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Dominique Bureau
Poultry Health Research Network
Poultry Health Research Network
Introduction Animal production relies on the supply of nutritious feeds supporting high growth, welfare and health of animals and the production of high-quality products in an environmentally sustainable and profitable manner. With feed cost representing 50 to 80% of the total production cost, feed manufacturers have a very important role in the overall economic viability of animal agriculture enterprises. Animal production involves a complex “nutritional supply...
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During these difficult times facing the coronavirus outbreak, the poultry producers are acting toward the abrupt drop of broiler meat prices. Further, the reduction of chicken sales has forced some farms to decrease their poultry production. Under this circumstance, poultry farmers are increasing their biosecurity and becoming more efficient by reducing the feed cost or costs related to poultry production. One of the main questions is, how many do we need to decrease the nutrients using feed...
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Guoyao Wu
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Q: Can you tell us how you arrived at the proposed optimal ratios and amounts of true digestible AAs in diets that you have developed in your research? A: Results of studies by my group have established the concept that animals have dietary requirements for not only...
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James Wen
Evonik Animal Nutrition
Evonik Animal Nutrition
The AMINONIR® services offer reliable nutritional analysis in a minimal time – even with unground raw materials. Hear what James Wen, Senior Technical Service Manager at Evonik Animal Nutrition has to say about it ...
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1. Introduction Apricot ( Prunus armeniaca ) and Peach ( Prunus persica ) are the most important fruits grown and processed in Egypt. Apricot is primarily grown in Mediterranean nations, while it is also grown in Russia and the United States [1,2]. In addition, peaches are the primary species for a variety of cultivars that are widely grown around the world [3]. Thus, there are sustainable abundance amounts of both apricot and peach kernels worldwide, which are...
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India has largest livestock population in world. Livestock is one of the important economic activities especially in the rural areas of country providing income for most of the family. In dairy farming, feeding cost accounts about seventy percent of total operation cost. Even though dairying Programme have attained considerable importance in various Five Year Plans and the States and the Centre for the development of this sector have taken up several schemes/projects but different diet plan...
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Note: Considering broiler is grown in ideal environment and in second scenario broiler is grown in this world with little For reducing the cost of feed with minimal stress on bird and with maximum weight gain is there any specific or thumb rule formula for calculating minimum or maximum daily feed required (gram/day or gram/bird weight) that bird can fully utilize it nutrition without losing the excess of feed nutrition in feces. ...
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Diego Martinez Patiño-Patroni
University of Arkansas (USA)
University of Arkansas (USA)
Diego Martínez (University of Arkansas) discusses the different models to measure and predict nutrition's impact on performance, in this interview during IPPE 2023 in Atlanta, USA....
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Diego Martinez Patiño-Patroni
University of Arkansas (USA)
University of Arkansas (USA)
The heat production (HP) of broilers has been shown to increase through the years associated with higher breast meat yield, supporting the use of an energy system that better accounts for HP differences caused by changes in genetics, body composition (BC), nutrition, and environmental temperature. This study aimed to determine the influence of BC on fasting HP (FHP) and the sensitivity of models based on metabolic body weight (MBW) alone or including BC to determine the maintenance net...
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Introduction: Smallholder pig farmers in east Africa report that lack of feed, seasonal feed shortages, quality and cost of feed are key constraints to pig rearing. Commercially prepared pig diets are too expensive and there is competition for food between pigs and people. Smallholder farmers typically feed nutritionally unbalanced diets. This results in low average daily gain (ADG) and poor farmer profits. The objective was to compare the ADG of Ugandan pigs fed forage-...
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Greg Penner
Greg Penner and 3 more
University Saskatchewan
University Saskatchewan
Introduction The Canadian beef industry produces over 1.5 million tonnes of high-quality protein annually while maintaining the highest standards in animal care and environmental sustainability (CCA, 2020). In Canada, access to in-feed antibiotics has been limited to veterinary prescription and growth claims have been removed. To keep up the high standards of efficient production and prudent antimicrobial stewardship in the beef industry, alternative feed additives like yeast...
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Velmurugu Ravindran
Massey University
Massey University
I. INTRODUCTION A number of factors including the global population growth, shift towards high protein diets, finite land availability for crop production, climate uncertainties, increase in fossil fuel prices and diversion of feed ingredients, especially of cereals, to biofuel manufacture presents challenges to the global feed supply. This is a major threat for sustainable poultry production, in both the developing nations, as they move towards animal protein food regimen due...
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Md. Rabiul Awal
Ace pharmaceutical
Introduction: Betaine has been known as a functional nutrient widely used in animal nutrition during the last decade. It’s the trimethyl derivative of glycine, and is present in many plants and animal tissues such as aquatic invertebrates and sugar beets. As a feed additive, betaine is commonly used as anhydrous, monohydrate, and betaine hydrochloride. According to the latest research, the nutritional properties of betaine HCL is equal to anhydrous while offering...
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INTRODUCTION Feed (ration) formulation is a technique by which different feed ingredients are combined to provide required nutrient to animals for a period of time, usually 24 hours, at different stages of production. A ration should supply all essential nutrients and energy to maintain vital physiological functions of growth, reproduction and health of animals. Ration should be palatable, digestible with permissible level of anti-nutritional...
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Dr. Peter Selle
The University of Sydney
The University of Sydney
I. INTRODUCTION Both glucose and amino acids are essential for muscle protein deposition and feed conversion efficiency and total tract nitrogen retention was reported to be influenced by protein and starch digestion in broiler chickens (Liu et al., 2013). Liu and Selle (2015) found that 76% of the variation in the feed-conversion ratio (FCR) could be attributed to starch and protein digestion rates in sorghum-based diets. Quadratic relationships between proximal jejunal...
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Every year the marketing age of broilers decreases by an average of 0.75 days for the same performance. This trend is likely to continue in the same direction for the coming years. Nutrition plays a vital role in enabling this improvement. As the feed cost represents an expensive input (~70-80% of broiler production cost), the poultry producer should be aware of the dynamics of the feed in its influence on final product quantity and quality. Formulating feed ideally requires in-depth...
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Katie Mayo
Insta-Pro International
Consumers are basing their purchasing decisions on how the meat, milk, and eggs are raised. With more consumers and animal advocacy organizations pushing to reduce – or eliminate in some cases – the use of antibiotics in livestock production, several challenges have come to light. Many veterinarians and producers are...
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Leticia Soares
Leticia Soares and 2 more
1 INTRODUCTION During the last decades, the productivity of laying hens has improved significantly, with higher number of eggs produced over the laying cycle and higher efficiency to utilize feed nutrients. This increase in productivity implies in a change in the requirements, and consequently, these hens become more demanding in nutrients, mainly amino acids (Elliot, 2008). Optimization of protein supply by understanding the amino acid needs of these hens requires a thorough...
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Vincenzo Tufarelli
Univ. degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro
Introduction The gradual increase in the world's poultry production concomitantly increases the need for ingredients to supply protein for diets. Cereals constitute about 60 - 70% of diets to meet the energy requirements of poultry, whereas oilseeds contribute to cover the dietary protein requirements of birds (Senkoylu & Dale, 1999). Soybean meal (SBM) is the main protein source in poultry rations given its high nutritional value. Most of the European and Asian...
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