Chickens need phosphorus in their diet. However, their inability to break down phytate molecules results in the release of undigested phosphorus in their manure and reduced animal performance. Arun Panda and his colleagues investigated the effect of...

01 feb 2006

Animal nutrition can also benefit the human population, simply by enriching feed with the necessary nutrients. There is a real need in many countries to increase our selenium intake and with the controversy surrounding cholesterol in eggs at last re...

01 oct 2003

The combination of vitamin E and organic selenium has improved the production and reproductive performance in broiler breeders and economic performance in broilers – particularly feathering, FCR, drip loss from meat and improved Se content of meat w...

01 oct 2003

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 a...

01 aug 2003

So many phosphate sources to choose from- so which selection criteria give valuable information? When formulating environmentally friendly diets for broilers, a measure of the digestible phosphorus content of feedstuffs is a useful guide.

01 aug 2003

Maintaining optimal immune response in birds has become a major challenge in modern poultry production. As nutrition is a major cost in animal and poultry nutrition, maintaining optimal health via this route is desirable. It is well known that antiox...

01 dec 2002

When environmental pollution becomes a restricting factor in livestock nutrition, there is a danger of over-compensating. In poultry production, this could have damaging effects on welfare. There is thus a need to re-assess phosphorus requirements in ...

01 aug 2002

Nicotinic acid, or niacin, is an often forgotten vitamin in poultry nutrition. As birds’ genetic potential increases, it seems that we need to re-evaluate the levels supplemented in diets, with respect to species, production parameter and basal ingre...

01 feb 2001