Prof. Jürgen Zentek

IntroductionCurrent poultry production targets at reducing productions costs and nitrogen excretion into the environment while maintaining an effective animal performance. The key to limit nitrogen excretion is a reduction of the protein content of the diet with concurrent supplementation of deficient and (performance-)limiting amino acids (AA). The aim is to provide balanced quantities of individ ...

Introduction: Appropriate nutrient digestibility is a key to animal health and growth performance, particularly in post-weaning pigs. Compounds with anti-inflammatory or anti-oxidative properties have potential to support gut integrity and growth performance when included in diets for pigs. Isoquinoline alkaloids (IQ) derived from the Papaveraceae plant Macleaya cordata exert anti-inflammatory eff ...

How important is the pig’s microbiome?The intestinal microbiota plays a major role in the development of the immune system, the stability of the digestive process and intestinal health. All of these are prerequisites for the overall performance and animal health. The microbiome should therefore be nurtured. The microbiome is a highly dynamic process and changes drasticall ...