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How to pick the right calf starter feed

It is best to evaluate the cost of feeding based on total feeds consumed until heifers are weaned, as opposed to the current, usual practice of comparing prices separately.

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Metabolic acidosis, a silent summer enemy

Animals suffering from metabolic acidosis will reduce their feed intake. I believe this is a good enough reason to pay attention to this barely acknowledged (summer) disorder.

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Avoid knee-jerk reactions with vitamins in premixes

Vitamin prices go up and down; this is just the nature of doing business at an international level. Users of vitamins are either animal producers or

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Picking the correct fiber profile for summer animal diets

When I was in graduate school, fiber was considered a bad thing for monogastric species like poultry and pigs.

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Piglet porridge, an undervalued tool

I have experienced firsthand the positive response of piglets (of any age) to a moist or semi-moist feed offered right after weaning.

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Vitamin D metabolism is obstructed at calcidiol step

Vitamin D is one of the essential fat-soluble vitamins that we routinely supply in all animal diets.

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The upside to vegetarian-fed broilers

With an increasing amount of broiler producers committing to an all-vegetable dietary regimen for their birds, one has to consider, what are we going to do with all the non-vegetable ingredients?

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Post-weaning feed intake target for piglets

We all know that the higher the feed intake during the first week post-weaning, the better the overall growing-finishing performance. So how can we improve post-weaning feed intake?

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Mushrooms as a potential replacement of antibiotics

Why hasn't the animal nutrition industry explored mushrooms as a feed ingredient, especially as we are focusing on removing antibiotics not only as growth-promoting agents, but also as therapeutic agents?

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What phytogenics require protection?

One of the most frequent questions when it comes to phytogenics is whether it pays to spend the extra dollar for protected forms.

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Could quorum quenching reduce animal antibiotic use?

Scientists discovered that bacteria constantly secrete signaling molecules (autoinducers) that are being detected by other bacteria, even by diverse species.

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Enzymes questioned in whole-grain diets for broilers

Feeding whole grains to broilers remains a topic of interest among producers and nutritionists, worldwide, for obvious financial reasons.

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