Matt Pearce

Hi, I think you will find that most good inactivated yeast contain around 25% MOS and 16% beta-glucan complexes, and that good yeast extracts will bind ZEA around the 50% mark. ZEA in Aust is an issue, and even in SA, there is a regular occurrence of ZEA in straw used in the deep litter system. Most good mycotoxin binders do bind ZEA invitro to around the 40-50% level, and the products available ...

There is no international system currently available to sufficiently characterise and quantify biological properties of plants, and finally standardise their use as antimicrobial, antiparasitic, antiprotozoal or antioxidant agents (Ilias G, 2008). However, Oregano is the plant which is known to have the most potent content of phenolic compounds and direct antimicrobial action against pathogenic ba ...

Dear Dr Amit Raj Gupta, Thank you for your informative article. Your correctly mention the problem concerning the survival of drug-resistant strains of coccidia. I’d like to notify readers of a feed additive which has interesting properties against this particular pathogen to the extent that in some countries it is being used as a method of effective control against coccidiosis. Based on es ...

Dear Mr Coutteau, Thank you for your article. Phytogenic compounds certainly have a lot of potential application in aquaculture, and particularly so in shrimp aquaculture. A similar sized trial was also done in Panama last year testing the using the compound Orego-Stim. The results from this trial of another phytogenic product are exceedingly productive. Comments from the shrimp farmer Mr ...

Dear Dr Nasir, Thank you for your article. EU output of chicken meat grew by 1.6[percent] or around 600,000MT according to the FAO between 2006 and 2008 and following enforcement of the sub-therapeutic EU ban on AGP’s. This is a demonstration and a positive indicator to other nations that the EU ban did not have a detrimental affect on chicken meat production. There is no international system ...