Tag: Nutritional science/management: Page 13

Animal Nutrition Views

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.

June 19, 2018

Swine

Study: ABF pigs need more dietary threonine

Study results have confirmed that pigs raised on antibiotic-free diets in poor sanitary conditions need to have their dietary threonine (Thr) levels adjusted if they are to achieve optimal growth.

June 18, 2018

Animal Nutrition Views

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.

June 14, 2018

Feed Additives

3 trends in animal feed additives

From acidifiers to yeast, the feed additive market is booming, but the best is yet to come.

June 6, 2018

Animal Nutrition Views

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.

June 5, 2018

Animal Nutrition Views

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?

May 29, 2018

Feed Production by Region

Biorigin hires poultry and pigs technical manager

Biorigin has hired Eliana Ottati Dantas as a new poultry and pigs technical manager in Brazil for the animal nutrition segment.

May 23, 2018

Poultry

Blanch is new Hamlet Protein global poultry segment manager

In the continued effort to increase Hamlet Protein’s commercial and technical knowledge and to further support its poultry business, the company has appointed Alfred Blanch to the position of global poultry segment manager.

May 23, 2018

Swine

Solution for zinc oxide replacement is management, nutrition

The solution to an alternative for zinc oxide in pigs will be a combination of good management and nutrition, according to Torben Skov Ancker, product manager at Honsyld Kobmandsgaard A/S in Denmark. Ancker spoke Tuesday at ONE 18, The Alltech Ideas Conference, in Lexington, Kentucky.

May 22, 2018

Animal Nutrition Views

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?

May 22, 2018

Feed Production by Region

Dr. Eckel receives EU funding for major research project

Niederzissen, Germany-based Dr. Eckel Animal Nutrition is investing EUR700,000 (US$825,000) in a new research and development project, for which it is receiving funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) within the scope of the InnoTop program of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

May 18, 2018

Feed Additives

CFF creates animal nutrition unit

Gehren, Germany-based CFF GmbH & Co. KG has created a new animal nutrition business unit to create a continuous supply of dietary fiber for all livestock and pets.

May 18, 2018