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Digestion And Metabolism

Monday, March 29, 2021
Challenges and solutions of feed raw material treatment under Asian conditions
Humidity and precipitation are ongoing challenges for animal feed raw materials especially during the Asian region's annual wet season (May to October). Proper storage of raw ingredients and processed feeds is required to support feed s ...
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Reducing the economic impact of coronavirus in animal nutrition through targeted application of enzymes
Covid-19 has posed and continues to pose a wide range of challenges for the agri-food industry. The relationship between supply and demand for animal protein has been clearly affected due to the closure of regions and countries, lockdowns, ...
Monday, March 8, 2021
Application of GroPro in low fish meal diet
Fish meal has been traditionally the first choice of protein source in aquafeeds for many reasons, including its high protein content, excellent amino acid profile, high nutrient digestibility, general lack of antinutrients and wide availab ...
Monday, February 8, 2021
Effects of creep feed provision on behaviour and performance of piglets around weaning
Creep feed provision may ease weaning, hence we determined the impact of providing fibrous creep feed before weaning and adding this feed to the post-weaning diet on piglet behavior and performance. Pre-weaning, litters with on average 12 p ...
Monday, February 8, 2021
The impact of early life nutrition and housing on growth and reproduction in dairy cattle
Contentious issues in calf rearing include milk feeding practices and single versus group housing. The current study was performed on a high producing 170 Holstein cow dairy farm, to investigate the impact of nutrition and housing on growth ...
Monday, February 8, 2021
Current challenges in young animal nutrition
Nothing shows positive impact on the liveability, health and growth of production animals and any operation's success, as early life nutrition does. What is fed to animals before they are born and during the first stage of their lives i ...
Monday, January 25, 2021
Boosting livestock immunity - The trace mineral connection
Trouw Nutrition, a Nutreco company is sharing research on the role that trace minerals play in supporting immune system functioning in livestock, with a special focus on swine. Studies show that trace minerals play an important role in the ...
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Current challenges in young animal nutrition
The nutrition of young animals is essential. Why? At this stage of life, they are very susceptible. Their gut health, robustness, and resilience are still immature, going together with increased early mortality.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Lysolecithin, but not lecithin, improves nutrient digestibility and growth rates in young broilers
It is well documented that lipid digestion is limited in young birds and can affect their performance up to 14 days old. The current strategies to improve fat digestion in birds include the supplementation of dietary biosurfactants such as ...
Monday, November 9, 2020
Fat digestion
Fats are necessary macronutrients because they are the main energy source, are part of the cell membrane structure, provide essential fatty acids, constitute the vehicle for liposoluble vitamins, provide palatability and produces satiety.
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Zinc oxide variation raises questions of reliability, prompts alternatives for livestock
Research presented by Trouw Nutrition, a Nutreco company, suggests the production process used to manufacture zinc oxide affects the essential trace mineral's variability and bioavailability in the animal.
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Prolific sow and suckling piglet nutrition
Over the last few decades, litter sizes and the number of weaned piglets per sow per year (PSY) have been improved considerably, especially driven by improved sow's prolificity via selection. With an increase of 0.2 piglets/year over th ...
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Exploring the true value of phytase: phosphorus and beyond
The integration of exogenous phytase into the feed industry in the early 90's was driven by an increased demand to cap phosphorus excretion by intensive poultry and pig production. In the following years, the research interest in this f ...
Monday, August 3, 2020
Effect of dietary sodium diformate on gut health and profitability in broilers
It is generally agreed that good gut health is effective against intestinal pathogens and is the cornerstone to competitive poultry production, especially in broilers, where treating intestinal borne pathogens is too time consuming to be co ...
Monday, June 15, 2020
Vegetable proteins a safe and high quality solution for young animals
Not only in human food, but also in animal feed the interest in vegetable ingredients is increasing. Whereas nutritionists typically acknowledge animal protein as being a highly digestible and a quality feed ingredient, this is questionable ...
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