The Link Between Nutrition And Immune Health

Monday, September 26, 2016
Raising healthy high performing calves: using botanicals to improve calf health and performance
The aim of successful calf rearing is to produce a healthy calf which is capable of optimum performance throughout its life from birth through to adulthood to milking and/or finishing. The first 3 months of life is the most sensitive period ...
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
Why is proper development in young poultry crucial?
Much has been written, and is accepted, about the importance of getting the earliest stages of the chick's life correct in order to maximise the genetic performances available. With continued genetic improvements in broiler growth perfo ...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
The effect of dietary carotenoids of different forms: microemulsified and non-microemulsified on the growth performance, pigmentation and haematological parameters in hybrid catfish
We tested the feasibility and effect of including dietary carotenoids of different forms, microemulsified (MY) and non-microemuslified (NMY), in diets for hybrid catfish (Clarias macrocephalus × Clarias gariepinus). The results showed ...
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 ...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Herbal replacement for synthetic DL-Methionine in Poultry
Methionine is an essential amino acid i.e. it is not synthesised by the body and has to be supplemented externally. It means that a bird requires it from sources like feed which opens the business opportunities for all those industries whic ...
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 ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Improving the dairy cow performance and health by increasing the rumen protected protein in diets with expander treatment
Due to breeding progress and improved keeping and feeding management the milk yield per performance period has been increased considerably in recent decades. However, falling milk prices, rising feed costs and more stringent environmental p ...
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 ...
Monday, August 1, 2016
New approach to use phage therapy against Aeromonas hydrophila-induced Motile Aeromonas Septicemia in Nile tilapia
Infections with Aeromonas hydrophila is a progressive problem in aquaculture. The use of antibiotic such as Ciprofloxacine has contributed to the rapid and effective treatment of disease cause by this organism. However the Fast-paced increa ...
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Wake-up call: the dark truth about feed pelleting and the processed feed quality
To address this topic, let me start by looking at the direction that the industry seems to be heading towards …….We start to see a new trend where more industry experts realize the concern to meet new challenges ahead, and hence the need to ...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Six hours after infection, the metabolic changes induced by WSSV neutralise the host's oxidative stress defenses
Levels of intracellular ROS (reactive oxygen species) were significantly increased in hemocytes collected from WSSV-infected shrimp within the first 30–120min after infection. Measurement of the NADPH/ NADP+ and GSH/GSSG ratios revealed tha ...
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, June 20, 2016
Aromabiotic fighting the immunity gap
It is well known in swine husbandry that the weaning period is the most critical period in a piglet's life. Around weaning piglets are facing environmental, nutritional, social and managerial changes. The short term consequences of ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Enhancement of antioxidant activity, non-specific immunity and growth performance of Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis Niloticus by dietary fructooligosaccharide
In this study, Nile tilapia was fed experimental diets containing different levels (0, 1, 2, and 3%) of fructooligosaccharide (FOS) for 6 weeks to investigate its effect on the antioxidant activity, non-specific immunity and growth performa ...

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