Best practice in feed management

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How innovative thinking and a proactive approach can ensure best practice with feed on broiler farms In partnership with Cobb, this article examines best practice...

Water quality guidelines for turkeys

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Turkeys typically consume twice as much water as feed, so it is important to provide a clean, healthy water supply. Water not only serves...

Broiler nutrition, future efficiency

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Talking about broiler nutrition, we all want the best possible return while investing as little as possible: efficiency is the keyword to success and...

Calcium nutrition, bone metabolism, and eggshell quality in longer-persisting layers

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As regard layers management, rather than being depopulated at 60 to 70 weeks of age, or being moulted to allow for additional production cycles,...

Growth begins in the gut

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In the race to replace antibiotics on Canadian poultry farms, some producers have successfully adopted yeast-based prebiotic supplements. But there’s more potential to enhance...

Effect of arginine and lysine on broiler chickens

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Arginine is an essential amino acid for poultry and plays crucial roles in different biological pathways. Recent findings highlighted that the recommended levels of...

The value of digestibility coefficients and protein

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At all times and for all human cultures animal protein took an important part of nutrient supply and has been always of a high...

Additivity of ileal amino acid values of sorghum with different protein sources

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Sorghum is used widely in Australian poultry diets, primarily as an energy component. It is usually fed in diets that contain wheat but may...

Measurement of true ileal calcium digestibility of meat and bone meal for broiler chickens

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Currently, there is a move towards the use of digestible phosphorus (P) in diet formulations for poultry due to P excretion into the environment...

Meta-analysis of genetic parameters of feed conversion and related traits in chickens

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The objective of this study was to estimate the impact of some factors on heritability estimates of body weight (BW), feed conversion ratio (FCR), feed intake (FI),...

Comparison of wheat and maize-based diets on growth performance and meat quality of broiler...

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Maize and wheat are a major source of energy in broiler diets. Generally, wheat-based diets are offered to broiler chickens in Europe, Australia and...

Nutritional additive strengthens bones in layer hens

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Bone quality in egg-laying hens benefits from a common feed supplement as well as from traits that help their skeletons store calcium, research shows....

Benefits of non-synthetic, natural oregano essential oil in pullet rearing

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Feeding oregano essential oil to pullets during rearing can help to improve flock uniformity, reproductive fitness and feed efficiency, according to research undertaken at...

Effect of the type of diet and the addition of humic substances as growth...

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In recent years, humic substances have been tested as growth promoters in animal production and are one of the promising options to face the...

NRGene to offer the first broad soy diversity & haplotype database

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All-by-all full genome comparison of 30+ varieties to rapidly improve nutrition and hardiness and reduce resource requirements NRGene, the leading genomic big data company, has...

Phytic acid reduction in canola and camelina meals

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Canola and camelina meals have been identified as alternative plant protein sources in place of soybean meal for animal feeding. The use of these...

Managing the risk makes the difference in mycotoxin control

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A webinar on the results of the 2017 harvest analyses in terms of mycotoxin contamination has been recently held. Two experts on the matter...

Impact of dietary soluble non-starch polysaccharide levels on the gastrointestinal environment of young broilers

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The dietary fibre content of broilers diets is frequently neglected during feed formulation, despite the prevalence of fibrous material in feed ingredients and notable...

Feed Conversion Ratio optimized for farmer profit

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The farmers’ cost for animal feed is one of the main expenditures consisting of 60-70% of the overall producer costs. These producer costs are...

Comparison of the effects of dietary available phosphorus and feed restriction on performance, egg...

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This study was performed to evaluate the effect of available phosphorus and restricted feeding level on laying hens productivity, egg quality and yolk fatty...

Thoughts on diet energy. Definitions, requirements and alternatives

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Energy is by far our most expensive nutrient, yet surprisingly we never receive guarantees when we trade ingredients or manufacture diets. Energy level dictates...

In vivo digestion of GM proteins in laying hens

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Despite all of the positive effects of modern technologies to improve corn and soybean yields, the consumer often has a different perception of the...

Transgenerational impact of broiler breeder nutrition

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Continuous genetic selection in meat-type chicken for rapid growth resulted in increased meat production and decreased the time required for achieving the market weight....

Copper influences broilers’ performance and growth

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Copper (Cu) is an essential component involved in a wide variety of biochemical processes. It must be supplemented in the trace mineral premix as...

Methionine supplementation reduces plasma amino acid circulation and enhanced apparent digestibility in broiler chickens

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of methionine supplementation on amino acid concentration in systemic plasma, apparent amino acid digestibilities...

EU compound feed production market forecast 2025

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FEFAC market experts forecast continued stability in the EU compound feed production market for 2025. The total industrial compound feed production in the EU27...

Low protein diets supplemented with glycine, glutamine or arginine for broilers

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A previous study highlighted differences between a low protein (LP) diet and a higher concentration of amino acids (AA) for intestinal permeability and performance...

Expanding feed milling capacity and quality at New Rosendale’s

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At a time when the North American feed industry is undergoing a dramatic transformation driven by new rules, heightened market expectations and ground-breaking technology...

Scientifically validated results to raise poultry production profitability

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The Poultry Science Association 2017 Annual Meeting took place in Orlando, Florida on July 17-20. Being the most prestigious scientific event for poultry in...

Performance, immunity and blood biochemical parameters of broiler chickens fed diets containing Kappaphycus alvarezii

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Kappaphycus alvarezii (KPA) can be incorporated at 1.50% in diets for improved performance, immuno-responsiveness and blood biochemical parameters in broiler chickens. Introduction Kappaphycus alvarezii (KPA) is...

Short chain fatty acids and poultry gut health

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Due to customer demands, producers have been asked to change the way they grow production animals, specifically through the removal of antibiotics. With this...

Low protein diets downregulate hepatic enzymes

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Low protein diets have clear benefits for the poultry industry with regards to health, welfare and production. Dean et al., (2006) found that supplementing low...

Feeding broilers of the future

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The only way to maintain production is to improve the understanding of precision nutrition so that producers can feed broilers with low or no...

Phytase efficacy in young turkeys versus young broilers

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Based on tibia-ash content, equivalency between phytase enzymes with young turkeys appeared to be similar with young broilers. An extensive review about “microbial phytase...

Priming young birds for gut health and resilience

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This brief review focuses on the types of fibre that the nutritionist should be considering and how a phase feeding strategy should not only...

Why do we need low protein meat chicken diets?

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The current level of protein used in meat chicken diets is linked to various issues observed in the industry including feed cost and feed...

Broilers diets with high and low net energy but similar metabolisable energy

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A semi-commercial scale feeding study was conducted to compare formulations of broiler diets based on predicted net energy (NE) and metabolisable energy (ME). It...

Immediate post-hatch nutritional restriction in broilers

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The effect on broiler muscle development and occurence of intramuscular fat. Neonatal nutrition and immediate post hatch nutritional restriction represent an important facet of broiler...

Natural antioxidants in poultry production

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From vitamins to vitagenes - First part In general, there are four major types of stress in poultry production: technological, environmental, nutritional and internal stresses....

Improving feeding efficiency with innovating products

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At Trouw Nutrition they have focused their innovation in the poultry business on finding new ways of achieving improved feeding efficiency and enhanced performance...

Pellet quality and its effects on poultry performance

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Pellet quality provided to meat birds throughout the industry is highly variable. Feeding birds pellets of poor quality can in part be attributed to...

Supplementing Bacillus strains in chicken diets

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The present study investigated the effects of dietary supplementation of several Bacillus strains on growth performance, intestinal inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines, antioxidants and tight...

The future of probiotics

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USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at the Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, Calif., in...

Nutritional modulation of broiler intestine in the starter period and intestinal integrity

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Gut health which is characterized by intestinal integrity, intestinal microflora, mucin and enterocyte functionality, may be of greatest concern among poultry producers because it...

Corn co-products in broilers

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The expansion of the ethanol industry has increased the availability of a variety of corn co-products as feedstuffs for livestock and poultry. Of the...

How to improve hen fertility

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Following specific procedures to increase hen fertility will not eliminate drops in fertility, but it may also reduce the need to trouble-shoot breeder flocks. Artificial...

Broiler breeders, a research on alternative feeding programs and photostimulation periods

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USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, in which researchers...

The importance of feeding time observation

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Achieving proper bodyweight, flock uniformity, and sexual maturity at light stimulation are some of the biggest management challenges for broiler breeder farms. Today’s breeder pullets...

The role of early experience on the behavior of hens housed in cage-free aviaries

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Understanding the consequences of rearing experiences on the behavior and bone integrity of laying hens can help inform solutions to animal welfare and management...

Dietary approaches to control Necrotic Enteritis in broilers

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Necrotic Enteritis (NE) occurs in broilers due to an overabundance of C. perfringens and is usually associated with predisposing factors which include coccidial challenge,...

Laying hen nutrition for optimizing egg production and quality

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Hen nutrition is important; during the initial period of pullet rearing (<45 days of age), small particle size obtained by grinding of main cereals...

Precision feeding of broiler breeders

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Precision livestock feeding relies on real-time sensor feedback from individual birds to decide whether or not to allocate feed, according to the needs of...

Flexible Feed Formulation with GALLIPRO

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Facing challenging goals The goal of the poultry industry is to provide consumers with safe food, while promoting poultry health and welfare, in addition to carefully...

In Vitro evaluation of xylo-oligosaccharide production from different batches of wheat with and without...

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Supplementing poultry diets with xylanase partially depolymerizes the xylans present in the dietary cereals, reducing the number of sugars in the molecular chains. The...

Feed borne mycotoxins: the threat to poultry?

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Mycotoxins are metabolites produced by molds (fungi) that can infest crops pre-harvest and can continue to flourish under sub-optimal storage conditions. Grains with high...

Dietary energy, digestible lysine and available phosphorus levels influence growth performance and carcass traits...

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Energy (E) and amino acids (AA) are two of the most expensive components in broiler diets. There is no general consensus regarding the interaction...

Effects of yeast and its derivatives on meat yield

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The present experiment was designed to determine the effects of yeast and its derivatives on meat yield and hematological indices of broiler chickens challenged...

Potential to produce poultry feed from food wastes

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The annual food waste in Australia is estimated at 7.5 million tonnes with the majority disposed of in landfills. This not only causes significant economic loss...

Effect of the type of diet and the addition of humic substances as growth...

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In recent years, humic substances have been tested as growth promoters in animal production and are one of the promising options to face the...

Effects of probiotic bacillus Amyloliquefaciens H57 on performance and intestinal microbiota of chickens

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Direct fed microbials are a potential probiotic alternative to antibiotic growth promoters for improving animal production and preventing enteric pathogen infections. We are studying the effects...

Evaluating phosphorous equivalency of phytases

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The use of exogenous enzymes in non-ruminant nutrition is a valuable tool to increase digestibility and therefore spare the inclusion of expensive nutrients whilst...

Site and extent of digestion on poultry production

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In poultry formulation and production of feed has evolved extensively in the last century with the identification of required nutrients, and subsequent and continuing...

Early introduction of whole-grain diets to broiler chickens

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The main problem with introducing whole-grain diets (WGD) to newly hatched chicks is the kernel size  and this has led to such diets being...

Metabolisable energy of ingredients in peak layers

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Layer nutritionists typically rely on apparent metabolisable energy data generated in broilers as layer AME data are less available. The bioassays are typically conducted...

The bioavailability of zinc in poultry: what does literature say?

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Zinc bioavailability: zinc is an essential trace element for all the animals, including broilers. In case of deficiency, alteration of growth performance and distortion...

Effect of two different fibre sources on growth and immune function in grower layer-pullets

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This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of two different fibre sources on pullet growth, gut immune tissue, and lymphocyte proliferation of strain...

Low protein diets in broilers

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Some recent research at the Arkansas Agriculture Experiment Station Poultry Research Farm has been focused on low protein diets in broilers. Many nutritionists rely...

Dietary non-phytate phosphorus levels for laying hens in the last phase of lay

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The phosphorus (P) requirement of laying hens is an area of on-going debate and it is a factor that contributes to hen performance and...

Spirulina platensis Algae, a novel poultry feed additive

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Identifying alternative replacements for soybean meal in a high quality and reasonable price is of importance in poultry production and physiological parameters. Spirulina platensis...

Effectiveness of a double choice test to assess dietary taste preferences in broiler chickens

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Investigations into the taste system of chickens can help to improve poultry feeding strategies. However, a comprehensive study on dietary taste preferences for broilers...

Layer nutrition associated with different production systems

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The egg industry continues to grow; in the past this was in cage production, but today’s growth is focused on alternative production systems such...

Animal feed probiotics market expands as antibiotic-free nutrition gains momentum

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The global animal feed probiotics market is undergoing a significant transformation as livestock producers increasingly seek sustainable, science-driven alternatives to conventional growth promoters. Valued...

How Xylanase can improve performance of a broiler diet

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Whilst xylanase rich NSP-enzymes are used consistently in wheat based diets the question remains whether the positive response seen can be ascribed solely to...

Feather-eating hens show specific essential amino acid appetites in a double-choice model

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Nutritional balance is one of the major considerations to prevent severe feather pecking in layer hens. Individual variation in digestive and metabolic efficiencies and...

Requirement of digestible calcium at different dietary concentrations of digestible phosphorus for broiler growers

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An experiment was conducted to determine the digestible calcium (Ca) and digestible phosphorus (P) requirements of 11-24 days old broiler chickens. L.S. David1, M.R. Abdollahi1,...

The ability of meat chickens to extract energy from wheat

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The apparent metabolisable energy (MJ/kg dry matter) values for wheats were determined in two conventional energy balance experiments on meat chickens. A blend of...

Intestinal barrier function – A case to be studied in reduced protein diets

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Maintaining intestinal health and growth remains a concern as demands increase to limit the use of antibiotics in poultry production. There is also an...

Phosphorus: how low can we go in broiler diets?

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Phosphorus (P) is essential for all forms of life. Dietary P content either in excess of, or below requirements may adversely affect broiler performance....

Crude soybean lecithin and vegetable acid oil as energy sources for broiler chickens

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Lecithin and acid oil, as co-products from vegetable oil refining process, are economic alternatives to conventional fat sources and may represent an efficient energy...

NSP enzymes, gut microbiota and fermentation products

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Arabinoxylans account for 50-70% of the NSP feed enzymes present in cereal grains and make up the majority of cell wall NSP in corn,...

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