Tag: animal nutrition
Improving broiler poultry efficiency and driving sustainable chicken
Maintaining the gut health of broilers is key to getting optimum performance and feed efficiency, helping the chicken to utilize the feed provided to...
Boosting beef profits with live yeast supplementation
Live yeasts can be particularly helpful for fattening bulls. They are known to have a positive effect on ruminal microbial activity by stabilizing pH...
Feed efficiency, a complex multifactorial concept in nutrition
Resource availability is increasingly limited due to environmental pressures, global economics and worldwide regulations. The availability of nutrients is problematic, being crucial to meet...
Seaweed: A sustainable solution for feed efficiency
Feed efficiency is key to optimizing productivity across various species, including cattle, pigs, poultry, shrimp and fish. Seaweed-based solutions offer innovative ways to enhance...
New challenges call for a fresh weaning strategy for piglets
Despite advancements in management and nutrition, post-weaning diarrhoea remains a prevalent and costly issue in piglets, leading to mortality, reduced growth rates, and increased...
Optimizing broiler chick performance before they hatch
Antioxidant enzymes like superoxide dismutase are significant because they ensure that poultry can effectively address free radicals and the associated oxidative stress a chick’s...
The role of feed additives in improving animal production performance
Feed additives play a crucial role in modern animal nutrition to optimise growth, enhance feed efficiency, and improve overall health in livestock. These components...
Harnessing endolysins for feed efficiency and animal performance
Whilst it can be helpful to think of endolysins as enzymes with antimicrobial activity specific to the pathogen being targeted, for any of this...
Navigating sustainability in a changing world: BFA’s commitment to resilient and responsible feed
The feed sector is at a turning point. Global developments are reshaping the way we produce animal nutrition, bringing both challenges and opportunities. The...
Orffa and Florates unveil new gut health technology
Orffa has partnered with Florates to launch Instant Insight in Gut Health, a diagnostic tool that provides rapid, non-invasive gut health assessments for livestock...
