feed additives

It is shown that baicalin supplementation decreases the days and the occurrence of diarrhoea during the pre-weaning period of calves. Photo: Lex Salverda

25-09 | In-depth

Flavonoid baicalin improves the growth and health of pre-weaned calves

It’s shown that providing guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) is an effective way to reduce myopathy incidence without impacting chicken performance parameters. Photo: Lexo Salverda

20-09 | Article

Guanidinoacetic acid in broiler diets – effective in reducing breast myopathies

A recent study investigated the impact of adding flavours to the sow diet during lactation. Photo: Peter Roek

04-09 | Article

Supplementing lactating sows’ diets with flavouring additives aids weaning piglets

The study shows that supplementing phytase in dairy cows has potential as an approach for reducing faecal excretion. Photo: Anne van der Woude

01-09 | Article

Benefits of biosynthetic bacterial 6-phytase in dairy cows

For the trials, pigs of roughly five weeks of age were used. The pigs in this picture were not involved in the trials.Photo: Koos Groenewold

23-08 | In-depth

A nutritional approach involving plasma to mitigating ASF severity

Unlike humans, dogs are unable to synthesize vitamin D from sunlight exposure; therefore, dogs need to get all their vitamin D from their diet. Photo: Canva

18-08 | Article

Top 5 vitamins required in dog food

There is limited knowledge about trace mineral requirements of poultry which leads to the adoption of large safety margins to avoid deficiencies. Photo: Canva

09-08 | Article

Top 6 trace minerals required in poultry diets

Photo: Canva

07-08 | In-depth

Application of probiotic yeasts in the poultry feed

In the EU, around 91,000 people are infected with Salmonellosis annually, a severe form of food poisoning. Photo: Canva

03-08 | Research

New bacteriophage product for feed to tackle salmonella in broilers