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Animal Nutrition Views: Page 29
Animal Nutrition Views
Is there a Plan B for ingredients sourcing in face of ASF?
Imagine that the African swine fever (ASF) virus gets out of control.
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Rethinking calf nutrition: 5 reasons to embrace vegetable proteins in CMRs
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Discover how enzyme-treated soy protein like Hamlet Protein’s HP 100 offers a sustainable, cost-effective alternative to traditional milk proteins in CMRs.
Animal Nutrition Views
Should 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 Nutrition Views
Why mega farms use in-house nutrition expertise
Creating 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 Views
Buying the latest technology and the thrill of spending money
A 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 Views
Why large farms do not buy many animal feed additives
The 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 Views
Talk to a geneticist before you find a nutritionist
A larger animal has larger maintenance needs that need to be taken into account when calculating efficiency.
Animal Nutrition Views
Are you still fighting for the wrong cause?
Miracles happen, people change. But these two things have yet to materialize in the animal nutrition business in which I have been engaged in for the past 30 years, under any and all roles I have played. I write this blog having specific people in my mind, and they are not coming from just one company or even one continent, but these comments apply to all of us.
Animal Nutrition Views
First comes nutrition, then come additives
Nothing is wrong with feed additives. In fact, in the right hands, they can be used with tremendous efficiency, like proper tools for the right job. And, this is what additives are: tools for specific jobs, either to solve a problem or enhance a function.
Animal Nutrition Views
The perils of making your own feeds
Now that we have analyzed the major issue of trusting others to control 60 percent of your costs, we can discuss the perils of doing so yourself.
Animal Nutrition Views
The perils of not making your own feed
What are the perils of allowing others to control what your animals eat daily?
Animal Nutrition Views
6 major nutrition problems in dairy cows
No matter the region, production system or breed, dairy cattle appear to suffer from six very common problems related to the intensive conditions under which they are raised and kept throughout their productive lives.
Animal Nutrition Views
Global broiler hybrids require local feeds
Most producers use the generic dietary specifications provided generously by genetic houses, but these are not the last word on the subject.
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