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A feed sanitizer can reduce the impact of necrotic enteritis (NE) in poultry and improve livability and performance, according to a recent study conducted by the University of Georgia (UGA).
Founder and CEO of insect protein company, Livin Farms, Katharina Unger, believes that insect protein will pave the way to the future of poultry and other animal feed.
Rice bran is a misnomer, or rather a confusing term as it can encompass a range of rice by-products at variable concentrations. It is a very atypical ingredient: it has excellent nutritive value, but it is undervalued by most nutritionists; it is widely available, but hardly traded in the commodities market.
Compound feed production for all species is thought to have contracted in the European Union last year, with inflation and disease outbreaks largely to blame.
We must adjust our thinking on feeding hens housed in cage-free systems to allow for their increased movement, social interaction and exposure to environmental hazards.
Cage free does not necessarily mean free-range layers. Hens are still kept in-house on floors with bedding material or in open aviaries (multi-storied cages with open access).
With a focus on sustainability and welfare, the center of attention at this year’s EuroTier was firmly inside the show halls and not with the protestors at the showground entrance.
Manipulating the eggshell by applying a nutritional egg coating in the hatchery introduces probiotic bacteria to a developing chick from the outside of the egg, which can help generate a better immune system and gut health.