June 14, 2006

Degussa publishes customer magazine AminoNews - first edition in 2006
 

Press release
 

The Feed Additives Business Unit of Degussa AG, Duesseldorf, Germany, has published the first edition in 2006 of its customer magazine AminoNews for the animal nutrition industry.

The contribution of Dr Vincent Hess and Dr Robert L. Payne: "Amino acids in animal nutrition: Should the incorporation rates of free amino acids in poultry and swine diets be limited?" discusses the utilisation of supplemental amino acids in animal nutrition. Evaluation of scientific data provides a perfect basis to nutritionists for the most efficient use of supplemental amino acids in their feed formulation.

Two other articles are:

How to manage the variability of protein and amino acid contents in raw materials? , by Carlos Dapoza

Isoleucine in pig nutrition, by Dr Meike Rademacher in collaboration with Dr Brian Kerr, US Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa

Featuring as "Research Highlights", the magazine also reports on other current developments and latest scientific publications on amino acids for animal nutrition.

Degussa is the only company in the world to provide all four important amino acids for animal nutrition: DL-Methionine, L-Lysine (Biolys), L-Threonine and L-Tryptophan. In over 100 countries worldwide, the Feed Additives Business Unit delivers innovative services and products, and contributes to customers' profitability while enabling healthy and environmentally friendly animal nutrition.