The role of yeast extract in pet food in improving immune...
Yeast extracts can enhance pet food palatability by drawing out savoury umami flavours with their naturally occurring glutamic acid and nucleotide profiles. Yeast extracts...
Pets are the new target for NutriLeads’ precision prebiotic ingredient
Benicaros® is well-positioned to address the growing demand for immune and gut health solutions in pets. With the global pet food market projected to...
Selenium, a crucial element in pet food formulation
Selenium is an essential trace element. The narrow margin between the minimum requirement and the maximal legal limits of selenium, variation of selenium levels...
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...
