Gut Health

Thursday, July 25, 2024
Use of Spray Dried Blood Plasma for Recovery of Low Viability Piglets in Nursery
The study objective was to evaluate if spray dried blood plasma (SDP) supplementation on commercial feed aids growth recovery of low viability weaned piglets during the nursery phase. Two hundred low viability piglets weaned at 21 days of a ...
Thursday, July 25, 2024
EW Nutrition: How xylanase can enhance swine productivity
This article aims to demonstrate how enzymatic degradation of arabinoxylans, particularly through xylanase enzymes, can mitigate anti-nutritional effects and enhance the nutritional value of high-fiber swine diets, thereby improving animal ...
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
The long rise to fame - probiotics ascend to essential tools for poultry health
Disease pressure on poultry flocks is mounting from all sides, with re-emerging diseases like E. cecorum, existing ones like E. coli becoming more of a commercial issue, and food safety adding greater scrutiny on potential zoonotic pathogen ...
Friday, June 28, 2024
Use of Spray Dried Blood Plasma for Recovery of Low Viability Piglets in Nursery
The study objective was to evaluate if spray dried blood plasma (SDP) supplementation on commercial feed aids growth recovery of low viability weaned piglets during the nursery phase. Two hundred low viability piglets weaned at 21 days of a ...
Friday, June 14, 2024
Various Applications of Spray Dried Plasma (SDP) In Sow Feed Benefits Sow and Litter Performance
Spray dried plasma (SDP) in creep and starter feed is well-known to increase feed intake and growth of pigs through the stressful weaning transition period. The sow can also experience heat stress or disease stress like Porcine Reproductive ...
Friday, February 23, 2024
BASF: High Quality Vitamin A Feed Additives Are Critical To The Animal Nutrition Business
Vitamin A supplementation in animal feed typically comes in the form of retinyl acetate.
Saturday, February 10, 2024
Zhejiang NHU: The Effectiveness & Safety Evaluation Of Novel, Eco-Friendly Calcium D-Pantothenate
D-pantothenic acid is an integral part of co-enzyme A and acyl carrier protein in the animal’s body and has a series of potential health benefits.
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Adisseo: Increasing Digestibility In Pigs To Capture Full Value Of Feed
The optimal use of fibre-rich feeds is critical to ensure sustainable animal production.
Friday, January 26, 2024
Phytobiotics: Sit Back & Relax - Isoquinoline Alkaloids Have A Positive Impact On Stress
Plant-derived isoquinoline alkaloids have been shown to have a positive impact on gut integrity due to ‑‑ their anti-inflammatory properties.
Monday, November 6, 2023
The influence of drinking water acidification in broilers under tropical conditions
The potential for organic acids to preserve feed and water quality lies in their ability to protect against microbial and fungal contamination and/or degradation. The free hydrogen proton of a dissociated organic acid lowers pH, thereby cre ...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
The Effect of Organic Trace Mineral Supplementation in the Form of Proteinates on Performance and Sustainability Parameters in Laying Hens: A Meta-Analysis
The effect of supplementing organic trace minerals (OTM), in the form of mineral pro-teinates (Bioplex® Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn, Alltech Inc., Nicholasville, KY, USA), in the diets of laying hens was examined using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (C ...
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Exploring the potential of with phycogenics, new metabolites from seaweeds
Novel combinations of natural extracts, from plants and seaweeds, offer alternative to growth promoters and support better performance of livestock animals.
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Probiotics as a Friendly Antibiotic Alternative: Assessment of Their Effects on the Health and Productive Performance of Poultry
Antibiotics have been used to maintain the overall health of poultry by increasing production efficiency, promoting growth, and improving intestinal function for more than 50 years. However, they have a number of side effects, such as antib ...
Thursday, June 8, 2023
An in vitro model for caecal proteolytic fermentation potential of ingredients in broilers
Fermentation of protein in the caeca of chickens may lead to the production of potentially detrimental metabolites, which can reduce gut health. A poor precaecal digestion is expected to increase protein fermentation (PF), as more proteins ...
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Emerging technology prevents salmonella infection in poultry production
Salmonella is a bacterial infection that can affect humans and animals. In the production of broiler chickens, Salmonella is a significant concern as it can lead to food contamination and foodborne illness. Therefore, proper biosecurity mea ...

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