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Use of Dry Distillers’ Grains with Solubles by Poultry
The rapid emergence of ethanol plants in Indiana will result in a large quantity of corn co-products that could be used to feed poultry. The primary co-product available is fed as dried distillers’ grains with ...
Author: Todd Applegate and Layi Adeola - Purdue University Extension Department of Animal Sciences, Bi...
Publication date: 07/08/2008    Rating:    Views: 469

New Concepts on the Horizon: Phytogenics in Poultry Production
Modern poultry and egg production is facing several challenges. Growing demand for poultry products and rising prices for raw materials require the implementation of optimal production conditions with the aim...
Author: Tobias Steiner, Product Manager - BIOMIN GmbH
Publication date: 06/17/2008    Rating:    Views: 601

Organic Chromium – an Exciting Beginning, a Promising Future
Published reports of research into the biochemical role of chromium (Cr) and its essentiality in the diet began to appear in the 1950s. Further pioneering work was reported in the 1960s with great attention pai...
Author: MERLIN D. LINDEMANN (Courtesy of Alltech Inc.)
Publication date: 01/02/2008    Rating:    Views: 843

Selenium yeast in poultry production
From Ghislaine Roch (Canada) presentation at Lallemand’s International Selenium yeast seminar (Grenaa, Denmark, 2007)Ghislaine Roch, independent feed nutritionist in Canada, has been working on antioxidants in ...
Author: Ghislaine Roch (Canada) - Courtesy of Lallemand Animal Nutrition
Publication date: 09/03/2007    Rating:    Views: 1573

Usage of fat in broiler nutrition
Poultry production is a business, which like any other enterprise seeks to generate profit. This is done by keeping production costs as low as possible.Wilson & Bayer (2000) found that feed cost is about 60 -70...
Author: Bekezela Dube (Courtesy of AFMA Matrix)
Publication date: 06/13/2007    Rating:    Views: 1469

Current concepts in feed-borne mycotoxins and the potential for dietary prevention of mycotoxicoses
The most commonly recognized feed-borne mycotoxins are the aflatoxins and the Fusarium mycotoxins. Our understanding of the etiology of aflatoxicosis is far more complete than our corresponding understanding ...
Author: Trevor K. Smith - Ewen J. MacDonald - Swany Haladi - ALLTECH INC.
Publication date: 09/13/2006    Rating:    Views: 1294

Pelleted Livestock Feed Production - Process description
INTRODUCTION Wenger's involvement in the Livestock Feed and Pelleting industry dates back to 1935 when Wenger developed and manufactured mixers, pelleting machinery, and other basic feed milling equip...
Author: Galen Rokey - Rob Strathman - Brian Plattner - WENGER MFG. INC.
Publication date: 09/11/2006    Rating:    Views: 4815

UPC Feed Performance Summary
SWINE Palatability: A preference study was conducted in May 1998 by the Animal Science Department at a major university who designed the test. This test compared the effects of UPC-processed feed versus a...
Author: Galen J. Rokey - WENGER MFG. INC.
Publication date: 09/04/2006    Rating:    Views: 786

Pro-Nutrients: Alternative to Antobiotics.
The intensive livestock production and the spreading of high productivity genetic stocks, have conditioned the common use of chemical substances known as “growth promoters”. This kind of molecules are added a...
Author: Gimeno Casas, Gemma - Biovet SA
Publication date: 01/01/2001    Rating:    Views: 759

Feeding Program for Heavy Broiler Chickens
The most common age for marketing broiler chickens is increasing and, in the U.S., is approaching 56-60 days for male birds. Furthermore, a market age of up to 80 days is suggested when future directions of...
Author: Summary by Dr. Steve Leeson, University of Guelph,of research funded in part by Poultry Indust...
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