Digestion And Metabolism

Sunday, May 31, 2020
Patented alkyl esters of medium chain fatty acids are enhancing broiler gut health and performance
Strong gut health plays a vital role in reducing disease incidence and achieving optimal broiler performance and farm results. While antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) have been widely used in flocks, more and more bans on the use of AGP ...
Friday, May 22, 2020
Nutritional quality assessment of commonly used oilseed meals in poultry feed
The current focus of poultry feed industry is to minimize the variation in feed quality, maximize feed efficiency and reduce feed cost. Feed quality mainly depends on the quality of raw materials and major factors contributing to variation ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Optimizing the use of exogenous enzymes in monogastric nutrition to reduce environmental impact
With the improvement of the standard of living of the population there is an increase not only in the demand for products of animal origin, but also an increased expectation that in addition to nutritious food should be safe, healthy and sa ...
Monday, March 23, 2020
Can we completely exclude inorganic phosphorus in broiler diets with higher doses of phytase?
The global market price of inorganic phosphorus has increased significantly due to regional and international supply chain disruptions with outbreak of COVID-19. Therefore, it is timely to revisit dietary strategies to reduce use of inorgan ...
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Roles of fibre fermentation in monogastric animals
Increasing post-ileal fibre fermentation in monogastric animals creates a number of beneficial effects such as increased nutritive value of feedstuffs and augmented intestinal barrier function. Intestinal barrier function is largely influen ...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Role of minerals in poultry nutrition
Minerals are naturally occurring inorganic solids, with a definite chemical composition, and an ordered atomic arrangement, which are important for life and good health. Many are essential components of bodily substances, such as the calciu ...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Effects of hydroxyl methionine chelated copper, zinc, iron and manganese on growth and immunity of Red Swamp Crayfish
Procambarus Clarkii, Red Swamp Crayfish also known as freshwater crayfish is the most popular cultured freshwater crayfish species in the world. It is native to North America and introduced via Japan to China in 1929. Through advancement of ...
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Botanical components for animal stress management
The effects of stress in economy and production are remarkable. Numerous stressors such as socking density, environmental, nutritional, pathological or equipment related ones are operative in farms. The effects of the above stressors are in ...
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Gut Health: the New Paradigm in Food Animal Production
Optimal gut health is of vital importance to the performance of production animals. Gut health is synonymous in animal production industries with animal health. Although there does appear to be a direct relationship between animal performan ...
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
The nutrition effect and formulations application of trace elements (for ruminants and aquaculture)
The use of organic mineral (OM) has been recently introduced in aquaculture both as feed supplement and water quality improvement. A feeding experiment was conducted to evaluate a response dose of OM on growth, survival, and mineral content ...
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Macrominerals and trace element requirements for beef cattle
Eighty-seven Nellore animals were utilized in this study to estimate net requirements for the maintenance and growth of beef cattle as well as the retention coefficients of 13 minerals: macrominerals (Ca, P, Mg, K, Na, and S) and trace elem ...
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
The role of zinc, manganese and copper in rumen metabolism and immune function: a review article
Trace minerals are dietary elements required by the body in minute amounts, ranging from 0.10 to 50.0 mg/kg dry matter in beef cattle diets. These trace minerals are all necessary for the biochemical processes of the body that support prope ...
Friday, June 16, 2017
Using more bioavailable sources of trace minerals pays off
During recent years, the consumers' demands for sustainable animal production and safe foods put more pressure on the classical application of antibiotic growth promotors (AGP). Following the general trend in Europe and North America, a ...
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Selenium in cattle: a review
This review article examines the role of selenium (Se) and the effects of Se supplementation especially in the bovine species. Selenium is an important trace element in cattle. Some of its roles include the participation in the antioxidant ...
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Inorganic and organic trace mineral supplementation in weanling pig diets
A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary inorganic and organic trace minerals in two levels of supplementation regarding performance, diarrhea occurrence, hematological parameters, fecal mineral excretion and mineral retenti ...

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