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Heat stress is one of the major challenges facing modern swine production. Rising temperatures associated with climate change are increasingly exposing animals to conditions that exceed their adaptive capacity, negatively affecting growth, feed efficiency, reproductive performance, and farm profitability.
For more than 70 years, poultry breeding has steadily improved chickens.
How consistent sampling, structured data analysis, and industry collaboration improve the interpretation of gut health markers.
Pigs are often exposed to pathogens and stressors in commercial production conditions.
Heat stress is one of the most consistent challenges in modern swine production. While it is often associated with peak summer temperatures, its effects begin earlier and can continue well beyond periods of obvious heat.
In modern egg production, profitability does not depend solely on the number of eggs produced. Parameters linked to egg quality, both from a physical and nutritional point of view, are becoming increasingly relevant. The weight of the egg, the quality of the albumen, the colour of the yolk or the content of fatty acids and vitamins are today attributes of great interest to the industry and to an increasingly demanding consumer.
Intestinal health is a key factor for productive efficiency in intensive animal production systems. In monogastric species such as pigs and poultry, the gastrointestinal tract not only participates in the digestion and absorption of nutrients but also acts as an important barrier against pathogens and as a regulator of metabolic and immunological processes.
Across the poultry industry, litter management is not a single-factor problem, but a systems challenge that intersects bird health, worker safety, environmental compliance, and economic performance.
Gut health challenge is one of the major factors affecting production performance and profitability in the Asian poultry industry.
Many modern swine producers operate on thin margins where a 2% fluctuation in feed conversion ratio (FCR) or a slight dip in litter uniformity can be the difference between a profitable quarter and a fiscal loss.
At AB Vista, we are dedicated to helping our customers achieve accurate, reliable, and consistent enzyme recovery results. Our proprietary methods - adopted by customer laboratories worldwide - include ELISA-based assays (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay � a biochemical technique used to detect and quantify specific proteins) for our phytase Quantum� Blue and xylanase Econase� XT, along with wet chemistry techniques for other enzymes in our portfolio.
Trouw Nutrition 2025 Global Mycotoxin Review deploys robust model to identify threats to manage in 2026 feed formulation and livestock production.
Mycotoxins remain one of the most persistent and complex challenges facing global livestock and feed production. Produced by naturally occurring molds, these toxic compounds can contaminate crops before harvest, during storage or throughout feed manufacturing, often without obvious visual signs.
Grain imports are an essential part of the Asia-Pacific feed landscape. As regional feed production continues to expand, imported corn, wheat, barley, and their byproducts have become central to meeting demand across poultry, swine, dairy, and aquaculture systems. Alongside the benefits of scale and availability, however, comes a persistent challenge that feed manufacturers and nutritionists across the region know well: mycotoxin risk.
Invisible yet pervasive, mycotoxins remain one of the most significant -and often underestimated - challenges in modern livestock production. Historically, industry attention has centred on a limited number of well-known toxins, such as aflatoxins and zearalenone. Today, however, the reality is far more complex.
In the world of livestock production, mycotoxins remain silent but formidable adversaries. These invisible compounds infiltrate feed, compromise gut integrity, weaken immunity, and gradually undermine animal performance.
The chicken gut contains a diverse population of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, known as the gut microbiota. The major development of this community starts fromhatching onward, as birds come into contact with the farm environment, people, andfeed. Pathogenic and commensal bacteria that are harmful to humans can establishthemselves in early life, so steps to avoid exposure to these must be in place.
In modern poultry production, success and profitability are closely linked to both physiological and welfare parameters. Environmental and nutritional inputs influence physiological mechanisms, ultimately affecting live performance and slaughter outcomes.
Knowledge is power when it comes to effectively managing the dynamic challenge that mycotoxins pose to the productivity of even the best-run livestock operations. Since they are both invisible and odorless, the task of detecting these unwanted toxic compounds relies upon a range of specialist detection methods, each possessing its own strengths and weaknesses when it comes to deploying it in a mycotoxin control program.
In 2025, a substantial portion of livestock feed in Asia is sourced from grains imported from Europe, North America, Canada and Latin America. The productivity, health and overall performance of livestock are heavily reliant on these raw materials, which include corn, wheat and barley.
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