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Lucta makes business of senses

Feed for an animal is not always palatable. Young animals, in particular, have difficulties adjusting to processed feed after weaning. Lucta in Spain has specialised in improving the feed intake of animals by making the feed more attractive with flavours and palatability modifiers. AllAboutFeed had a tour of the facilities at Montornés del Valles, just north of Barcelona, to get to know the company better.
Lucta was founded in 1949 and has since been a family-owned company with approx. 500 employees and a turnover of €120 million. The company has a global presence with offices and/or... read more »

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Protecting phytogenics by microencapsulation

Plant extracts and essential oils have positive effects on animal health, but are often difficult to process in the animal feed. Biomin has developed an encapsulation process which overcomes these handling problems and which also gives better performance of the phytogenics in the animal. read more >

Phytogenics: More than sensory additives

Introducing the term phytogenic feed additives is one thing, but actually making them turn into successful products is of another magnitude. Austrian company Delacon knows what it is talking about in this respect and shared their 25 years of experience in phytogenics with 250 invited people during their Performing Nature Symposium in Greece. read more >

Reducing the anti-nutrient effect of phytate

Phytate can reduce the solubility of up to half of the protein in conventional diets, resulting in a physiological cascade which adversely influences the nutritional value of energy and amino acids. Exogenous phytase can counter these effects, improving amino acid and energy digestibility. read more >

Plant meal improves eggshell quality

Heat stress and age are common causes of reduced egg shell quality and incur large economic losses in the Indian poultry industry. A number of plants are known to contain high levels of metabolically active vitamin D3. Studies have shown that under adverse conditions, these can be useful in reducing the egg shell quality problems associated with age. read more >

Encapsulated plant extracts to fight Coccidiosis

A three-year PHD study at the university of Leeds and continuing research have shown the potential for the combination of thymol and carvacrol as a feed microadditive to limit the production impact of eimeria challenge. Henry Greathead and Chris Kamel explain. read more >
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