Ioannis MavromichalisIoannis Mavromichalis, Ph.D., is an animal nutrition industry consultant. To contact Mavromichalis, email [email protected].From the Author - Page 37Animal NutritionHow to adjust sow feeds for summer heat stressSows suffer during the summer, especially sows of modern genetics during the lactation period.Animal Nutrition ViewsWhere will feed prices go if ASF bonanza materializes?Why isn’t anybody talking about feed prices in terms of a global ASF catastrophe (or opportunity, depending from where one sits)?Animal Nutrition ViewsESPN and planning for the futureIf you plan on attending the 22nd European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition (ESPN) at Gdansk in Poland in a couple of weeks, here’s a piece of advice, free of charge: Make a plan.Animal Nutrition ViewsIs there a Plan B for ingredients sourcing in face of ASF?Imagine that the African swine fever (ASF) virus gets out of control.Animal Nutrition ViewsShould we still source feed ingredients from ASF-hit regions?Is it possible for African swine fever (ASF) virus to be transmitted through feed? The answer is yes, and this is not news.Animal NutritionAdd value to piglet diets with molassesMolasses, either from sugar beets or sugar cane, is a common enough ingredient throughout most of the world. In fact, it is an indispensable ingredient in ruminant diets, and perhaps this widespread usage has removed it from feeds for other species – pigs in particular.Animal NutritionWhat is the best heifer-weaning index?There are many guidelines around, but most are based on the Holstein breed and do not take into account inter- and intra-breed mature animal weight, birth weight and growth rate.PoultryMarketing nutrition by blaming other productsThose who have nothing good to say about their own products or services instead identify true or imaginary faults in the products of others.Animal Nutrition ViewsWhy mega farms use in-house nutrition expertiseCreating or reviewing a nutrition program for a mega animal producer is rather a different exercise compared with working for a feed/nutrition supplier or any other animal producer.Animal Nutrition ViewsBuying the latest technology and the thrill of spending moneyA friend of mine wants to buy a robotic milking machine because he is gadget friendly and enjoys new technology. The size of his milk cow herd is not large enough to justify such expense, but he is going to do it, just because he wants to.Animal Nutrition ViewsWhy large farms do not buy many animal feed additivesThe most common complaint of nutrition suppliers (additives mostly) is that they cannot get (easily) into large (mega) farms. It appears to them that such mega producers prefer to use simple nutrition programs without much in terms of added (modern) nutritional supplements. There are many reasons why such large operations prefer simple nutrition programs, and some are offered here for discussion.Animal Nutrition ViewsTalk to a geneticist before you find a nutritionistA larger animal has larger maintenance needs that need to be taken into account when calculating efficiency.Previous PagePage 37 of 77Next Page
