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In many regions, animal production under hot conditions is a major challenge and is expected to become more common in the future. During heat stress, several strategies are used to dissipate excess heat. When high temperatures, water consumption increases, and feed intake decreases (thus reducing nutrient absorption).In order to dissipate heat, livestock will increase the heart and breathing rate. Metabolism is severely affected and usually leads to oxidative stress. Poultry is a...
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Raquel Pereira
Raquel Pereira and 3 more
1. Introduction The use of insects in animal nutrition is a promising alternative in order to obtain a sustainable protein source to feed the world. Considering the current challenges of overpopulation and feed supply for animals and humans, new feed ingredients are needed to provide a secure food production chain in the future [1]. Edible insects have been shown to be highly nutritious and healthy food sources (rich in protein and fat), with beneficial nutraceutical...
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Dibesh karmacharya
University of Queensland
University of Queensland
BACKGROUND Poultry ( Gallus domesticus ) farming is one of the major sources of protein and means of food security for growing population throughout the world (1). Around 75 million broiler chickens are reared annually as a source of meat in Nepal, and the industry has rapidly grown in the recent years (2). The present population of laying hens is more than 7 million, the meat produced from poultry exceeds over 17 thousand metric tons, and the egg production from laying...
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Jeroen Dewulf
Ghent University
Ghent University
A free tool to improve your biosecurity program
Jeroen Dewulf (Ghent University) talked about Biocheck, a risk-based scoring system developed to measure the level of biosecurity at animal farms, during IPVS2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
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Sumit Sipany
ABTL Advanced Bio-Agro Tech Ltd
ABTL Advanced Bio-Agro Tech Ltd
Introduction Acidifiers are combination of organic acids. Organic acid is a chemical compound from the class of fatty acids that have a pH below 7 Organic acids included in feeds in order to lower the pH of the feed, gut, & microbial cytoplasm thereby inhibiting the growth of pathogenic intestinal microflora.   ...
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