Karel Bierman

The objective of the presented study was to extract and identify the arabinoxylanoligosaccharides (AXOS) released in vivo in the different segments of the gastro-intestinal tract (GIT) of broilers and demonstrate the influence of xylanase on arabinoxylan (AX) utilization. The study used samples from digesta collected from the gizzard, ileum, ceca and excreta of broilers, fed wheat-soybean meal die ...

A multi study analysis was performed to compare the efficacy of salinomycin with narasin. The analysis was performed using data of 18 different anticoccidial sensitivity tests (ASTs) conducted over a 7-year period (2013-2019). The Eimeria isolates were collected in commercial farms from 13 different countries all using different coccidiosis control programmes. Sensitivity of Eimeria parasites to a ...

The release of P into the environment is a target that must be achieved not only for economic and environmental reasons, but also to increase the sustainability of animal production. The impact of dietary Ca on P digestibility, and consequently the level of the inclusion of inorganic P sources in the feed, plays an important role by hindering the phytase to hydrolyse phytate-P (Sommerfeld et al., ...