ISSUE FOCUS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE January 2023 31 About Matthijs de Jong Matthijs de Jong is Central Technical Manager Aqua at Orffa Additives BV. Matthijs graduated from Wageningen University and research in 2021, with a bachelor Animal Sciences and a Master Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management. Orffa develops, customizes, sources and offers feed additives and feed additive concepts for the animal nutrition market. Engineering your feed solutions www.orffa.com - Follow us on WE CREATE, SELECT AND DELIVER FEED ADDITIVES Find your local specialist at www.orffa.com In addition to these benefits on osmotic status and reduction of stress, betaine has also been shown to improve the overall performance of aquatic animals in aquaculture. It has been shown to increase the growth rate, feed efficiency, and survival rate of fish and shrimp, which can help to improve the profitability of aquaculture operations. Overall, betaine is an important supplement in aquaculture, and its use is expanding. Addition of betaine can be an effective way to improve the health, growth, and performance of aquatic animals, helping to make aquaculture operations more sustainable, profitable and less reliable on antibiotics. FEED ADDITIVES: AQUACULTURE PATHWAY TO DECREASED ANTIBIOTIC USE Overall, it can be stated that feed additives can play a vital role in the reduction of antibiotics. Feed additives however, cannot stand alone in the mission to reduce the use of antibiotics. Next to the use of feed additives, it is important to have, for example, proper animal husbandry, feed management and disease prevention mechanisms. All these components combined are important to maintain productivity without the need of adding antibiotics. "Betaine has been shown to reduce the levels of stress hormones in the body, which can help to improve the overall health and well-being of animals."
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