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Monday, July 12, 2021
Holistic feed strategies for swine: safeguard gut health and feed safety
Not that long ago it was common practice in animal production to only address problems once they occurred. Issues with pathogens or gut health related problems were addressed once the symptoms were too apparent to ignore. Many secondary pro ...
Friday, July 2, 2021
Four-Phase Farm Management Guideline to reduce antibiotic usage
Good farm management is required to reduce antibiotics in chicken production. Farm management, simply refers to the procedures, protocols, and environmental circumstances used in livestock production.
Friday, July 2, 2021
Potassium diformate (FORMI) and 3rd generation acidifiers in antibiotic-free feeding - impacts in sows and piglets
With costs of pig production under increasing pressure, the nutrition of young pigs is of increasing interest, as this period is critical to the subsequent performance of the animals through to market. Optimising growth rate and feed effici ...
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Removing prophylactic antibiotics from pig feed: how does it affect their performance and health?
Antibiotics (AB) are an important tool to tackle infectious disease in pig farms; however some research indicates that their frequent mis/over-use may contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance and the WHO has declared that this ...
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Feed preservation with organic acids reduces recontamination and nutrient loss - an indispensable part of biosecurity systems
Feeding the world's population is an ever-increasing challenge. It is expected that in 2023 the earth's 8 billionth citizen will be born. Supplying the population with sufficient food is a more pressing issue today than it has ever ...
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Mycotoxins transmission from sows to piglets
The presence of mycotoxins in food and feed is practically unavoidable due to their ubiquitous presence and stability. As swine is considered a very sensitive specie to mycotoxicosis; the dietary exposure to mycotoxins has adverse effects o ...
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Antibiotic Reduction: Crucial to ensure quick and easy access to safe, high-quality feed
Gut health in broilers requires early and quick access to safe, high-quality feed and water. To reduce the risk of infections, endotoxins, mycotoxins, and anti-nutritional substances in the feed, quality control methods are essential. To li ...
Thursday, June 17, 2021
The use of diformates in order to reduce antibiotic resistance in poultry - the Asian view
The use of antibiotics at sub-therapeutic levels, to improve the productivity of chickens has been practiced in many countries for decades despite its drawbacks. As a result, today we are seeing the emergence of multiple bacteria that are r ...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Focusing on feed hygiene and gut health is two steps closer to NAE
To achieve the goal of no antibiotics ever, the industry needs to look at all areas of the production system. Optimizing management, health and nutrition, whilst reducing exposure to pathogens. Both gut health and feed hygiene are key drive ...
Friday, May 21, 2021
Gut health and mycotoxins - What do we know so far
The gastrointestinal tract represents the first barrier against ingested chemicals, feed contaminants and natural toxins. Following ingestion of mycotoxin-contaminated feed, intestinal epithelial cells can be exposed to high concentrations ...
Friday, May 21, 2021
Perspectives on global mycotoxin issues and management from the MycoKey Maize Working Group
Our perception of the role of mycotoxins in food and feed safety has evolved continuously since the 1960s when mycotoxins were first explicitly recognized. Hundreds of toxic fungal metabolites now have been described and many of them occur ...
Friday, May 14, 2021
What poultry producers should know about endotoxins
Effective endotoxin management is a crucial task for poultry producers, allowing them to safeguard their animals' health and productivity. In this second part of our two-part series on endotoxin management for poultry, we look at the st ...
Friday, May 14, 2021
Mycotoxins in poultry: A hidden factor affecting flock health
The immune system is constantly under siege by different stressors. Stress, whether from disease or environmental factors, plays a critical role in the overall health and well-being of poultry flocks. Environmental stressors, such as poor f ...
Friday, May 7, 2021
Recognising the warning signs of mycotoxins in pigs
Produced by filamentous fungi (moulds) that are ever-present in nature, under the right conditions, mycotoxins have the potential to proliferate and contaminate almost all feedstuffs used in pig production. Mycotoxins are not unique to spec ...
Friday, May 7, 2021
Efficacy of mycotoxin detoxifiers on health and growth of newly-weaned pigs under chronic dietary challenge of deoxynivalenol
Mycotoxin detoxifiers could partially overcome deoxynivalenol toxicity enhancing liver health, whereas CYE and CYB reduced oxidative stress, and CYC and CYB reduced immune activation. In conclusion, yeast-based detoxifiers with functional c ...
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