Tag: Nutritional science/management: Page 52

Animal Nutrition

Cooperative, producer partnership results in increased milk production

Collaboration between the agronomy, animal nutrition and farm management teams has been a successful strategy for Landmark Services Cooperative and its members. Recently, the collaboration netted an improvement of an extra 6 pounds of milk per cow per day on a partnering dairy.

October 14, 2013

Animal Nutrition

How to achieve optimum feed performance in a volatile market

Poultry producers must continue to meet performance objectives, in terms of both growth and flock uniformity, despite increases and volatility in raw material costs. Due to this, the industry has increased the use of alternative ingredients and byproducts in poultry feed. The inclusion of these alternative raw materials in feed formulations can introduce its own challenges. This article explores strategies for overcoming the problems with anti-nutritional elements and ingredient variability.

October 14, 2013

Feed Additives

How to maximize microbial protein production by ruminants

A lot of emphasis is placed on escape protein and in establishing the escape protein values for various ingredients. But has the industry been overlooking the obvious solution? Generally, at least half of the metabolizable protein supplied to the cow for protein synthesis is from microbial protein, with the remainder of the requirement met with escape protein from ingredient sources.

September 26, 2013

Feed Additives

How to improve the absorption of trace elements in monogastric animals

Trace elements perform important physiological functions, such as the complex functions in metabolism, and deficiencies can lead to general disorders, which is why they are provided in the feed. Though important for maintaining optimal livestock health and performance, the importance of benefits from trace element supplementation tend to be underestimated.

September 26, 2013

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Organic acids kill probiotics – or not?

Weall know that organic acids are quite effective against pathogenic bacteria inthe stomach and small intestine, of both pigs and poultry.

September 25, 2013

Animal Nutrition

Three areas to watch in the enzyme industry

The commercial success of phytase enzymes and the increased awareness of the potential for certain enzymes to reduce feed cost in light of the recent price hikes mostly in cereals, have increased interest to further develop the enzyme business.

September 9, 2013

Animal Nutrition

Fish meal prices to remain prohibitively high for pig, poultry feeds

Back in 2001, fish meal was about $480 per metric ton. This year it has exceeded $2,000 and there is absolutely no indication it will ever get any cheaper anytime soon.

September 6, 2013

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Molasses in poultry diets – an unusual ingredient with potential

Molasses is used in diets for ruminants and less so for pigs, but when quantities and price are favorable it is often considered as an ingredient for poultry diets.

August 28, 2013

Poultry

Preventing broiler foot-pad dermatitis with nutrition

Broiler foot-pad contact dermatitis (also known as pododermatitis) remains a production and welfare problem for the worldwide broiler industry as it reduces profitability and causes suffering to birds. In fact, regulations exist in several European countries that try to control this problem by reducing stocking density where broiler foot-pad dermatitis remains a chronic issue.

August 26, 2013

Animal Feed Manufacturing

Adding vitamin C to pig, poultry diets

Pigs and poultry are fully capable of synthesizing enough vitamin C (ascorbic acid), a naturally occurring metabolite of glucose, to meet normal daily needs. Nevertheless, there is sufficient evidence today to suggest that pigs and poultry given vitamin C may benefit under certain conditions.

August 26, 2013

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Protease and raw soybeans – Is it possible?

Proteases, enzymes that degrade feed proteins and enhance digestibility, have been around for some time now, in one form or the other.

August 22, 2013

Poultry

The future of poultry nutrition: 1:1 feed conversions by 2025?

In the recent past, the goal of an average broiler complex was 2:2:42, which meant growing a two kilogram bird (4.4 pounds), with a feed conversion of 2:1, in 42 days. With continued genetic advances, broiler producers will be able to reach that same weight with just one kilogram of feed, probably by 2025.

August 1, 2013