Feedlot-reared cattle have been shown to benefit from supplemental vitamin E, which improves the colour of beef and colour stability, significantly improving shelf life. Plasma, liver and muscle metabolism have all shown involvement, and vitamin A a...

01 jun 2001

Supplying dietary phosphorus to ruminants can be a wasteful business. We need to have better knowledge of how much dietary P from feedstuffs is available to the rumen, so that it contributes more to the animal and less to environmental pollution. Ne...

01 jun 2001

The benefits of enzymes are most apparent when fed in poorly digestible diets to birds facing a large microbial challenge. This usually means that the poorer poultry producers are most likely to be the largest beneficiaries of enzyme use. Once again, ...

01 apr 2001

In modern feeding scenarios, the conditions within the rumen often fall outside the range for maximum fibre digestion by the rumen microflora. A more complete understanding of the mode of action of enzymes will allow development of low-cost enzyme pr...

01 apr 2001