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16 dec 2006

The quality of dietary lipids is affected by their degree of saturation and the content of free fatty acids, among other factors. Adding emulsifiers has already been shown to improve productive parameters in broilers. Recent work shows that the ef...

09 nov 2006

Antibiotic growth promoters are banned in Europe and many countries in the future will follow suit. The search for alternatives will be an ongoing quest. Scientists with the Project Directorate on Poultry (ICAR) in India conclude that natural growth ...

01 oct 2006

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 Kam...

01 aug 2006

Analysis of different vitamin e sources for poultry rations showed clear differences in the transfer rate to body tissues. By comparing three different sources, baker and his colleagues pelletier, pfeiffer and troescher oncluded that currently used ...

01 jun 2006

Choosing between various growth-promoting feed additives in broilers requires extensive testing, also under challenged conditions. Ángela Gutiérrez del Álamo Oms, Gerard Santomá and Marko Schuring explore their effects in three trials.

01 aug 2005

New-generation phytase products have an increasingly vital role to play in helping poultry producers stay ahead of tightening economic pressures and environmental standards by reducing feed costs and minimising phosphorus waste. However, to maximise ...

01 jun 2005

Digestible, metabolisable and net energy values of feed ingredients for pigs can be estimated by different methods. We present the reference methods used in the preparation of the INRA and AFZ feed tables and, more importantly, simplified methods to ...

01 aug 2004

Seventy years of experience in animal nutrition and feed research and it shows! Feed Mix visited Schothorst Feed Research in Lelystad, the Netherlands and found clear thinking in the relationship between fundamental and applied research from the bas...

01 aug 2004