Poultry

Animal Nutrition Views
When FCR is the wrong performance metric for a poultry integrator
Feed conversion measures biological efficiency, but it does not necessarily identify the flock producing the greatest quantity or value of saleable poultry meat.
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Brand Insights
Optimized phytase dosing: unlocking more value from feed phytate
IFF Animal Nutrition & Health
Learn how optimized phytase dosing with Axtra® PHY GOLD can improve nutrient release, reduce feed costs and maximize feed phytate value in poultry and swine diets.
Optimized phytase dosing: unlocking more value from feed phytate
Feed Ingredient Insights
Feed phosphates should be priced by digestible phosphorus
The phosphorus contribution of a feed ingredient depends on its origin, its availability to the bird and what the rest of the diet allows the bird to use.
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Feed Ingredients
Application for FDA approval of hemp ruminant feed expected this year
The Hemp Feed Coalition has launched a research webinar series to promote the ingredient and raise funds for future ingredient applications.
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Animal Nutrition Views
The hidden cost of an overcomplicated feed additive portfolio
Poultry companies regularly evaluate new additives, but rarely review whether the products accumulated over time still create measurable value together.
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Feed Ingredient Insights
Choline chloride quality begins with the carrier
Choline chloride is nutritionally important in poultry feeds, but concentration, carrier quality, storage behavior and dosing accuracy determine how much reaches the bird.
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Animal Nutrition Views
When least-cost feed becomes highest-cost production
Reducing feed cost per ton creates little value when the resulting diet increases feed conversion, growing time, flock variation or processing losses.
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Poultry
Postbiotic-essential oil blend could aid broiler gut health
Peer-reviewed study found the combination supported improved gut health and performance in broilers.
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Poultry
Diego Martinez joins Texas A&M Department of Poultry Science
Diego A. Martinez, Ph.D., joined the Texas A&M Department of Poultry Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences as an assistant professor of poultry nutrition on August 1.
Animal Nutrition Views
Who owns nutrition performance across an integrated poultry company?
When nutrition, procurement, feed manufacturing, live production and processing optimize separate targets, nobody remains accountable for the final biological and financial result.
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Poultry
Updating nutrition models to support long-laying hens
Nourishing hens to produce for 100-plus weeks calls for a precision strategy.
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Feed Ingredient Insights
When does an emulsifier pay in a broiler diet?
Emulsifiers may improve fat use in some broiler diets, but fat source, bird age and matrix strategy determine whether a biological response becomes a commercial return.
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Animal Feed Manufacturers
Haid Group breaks ground on feed production base in Tanzania
This marks a key leap in Haid’s strategic layout in Africa, from North Africa to West Africa and then to East Africa.
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