Animal Feed Technical Articles
Article published the December 4, 2020:
Introduction
Glutamine is considered a non-essential amino acid for young pigs and is important for optimum health and function of the enterocytes in the small intestine. Glutamate is an important compound in ...
Article published the December 4, 2020:
1. Introduction
Biochar (BC) is obtained via the pyrolysis of organic material. In the process, biomass is treated by heat in very low oxygen (or other oxidizers) content, where complex chemical compounds are ...
Article published the December 2, 2020:
1. Introduction
Many species of filamentous fungi have the ability to produce toxic secondary metabolites known as mycotoxins. The term mycotoxin is used only for toxic substances produced by fungi related to ...
Article published the November 26, 2020:
Guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) as a source of creatine.
1. Creatine is a naturally occurring component in the body of animals and is a critical component in energy metabolism.
2. In contrast to other nutrients, c...
Article published the November 11, 2020:
High-shear dry extruded corn and soybeans and the quest for higher growth performance in modern broiler genetics.
Feeding young broilers during the first 10 days post-hatch is the new frontier in poultry nutri...
Article published the November 2, 2020:
Preventive public health measures to cope with non-communicable and infectious diseases include improving immunity through better nutrition. Immune dysfunction is regarded as both a cause and a consequence of m...
Article published the October 26, 2020:
INTRODUCTION
The continuous growth of aquaculture production based on fishmeal (FM) is fundamentally unsustainable, since most wild fisheries stocks are already beyond their catch limits (FAO, 2018). Plant-bas...
Article published the October 15, 2020:
DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM
The main interests of animal nutritionists are in biology, not econometrics. As a result, the economic interpretation of feeding practices has practically been ignored in animal nu...
Article published the October 14, 2020:
Article published the October 7, 2020:
INTRODUCTION
Like other animal production systems, aquaculture has developed into a highly globalized trade-dependent industry, therefore as global fish farming continues to increase, the need for formulating ...