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New developments in layer hen feeding

A single diet offered during the early hours of the light period with some source of calcium top-dresses during the afternoon is the standard feeding program for layers worldwide. A new method has been proposed that adapts the normal behavior of the hen to the requirements of modern farming.

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Animal feed product R&D are two separate operations

In my later years of stay in Spain, I happened to be contracted as a consultant by a very good nutrition company who was blessed in having their own research farm of very high standards. Lamentably, what they had in abundance in research resources hey lacked in common sense.

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Quality versus cost: To feed, or not to feed?

I have always been an advocate of high-quality piglet feeds. In fact, I abandoned my dreams for an academic career only because the then top piglet nutrition company offered me the position of nutritionist in the U.S.

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So many ‘phyt-anicals’ available, which one to pick?

This week I am attending EuroTier 2016, and what a great show it is. But, apart from the hullabaloo, dinners, hand shaking and old stories with friends, I am managing to do some work as well.

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Zinc, copper alternatives for broiler and pig diets

Zinc oxide is an old friend of pigs, but an enemy to the environment and toxic to broilers when used at pharmacological doses. Copper sulphate is an even older friend to both pigs and poultry, but still not the best thing to dump into the fields through manure when used at growth-promoting levels.

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EuroTier 2016 is right around the corner

In exactly two weeks from now on November 15, EuroTier 2016 will open its doors. And again, I will be there. Perhaps there are better shows than EuroTier, but I have yet to visit them.

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Broiler wet litter solutions through feed formulation

Broilers and wet litter are a perennial problem that will not go away as long as we raise broilers the way we do now — on litter. Apart from the common causes due to disease, ventilation and watering problems, nutrition has a role to play.

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Moving on from old-book animal feed formulas

How is it possible that students with degrees in animal nutrition do not know how to formulate a simple diet? I just received another email from an animal nutrition graduate with a master's degree asking me for references to learn how to formulate feeds.

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Disease control: A new role for animal feed additives?

Most animal feed additives are used at “prevention” dosages, quite often assuming the co-presence of other such gut-health products. But what happens when animals get sick?

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Misinformation is the enemy of animal feed additives

Once upon a time, antibiotics reigned. They were inexpensive and efficient. Everybody used them, and animals thrived.

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Thinking ahead: The future of animal feed additives

If we were to stop for a minute and think about the future — when it comes to animal feed additives, that is — we can discern four possible scenarios.

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Could vitamin-enriched eggs enhance our health, profits?

Why not capitalize on something that is immensely easier and takes no great expense to do? How about vitamin-rich eggs?

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