Gut Health

Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Steering animal health on multiple levels
According to a recent study, the continued rise of antibiotic resistance would lead in 2050 to 10 million people dying every year. Nuscience's commitment to sustainability begins with the idea that animal and human health are profoundly ...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Improving broiler intestinal performance from starter phase onwards, can mitigate the negative effects of a lower digestible protein challenge
The search for alternative protein sources in feedstuffs, is a field of research that is gaining considerable attention. For example, soy bean meal (SBM) and fish meal are easily digestible and have traditionally been the main sources of pr ...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
More eggs through digestive microflora management
In a context of antibiotic reduction in feed, there is a need for natural, profitable and proven solutions for poultry production. Probiotic bacteria which exert a positive effect on the digestive microflora balance and gut development can ...
Friday, September 9, 2016
Copper is key for piglet performance
The element is essential to a functional immune system and optimal health. Adding supplemental copper to nursery pig rations can improve daily gain and feed conversion ratios. More importantly, choosing the right type of copper is necessary ...
Monday, September 5, 2016
Completely manage early piglet development to improve growth, ROI
Early piglet growth and nutrition is one of the most widely discussed and researched topics in swine health and nutrition. And rightfully so. There are countless problems associated with early piglet development, and despite efforts to over ...
Friday, August 26, 2016
Dr. Eckel next generation acidifier strengthens pathogen defence of shrimp
Industrial scale aquaculture relies on the advantages of highly nutritious pelletized compound feed. The use of feed additives such as acidifiers has become a vital component of modern aquaculture production systems that are often threatene ...
Sunday, August 21, 2016
On the quest to find a high quality soy protein for piglets
Young animals like piglets need special care in feeding. At weaning stage, piglets need to cope with the change from suckling milk to eating solid feeds while their digestive system is not fully developed. This is also the reason why piglet ...
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Young piglet feeding in relation to a more cautious and restricted use of (feed) antibiotics
Antibiotics in feed is often the lowest cost option to promote the health of pigs and to prevent bacterial diseases. In new born piglets and weanling pigs health is most at risk compared to later stages of life. From all age categories of p ...
Saturday, August 20, 2016
Goal: Improve the homogeneity in your feedlots
Due to the great demands imposed by such a globalized market as the one involving the pig sector, the goal of every livestock company is to make their production as profitable as possible, in addition to being competent on the market. In or ...
Friday, August 19, 2016
Cut indigestible protein - and do piglet health a favour
One of the most important parameters when evaluating feed ingredients is the digestibility of the nutrients they contain. Published in nutrition guides, these digestibility values are often used in research projects to verify published data ...
Friday, July 22, 2016
Effects of diet particle size on poultry performance
Feed costs represent between 60 and 70 percent of production costs in poultry and livestock diets. Therefore, improving feed utilization has a tremendous impact on production costs. Poultry producers face the challenge of finding cost-effec ...
Monday, June 20, 2016
Nutritional factors and piglet intestinal development
This topic was presented at Hamlet Protein's seminar "Gut physiology development in young pigs - why is weaning age and digestibility so important?" at the World Pork Expo 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Monday, May 30, 2016
Antibiotics in Aquaculture - Use, Abuse and Alternatives
The aim of this chapter is to present information about current knowledge regarding antibiotic use in aquaculture systems. This will include basic information, for example, mechanisms of action and resistance, the role of antibiotics in dis ...
Monday, May 2, 2016
Abrupt suspension of probiotics administration may increase host pathogen susceptibility by inducing gut dysbiosis
In this study, we investigated the risk associated with suspension of probiotics administration in tilapia. Tilapias were fed for 14 days using a probiotics-supplemented diet, followed by a three-day suspension of probiotics treatment and a ...
Monday, March 21, 2016
Feed additives as part of a broader gut health strategy
The right combination of carefully selected essential oil compounds and organic acids may offer a robust solution to address the multiple challenges of digestive health, both in AGP or AGP-free conditions. Of course, there are other additiv ...

Follow Us

FacebookTwitterLinkedIn