ASF: Phytogenic power for safe feed
Combating the spread of the African Swine Fever Virus is currently a top priority worldwide. The spread of the virus poses a serious challenge...
Choline is essential and required for everybody
Choline is a biochemical building block and precursor to numerous compounds involved in supporting life. For dairy cattle, choline serves many roles and is...
Animal science turns to advancing resilience for heat tolerance
Several research groups across the world are researching the challenge of enhancing the resilience of livestock to climatic variability and change. Understanding adaptive mechanisms...
Expert Chat – Managing heat stress, and a research postcard from...
Birds cannot sweat and must rely on panting to cool down. That’s an inefficient method when you consider their feathers also serve as insulation....
Heat stress management: The importance of beef cattle nutrition
In dairy cows, the impact of heat stress can be easily measured, in particular through reduced milk production. Although there is less visibility, fattening...
Preparing poultry for heatwaves
To help birds survive heatwaves, they should not only be kept under the best possible living conditions, but their water-electrolyte metabolism should also be...
Reducing heat stress impact to improve broilers’ performance and welfare
Effective poultry heat stress management on the farm relies on a multifactorial approach to improve air flow and ventilation, spacing, dehumidification and evaporation, feeding...
TwistPak®: Mixing platform for swine vaccines brings convenience and flexibility
Boehringer Ingelheim unveiled its latest innovation: TwistPak®, a revolutionary mixing platform, which enables swine producers to combine two vaccines, Ingelvac CircoFLEX® and Ingelvac MycoFLEX®,...
Elanco and Ginkgo Bioworks launch BiomEdit
Elanco and Ginkgo Bioworks launched BiomEdit, a new animal health company leveraging microbiome technology. BiomEdit intends to discover and develop animal health products that...
Can acidification replace zinc oxide in piglet diets?
Restrictions on feeding high levels of zinc oxide will become effective in the EU in June 2022. Anticipating these changes, Trouw Nutrition has conducted...