Early Life Nutrition: Ensuring calf growth and future resilience
Prioritizing high-quality nutrition in calves offers far-reaching benefits beyond their early growth. Through innovative research, the HoloRuminant project emphasises how early dietary interventions can...
Effective Weaning: A pre- and post-weaning nutritional approach
The weaning period represents a piglet’s transition from dependence on the sow’s milk to a diet of solid feed. This is a critical stage...
Robust Piglets: Feed solutions to support piglets’ health and performance
Generally, the term ‘robust piglet’ is considered important since we have to ensure that the animals have a higher resilience to stress. This allows...
Intestinal Health: Key to livestock performance
In young animals like piglets and calves, intestinal development is crucial during the early weeks of life. At birth, their intestinal tracts are immature...
Mycotoxins pose an unseen risk to calf development
Mycotoxins are concentrated on the seeds, placing swine and poultry production at a higher risk, however, calves are particularly vulnerable owing to their underdeveloped...
Phytobiotics’ flavours optimize feed intake in piglets
Flavours and sweeteners improve feed intake in piglets, especially during challenging transitions like weaning. A recent study found that incorporating a vanilla flavour with...
A winning strategy for calf gut health
Producers spend a lot of time and money trying to improve the genetics of their herds. Calves that have both strong immune system development...
The importance of proper early nutrition
Weaning animals may experience a suppressed appetite that discourages feed intake. High-intensity sweeteners and palatants provide an effective incentive for calves and piglets to...
Better gut health for better returns: Enhancing dairy production with postbiotics
Modern dairy production is facing a series of unprecedented challenges. Postbiotics are an emerging technology that offers a stable, quick and focused solution to...
Seaweed supports improved intestinal health and resilience
A considerable body of literature exists to demonstrate the range of bioactive compounds in seaweed, and their applications in animal feed. As strong evidence...
