01 apr 2008

The need for feed additives is related to animal feed production. The consistent demand for meat and dairy products is expected to drive growth of this market in Australia and New Zealand. Despite challenges in this market, such as stringent regulato...

16 dec 2006

In vitro models have long been used as screening tools for the animal feed industry. A project has highlighted a dynamic model simulating the rumen ecosystem as a cost-effective, sustainable tool for the development of rumen modifying feed additives ...

06 nov 2006

The rumen is a very efficient organ, producing microbial amino acids and making them available to the animal. However, rumen fermentation also brings some disadvantages such as methane production. Together with the nitrogen losses due to inefficie...

01 aug 2006

The latest BSAS conference held in York in the UK was again an exciting mix of scientific displays and presentations on the newest research in animal science. Emmy Koeleman visited this annual event and reports on the latest sheep nutrition insights...

01 jun 2006

Making high quality silage requires good fermentation. However, there are a number of microoragnisms that can not only spoil the silage making process but are also harmful to ruminants, can spoil milk products and are damaging to human consumers. He...

01 jun 2006

Supplementing acidotic diets with the live yeast SC 47 strengthens the rumen’s reducing power by improving its O2 scavenging ability. This new concept presented by Jean-Philippe Marden and Corine Bayourthe, applies thermodynamic laws to finally allow...

01 oct 2005

For a number of years now, there have been groups dedicated to educating the world about the benefits of yeast in diets for ruminants, but until recently, their efforts were hampered by a relative lack of knowledge about why it worked. In the backgro...

01 aug 2003

Emulsifiers. Nothing new, many will say. And indeed their use has long been practiced in our industry. Although their main use was to improve fat solubility in aqueous media, farmers using them were found to be adding more than was recommended- and g...

01 apr 2003

What's the recipe for the success of rumen-protected methionine? Having been protected in the rumen, methionine has to be liberated optimally in the intestine. Result: supplying bio-available methionine increases milk protein content. And that's not ...

01 mar 2003