Managing feed cost with exogenous enzymes in a volatile market
Exogenous feed enzymes enhance digestibility of cereals, grain, legumes and oilseed meals. Each class of feed enzyme is unique, and can be deployed during...
Global Feed Antioxidants Market
Market research companies have varying estimates of the size and growth prospects of the global animal feed antioxidants market. However, when the expectations in...
BinSentry launches Feed Ordering Hub
Canadian ag-tech start-up BinSentry has launched Feed Ordering Hub during World Pork Expo. The cloud-based hub is designed to increase feed ordering and scheduling...
Lallemand releases webtool predicting heat stress-related losses for ruminants
Lallemand Animal Nutrition has unveiled a new webtool which predicts the negative impact that heat stress has on milk yield and milk quality for...
How to reduce the impact of rising temperatures?
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According to the report entitled “Global Warming of 1.5 ºC” published in 2018 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the...
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 down under
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...
Understanding heat stress in dairy to alleviate it
Heat stress (HS) is caused by several weather factors: temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, air movement, and precipitation. Due to climate change and the...
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...