Enhancing Protein Digestion
One of the most significant ways of enhancing nutrient digestibility is the use of enzymes. In most practical diets for poultry, the three most...
Dissecting Mycotoxin Dynamics: A Comprehensive Analysis in Livestock and Poultry Industry
Introduction
Mycotoxins, toxic secondary metabolites produced by certain fungi, pose significant threats to livestock and poultry health. These metabolites, which include aflatoxins, ochratoxins, zearalenones, fumonisins...
Management of Poultry Feed and Water Hygiene
In today's scenario of intensive poultry farming, the birdsare exposed to various stressors during its production cycle to reap the genetic potential of the...
Tributyrin as a feed additive to bring improvement in gut health in poultry
Phasing out of the antibiotics as growth promoters from poultry feed recipes has increased the interest for alternative nutritional strategies, for both increasing poultry...
Toxin Binder Clays: Unravelling The Evolutionary Journey & Nomenclature
The animal feed industry uses a wide range of inorganic compounds, collectively referred to as clays or toxin binders. It may be interesting to...
Using enzyme promises better profits in Poultry Feed
Feed accounts for more than 70% of production cost in poultry industry, hence its maximum utilization is of utmost importance for cost effective poultry...
A New Lens for Phytogenics – Harnessing The Power of Plants
Phytogenics, also referred to as “botanicals,” and commonly defined as plant-based feed additives, represent a group of natural substances used in animal nutrition, and...
Water quality: A hidden limiting factor for animal productivity
Introduction:
79% of the planet earth's crust constitutes water, only 2.5% of all water resources is fresh water, 96.5% of water is in oceans and...
Energy: the key factor for efficient milk production
Despite worldwide milk prices remaining at low levels over the last few years, demand for dairy products has held steady, especially in many South...
Lameness in dairy cattle- “A big challenge for commercial dairy farming”
Introduction
Laminitis is also known as founder. It is defined as the inflammation of the sensitive structures of the hoof which may be of infectious...
