Tag: animal health

This year Schothorst Feed Research will organize the Feeds & Nutrition course for the 10th time and for the first time online.

Biovet announced that the patent of Alquernat Nebsui has been approved by the Industry and Commerce Superintendency of the Government of Colombia.

Royal Agrifirm Group announced its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report 2020. According to the report, despite Covid-19 the company was able to support the development and implementation of resource-efficient and circular solutions.

The Seaweed Company, specializing in the cultivation of traceable seaweed species, launched Blue Farming® for accelerating the transition to sustainable and organic agriculture.

WHO, FAO, OIE and UNEP launched new international “One Health High-Level Expert Panel” to address the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases.

Evonik develops system solutions for the gut health of poultry and swine. Science-based new system solutions includs low-protein diets, amino acids, probiotics, services and consulting.

Heat stress impacts the performance and well-being of all ruminants. This was first clearly demonstrated with large epidemiological studies in dairy cows (Burgos and Collier, 2011), indicating short-term production losses and longer-term welfare issues.

After the decision to ban the medicinal use of zinc oxide in piglet diets, feed formulators are seeking feed ingredients and additives which can reduce the risk of digestive disorders in critical phases like the post-weaning period. Specific potentiated form of zinc oxide can be used in premixes...

Traditional methods of controlling post-weaning diarrhoea have been using zinc oxide at high doses (2500-3000mg/kg feed) together with antibiotics. While there are many benefits of using zinc oxide linked to improving gut health, there are more negative effects such as increasing antibiotics resistance, encouraging the selection...

Trouw Nutrition, Nutreco’s animal nutrition division, shared details of global mycotoxin analyses on feed ingredients and complete feeds in 2020 along with details of how Q4 2020 results might impact animal health and performance in 2021 and the company’s feed safety programme.