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Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Managing high ingredient costs to make more cents
In the past 3 months, we have experienced a big surge in prices of raw materials especially for corn and soybean meal. In a span of five years, the price of soybean meal at the last quarter of 2020 has been the highest so far. The same scen ...
Friday, February 26, 2021
DSM ROVIMIX® A1000, your reliable vitamin A source
We all know vitamins are essential for the health of our farm animals but do you also know that of all vitamins, vitamin A may well be the most challenging to produce?
Monday, February 22, 2021
Zhengchang effectively reduces the risk of ASF - What is the secret of the feed technology to prevent suckling pigs from diarrhoea?
Last year, African swine fever (ASF) spread rapidly, affecting many feed factories. Everyone realised that the ASF virus has a great impact on feed companies.
Monday, February 15, 2021
Trace minerals: Considering mineral source and stability in animal feed
Trouw Nutrition, Nutreco's animal nutrition division, is sharing research on the role that trace mineral type can play in supporting feed stability and the shelf life, survival and functioning of ingredients such as vitamins, lipids ...
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
The impact of taste & smell on feed quality and animals' performance
The important role of feed palatability in livestock animals, and particularly in some species, is reflected in their sensitivity to the smell and taste of feed, which influences their feeding behaviour. Over the years, new technologies hav ...
Sunday, November 29, 2020
Factors to consider when feeding higher levels of copper in broiler production
Can feeding higher levels of copper in broiler diets cost-effectively support poultry gut heath and help manage challenges such as heat stress? To address such questions, Trouw Nutrition, a Nutreco company, is sharing research data suggesti ...
Friday, October 30, 2020
Achieving suckling pig survival rate of 99%: Zhengchang's feed expansion sterilisation and elimination of anti-nutritional factors
In an analysis report of domestic and foreign pig breeding technology experts, it is clearly pointed out that diarrhoea of ​​suckling pigs is the most important factor leading to their survival rate.
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Effective use of animal by-products in livestock feeds
Animal by-products (ABPs) are used in livestock diets as they are good source of amino acids (AA), calcium, phosphorus and vitamins (NRC, 2012). Knowledge on feedstuff composition is important for the nutritionist, in order to meet the nutr ...
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Improving pellet quality, the key to good performance
The pelleted feed manufacturing process has undergone a significant evolution in recent decades due to the demand for higher standards of physical quality, nutritional value and microbiological hygiene, as well as greater flexibility in the ...
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.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Influence of feed form and particle size on gizzard, intestinal morphology and intestinal microbiota composition of broiler chicken
Feed structure (particle size) and form (mash, pellets) play very important roles in ensuring the optimal utilization of nutrients by determining the level of feed intake. Modern meat type birds have high appetite for food therefore their F ...
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Effect of particle size and whole grain feeding on growth performance and gut health of broilers
Grinding, mixing and pelletization are the key processes in poultry feed production. These processes have direct effect on feed quality, feed intake (FI) and poultry performance. Grinding is most typically associated with the size reduction ...
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Thermostability of NSP enzyme correlates with broiler response
The use of exogenous NSP enzymes in poultry diets has become commonplace during recent years. A variety of enzyme products is available to the feed industry ranging from mono-component single enzymes, to cocktails of more than one activity, ...
Friday, January 31, 2020
Mycotoxin survey for feed and feed ingredients in Asia Pacific
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by toxigenic fungi, which result in mycotoxicosis when ingested, affecting animals' health adversely. The prevalence of mycotoxin contaminations in feed and agricultural commodities may cons ...
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Consequences of poor pelleting and feed processing - poor immunity and health
The poultry industries have undergone remarkable change and growth over the last 30-year, such that today we see 2.5-kg male broilers at 35 d of age, and white-egg layers are capable of producing in excess of 330 eggs in 52 week of lay. The ...
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