Tag: IntelliBond
The role of minerals in rumen digestion
When working to maximize the effectiveness of rumen digestion within your herd, your selection of the right trace mineral program can have a positive...
Nutritional strategies that can stand the heat
As global temperatures rise year upon year, threatening economic losses and placing increased environmental pressure on livestock farming, it is essential that diets are...
Selko delivers two TECHTalks at IPPE for poultry producers
Selko, the feed additive brand of Nutreco, delivered two TECHTalks highlighting strategies to optimise trace mineral bioavailability, support gut health, and bring a greater...
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....
Copper supplementation in grower/finisher production
Trouw Nutrition researchers found that adding hydroxychloride copper (IntelliBond®) to swine diets could help improve growth performance and reduce negative interactions between copper and added vitamins or enzymes. The use of high levels of copper also was found to limit the overgrowth of unwanted bacteria helping to manage gut health, increasing average daily gain (ADG) throughout production and improving hot carcass weight.