at Aqua 2018 in France this week.
Early nutritional programming via the maternal diet could be the key to the development and growth of piglets, whereas there is no benefit to supplementing post-weaned piglet diets with feed additives, say researchers.
The type of iron supplement used in the diet of pregnant pigs may improve blood parameters, organ weight and iron nutritional status for piglets, say researchers.
A review, published under the Antibiotic Stewardship Program of the UK's National Pig Association (NPA), indicates significant progress has been made by the UK pig sector in reducing and refining antibiotic use over the past two years.
South Korean group, CJ Cheiljedang Corp, announced earlier this week that it is to widen the application of its soy protein concentrate (SPC) portfolio from mainly farmed fish feed to feed for cattle, pigs and poultry as well as pet food, according to...
German producer, Phytobiotics, launched a new flavor and sweeteners line – Miracol - at VIV Europe in Utrecht for use in in all animal species and at every stage of life.
Danish fish feed company, BioMar, says it has increased its research capabilities in hatchery with an expansion of its Aquaculture Technology Centre, ATC Hirtshals, in Denmark.
Poultry vaccines producer, Ceva Santé Animale, has signed an agreement with Olam Hatcheries Ltd, a subsidiary of Olam International, to further develop poultry production in Nigeria.
Heidi Hall, technical manager for swine at Anpario, outlined at VIV Europe 2018 in Utrecht last month how acid based eubiotics help regulate the microbial population of the animal’s gut.
Canola meal may provide the main dietary protein for gestating and lactating sows while maintaining sow and piglet weight gain and development, say researchers.
Dutch feed group, Nutreco, has taken a 25% share in Eruvaka, an India-based Internet of Things (IoT) company that develops connected devices and mobile-based decision tools aimed at helping shrimp farmers increase productivity.
An increase in regional protein production in Europe is possible, but any further development of regional raw feed protein cultivation is going to need a lot of support, both from feed manufacturers and policy initiatives.
Trouw Nutrition says new data from a recent longitudinal study continues to support the idea that a higher plane of nutrition pre-weaning can help ‘program’ a cow’s future metabolism.
Additive copper hydroxychloride in weaned pigs diets may improve weight gain and performance, but the exact mechanism involved remains unclear, says researcher.
As the EU Commission, EU agencies and member states provide clearer indications about the directions research and development (R&D) into antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will take, concerns are growing among feed groups that insufficient public research...
A growth performance trial carried out by French plant extracts company, Nor Feed, in conjunction with a university in Taiwan, showed a grape extract product, Nor-Grape 80, could replace vitamin E in the starter period of Pacific White shrimp production....
Offering farmed tilapia a diet with lower levels of digestible protein and more digestible energy may boost egg weight, larvae survival, say researchers.
