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Trouw Nutrition launches MyNutriOpt for feed analysis

Trouw Nutrition launches MyNutriOpt for feed analysis

Trouw Nutrition launched MyNutriOpt, new online management platform which simplifies quality feed formulation decisions while helping to reduce costs, lower feed waste and save time.

ZnO will not be banned in animal nutrition in 2022 in EU

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...
A FUTURE WITHOUT ZINC OXIDE

A future without zinc oxide

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...
PLASMA AND EGG POWDER AS SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES TO ZnO

Plasma and egg powder as sustainable alternatives to ZnO

Zinc Oxide (ZnO) time is running out. Rational use of antibiotics and growth promoters moves the focus from pharmacology to functional ingredients. Spray dried plasma and egg powder are successfully used as excellent nutritional ingredients, preventing post-weaning diarrhea, improving...
RESILIENT APPROACH TO REDUCE DAMAGES FROM STRESS AND SUPPORT PERFORMANCE

Resilient approach to reduce damages from stress and support performance

Animals face every day various kind of stress: change of diet or raw material quality, hot temperature, diseases, handling and manipulations… Stress triggers the production of free reactive radicals in cells which oxidize lipids or proteins.
REPLACING ZINC IN PIG PRODUCTION

Replacing zinc in pig production

There is not one single product that can replace the current use of Zinc Oxide. A ZnO free pig production requires improvements in many fields that include farm management, biosecurity, genetics, the health status of the pig and diet composition. Fiber can become a vital part of ZnO free piglet diets.
Zinpro Corporation celebrates 50th anniversary

Zinpro Corporation celebrates 50th anniversary

Zimpro®, leading animal nutrition company is celebrating 50th anniversary with a bolder, performance-driven focus for the future.

DLG Test Center completely redesigns feed certification

Test Center Technology and Farm Inputs of the DLG (German Agricultural Society) has fundamentally redesigned its approach to feed certification
Avivagen announces new research publication for OxC-betaTM

Avivagen announces new research publication for OxC-beta

Avivagen has announced upcoming research publication highlighting the benefits of OxC-betaTM livestock for broiler poultry. The study will be published soon in leading peer-reviewed journal Poultry Science.
New ruminant meta-analysis from Alltech addresses protein challenges, carbon footprint and profitability

New ruminant meta-analysis from Alltech

Alltech has released data from a new meta-analysis for ruminants, with results showing that Optigen® can simultaneously improve animal performance, reduce carbon footprint and increase profitability.