Animal Nutrition Views: Page 35

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The more, the better — not always true in animal nutrition

All I want to say for this week is to ask your nutritionist to keep evaluating the need for everything that adds cost (monetary or metabolic) to your formulas.

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National Research Council minimum levels of vitamin A, E

Following my last blog, I received many questions, including “What are the NRC levels?” that I had been discussing.

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Vitamins A and E, now is not time to panic!

During times of crisis, such as the current one on vitamins A and E, it is always not a good idea to start thinking how to rationalize vitamin levels (typical panic reaction).

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Buy the original, reward the pioneers, fund the future

I will be the first to admit that buying low cost is tempting, and I have done it several times (only to regret the lower quality and often buy again the proper stuff).

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Nutritional management of necrotic enteritis, coccidiosis

Removing antibiotic agents against bacteria and protozoa from broiler feeds has increased the incidences of gut health problems.

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Information is impersonal, but advice does not have to be

There are three main means of mass communication and receiving information.

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Animal feed ingredients rich in valine and other BCAA

Following the blog from last week, I thought it would make sense to talk about which natural ingredients can be used as a source of branched-chain amino acids.

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Animal nutrition: What do you know about valine?

Of the 700 amino acids that exist in nature, only 20 alpha-amino acids are used by living organisms for protein synthesis.

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Pop quiz on animal feed immunoglobulins

Immunoglobulins in animal feeds are nothing new. We have been providing them through milk, animal plasma and eggs in one way or another, even without our knowledge.

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Feed ingredients: Do as you would have done to you

I just finished a conversation with a consulting client who wanted to find out if they could use an “innovative” industrial byproduct (waste) in feeds for animals.

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Animal nutrition: quasi-vitamins or voodoo stuff?

A quick glance at any book titled “metabolism of nutrition” will quickly dispel any notion that animals require only a handful of compounds to live.

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There is no such thing as vitamin B

Long ago, when scientists were in the process of opening up the magic world of vitamins, there were many vitamins discovered.

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