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This important topic has been on my radar as an animal nutritionist. I added the take-home message from this excellent talk to my list below. Thanks for sharing!
Some solutions to mitigate the adverse effects of heat stress:
1. Dietary considerations:
1.1. stimulate feed intake by feeding crumble; feed during the cool hours as much as possible; increase feeding frequency; top-dress the feed using ...
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Use of paracetamol @10 mg/kg body weight through drinking water two hours prior to expected peak temperature is useful in maintaining body temperature of broilers.
In layers, paracetamol can be used through feed.
Participation in Forum on March 31, 2023
What is the correct way of using trace minerals premix in COB 430 breeders ?
1)Fully inorganic
2)Fully inorganic+ 20% organic top up
3)Fully organic
Please justify also
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dan hofer gut acidification really only happens in the crop/proventriculous. Beyond that point he bird will buffer the digests with pancreatic secretions, regardless of which acid is used. The exception being the use of protected/encapsulated acids, which don’t acidify the foregut, and only the hind gut to the extent they are released from their protection/encapsulation technology. In essenc ...
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Inflammation is a complex biological reaction to a harmful event, such as the presence of pathogens, toxins, or damaged cells. It involves the innate immune system, the blood vessels, and molecular mediators, promoting radical changes in the architecture and function of the tissue.
Participation in Forum on September 2, 2022
Dear Nelson
What are the culprit parameters or factors affecting TI during Soya processing particularly in extruder & expeller method ?And how to control it ?
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so we do not know the identity of this herbal material???? what is the big secret?????
we will not be told so here is some info for everyone
Food Sources of Choline
The following plant foods offer sources of choline.
Vegan Serving Choline (mg)
Almonds, dry roasted 1 ounce 7
Apples, raw, with skin 1 large 8
Bananas, raw 1 medium 12
Bread, whole wheat 1 slice 15
Broccoli, cooked 1 cup, chopped 63 ...
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Interesting factsThe presence of fat in the diet inhibits the synthesis of fat from carbohydrates. The final composition of body fat is a pondered average among the fat produced endogenously from glucose, the quantity and composition of the fatty acids in the diet and the fat resulting from catabolism through b-oxidation (Ajuyah et al., 1991; Ferreira, 1999, Sanz et al., 2000b).Female broiler chic ...
Participation in Forum on August 25, 2022
Nelson Ruiz Dear Sir,What would be the standard parameters for TI in soya oil cake (Extruder & Expellar method) in TUI/gm ?
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Dear Dr. Albin, I am glad that you bring the issue of urease activity and trypsin inhibitors because it is clearly established in the work of several authors [McNaughton and Reece (1980); Mustakas et al., (1981); Ruiz (2012); Liu and Ruiz (2021)] that a high correlation exists between urease activity (delta pH) and trypsin inhibitors (expressed either as mg/g or TUI/mg) for SOYBEAN MEAL, particul ...