Amino Acids

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Special Edition: Protein Alternatives

How low can you go? Amino acid balance key to low protein poultry diets

By Jane Byrne

In the second of our two articles on his work into protein alternatives, Marinus van Krimpen, animal nutrition researcher, Wageningen Livestock Research, tells us about insights gleaned in a study evaluating the potential of free amino acids as partial...

US team explores amino acid availability in dairy cattle

Special Edition: R&D trends in vitamins, minerals, amino acids and yeast cultures

US team explores amino acid availability in dairy cattle

By Aerin Curtis

A group of researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the US is seeking to determine the amount of amino acids cattle absorb from different feeds.

Enzyme package may boost value of emerging chicken feedstock

Enzyme package may boost value of emerging chicken feedstock

By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

A multi-carbohydrase enzyme additive boosts the nutritional elements of the oilseed, camelina, when used in chicken feed by increasing energy and offering digestible amino acids, say a group of Canadian researchers.