In developing countries, animal feed ingredients can be scarce. By utilising ‘waste’ ingredients, the problem can partly be solved. But what is the nutritional value of these underutilised feed sources? Here we list 3 of them. Bananas First we take a [...]
Nutrition has an effect on reproduction, lactation, immunity, wool production, and adaptation to various environmental stresses. Such relationships should provide useful tools to adapt nutritional regimens to meet a specific production target and/or solve a specific production problem. The relationship [...]
The new edition of All About Feed magazine is now available to read online. In this issue, we zoom in on the investment possibilities in Africa, feeding fish silage to pigs and how to control heat stress through nutritional [...]
The poultry industry has come a long way in understanding parent stock breeds, managing equipment properly and applying the correct vaccination programme to produce the optimal number of high-quality hatching eggs and day-old chicks. One area with room for [...]
Professionals in the UK swine business do not necessarily reject the re-introduction of swill in swine feed, if concerns like disease control and consumer acceptance were addressed. That conclusion was drawn researchers on the basis of a survey. Amid recent [...]
Early nutrition in chicks is important in order to meet their needs for initial fast growth rates as well as the development of their gut. This, in turn, will influence their ability to digest and assimilate nutrients. Nutrition of the [...]
A new interactive tool on All About Feed shows the feed production per region or country. The tool is based on open data from different sources and can be used as as reference guide for feed production trends around [...]
Scientists and artists are coming together in a unique initiative to launch a new poultry research project, breeding facility and arts installation in the Horn of Africa. The new facility is bringing together art and science in a bid to [...]
Modern sows are now more productive than ever before due to tremendous advancements in the industry, but this new generation of sows brings a new set of challenges that require innovative nutrition and health management solutions. This was one of [...]
Piglet performance can be increased through good management of the sow, whereof feed is an important factor. Enriching the gestation and lactation diet of sows with alpha-monoglycerides has led to higher weaning weights of their offspring. In the beginning of [...]
