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The Link Between Nutrition And Immune Health

Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Meta-analysis shows improved zootechnical and economic performance in piglets fed AGP-free diets
A meta-analysis conducted by Trouw Nutrition, a Nutreco company, found that a feed additive containing a synergistic blend of organic acids, medium chain fatty acids, patented alkyl esters of MCFA's, target release butyrates and a p ...
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Training animal innate immune system to achieve a quicker immune response
For centuries, immunological memory was presumed to be exclusively carried out by the adaptive immune system, by which T and B cells were deemed to be solely capable of recognising an already seen pathogen. That's despite the fact that ...
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Effect of nutritional immunomodulation and heat stress during the dry period on subsequent performance of cows
Heat stress in dairy cows during the dry period impairs milk yield in the next lactation. Feeding OmniGen-AF (OG; Phibro Animal Health Corp., Teaneck, NJ) to lactating cows during heat stress may increase dry matter intake (DMI) and lowers ...
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Immunomodulatory effects of Echinacea and Pelargonium on the innate and adoptive immunity in calves
Immunomodulatory effects of Echinacea purpurae and Pelargonium sidoides in calves were investigated. Sixty 25-day-old nonvaccinated calves living in integrated farm unit were randomly selected and were divided into 5 treatment groups consis ...
Monday, September 9, 2019
Maintaining piglet growth and health without zinc oxide
Zinc is one of the most important nutrients for animal growth and health. It is the key component for numerous proteins, crucial enzymes and transcription factors. Throughout the world, pharmacological levels of zinc oxide are used in weani ...
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, October 25, 2018
Selecting the Correct Methionine Source - A Key Index for Successful Pig Production
Methionine (Met) is the third limiting amino acid (AA) in typical swine diets. Besides protein synthesis as the main role, Met plays an important role as a methyl donor for cellular metabolism and formation of co-enzyme S-adenosylmethionine ...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Effects of turmeric (Curcuma longa) and vitamin E on histopathological lesions induced in bursa of Fabricius of broiler chicks by salinomycin
The aim of this study was to evaluate the protective effects of the turmeric in comparison to vitamin E on bursal damages induced by salinomycin in broiler chickens. In this study, forty one day-old broiler chicks were randomly divided into ...
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Oxidative stress relief using Vitafix Ultra
Mycotoxins pose a serious threat to animal production due to their negative impact on animal performance and health. Generally known symptoms are vomiting, decreased feed intake and growth, depressed immunity, fertility problems and increas ...
Friday, October 13, 2017
How to improve feed efficiency, especially during challenging periods?
Optimizing feed efficiency is crucial to maintain farm profitability, especially nowadays in a very volatile market. Several reasons can affect feed efficiency and some of them are caused by oxidative stress and/or inflammation (Costantini ...
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Selsaf®: natural source of selenocysteine and selenomethionine to manage oxidative stress in animal production
Modern farming practices, characterized by high stocking densities, highly productive genetics, early weaning and uncontrolled high or low temperatures, impose a cumulative stress on the animal. The resulting high concentrations of oxidativ ...
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Oxidative stress: Basics
Under normal conditions in living organisms, over 90 % of oxygen consumed is used in the electron transport chain (the main sources of ATP in the cells) via four-electron reduction. This is coupled with nutrient oxidation and results in pro ...
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
Potential use of organic mineral as mineral source for diet of juvenile vannamei shrimp, Penaeus vannamei
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 ...
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