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Minerals in poultry nutrition
Minerals in poultry nutrition are typically classified as macro- or micro-minerals, depending on the levels needed in the diet. The macro-minerals include calcium, phosphorus, chlorine, magnesium, potassium, and sodium. Requirements for the macro-minerals are typically expressed as a percentage of the diet, while the requirements for the micro-minerals are stated as parts per million. Although the quantities required for micro-minerals are lower than for macro-minerals, they play an essential role in the body's metabolism. The micro-minerals include copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, and zinc.
Raquel Burin (Zinpro) discusses the correlation between eggshell translucency and performance parameters, in this Engormix interview during IPPE 2025 in Atlanta, USA....
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Mohamad Mortada (ADM Animal Nutrition) shares the results of his research on zinc bioavailability, impact on growth and bone mineralization in this Engormix interview during IPPE 2025 in Atlanta, USA.
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(Mandarin) Strengthening Pellets for Better Feed Performance
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Author details: 1 IRTA, Animal Nutrition, Mas Bové, 43120 Constantí, Catalonia, Spain; 2 IRTA, Animal Health, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), Campus de la Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain; 3 IRTA, Animal Welfare, Finca Camps i Armet, 17121 Monells, Catalonia, Spain; 4 IRTA, Animal Breeding and Genetics, Torre Marimon, 08140 Caldes de Montbui, Catalonia, Spain. 1....
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Dr. S. Sridhar, Product Manager at Optima Poultry Private Limited, leads the way in introducing advanced organic trace minerals to India’s poultry market. Offering a unique combination of organic and inorganic trace minerals, Optima’s products enhance bioavailability and improve gut absorption, promoting better poultry health and growth. ...
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Effects of superdoses of phytase on peaking Hy-Line W-36 laying hen egg production and egg quality
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"Trace minerals are nutritional elements added to production and companion animal diets in tiny quantities. They are essential for structural, physiological, catalytic, and regulatory functions in animals, making their inclusion in diets crucial for various reasons. Natural diets may not provide sufficient amounts of specific minerals to meet animal needs, the minerals in the feed may not be in a form that is easily absorbed, or anti-nutritional factors might decrease the proportion of...
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Copper (Cu) is a vital element involved in cellular metabolism and enzyme systems. At levels greater than nutritional requirements, dietary Cu addition enhances growth performance as a growth promoter (Pesti and Bakalii, 1996). Copper dosing at levels up to 250 mg/kg feed has been shown to improve intestinal structure and function, and alter the intestinal microbiota profile (Di Giancamillo et al., 2018). However, a high level of copper in the sulphate form (CuSO 4 ) which is...
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Effects of Amino Acids on Immune Responses and Gut Health in Poultry
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Impact of Trace Mineral Status on Biological Function: The nutritional status of animals is an indicator of their productivity and reproductive capabilities. In tropical countries like India, mineral imbalances or deficiencies are prevalent . (Mc Dowell et a l., 1993) . Livestock in India typically rely on grazing and receive minimal or no mineral supplementation, apart from common salt. (Garg et al ., 2005) . Additionally, the mineral content of locally...
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Marked deficiencies are unlikely to occur in modern commercial production systems; however, marginal deficiencies could arise under certain conditions such as poor feed formulation or low feed intake. The occurrence and severity of mineral deficiencies are influenced by the duration of time that deficient diets are fed, prior mineral status, and the physiological state of the animals (Hill,2000). ...
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LIPTOSA's Commitment to Africa: Expanding Horizons at VIV Africa 2024 Last month, LIPTOSA made a strong statement of its commitment to the African market by participating once again in VIV Africa 2024, the leading trade show for animal production professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa. The event took place from October...
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Chel means CLAW in Greek. The Mineral needs a support to CLAW itself. This support is provided by Amino Acids and this organic support is called LIGAND in chemistry. Amino Acids have a very low molecular weight and can be absorbed easily through the walls of the intestine and hence are most preferred ligands for chelation. ...
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Good Evening I have a question regarding using the phytase matrix value in the least cost formulation software. Should I enter the Calcium value, or should I leave it Zero? Dealing with the calcium figure is not like the others, because we don't have Total calcium, and available calcium in the formulation, we have only calcium which will assume that it is 100% available. for the energy, we have Total energy and ME, for phosphorus we have the total and the available, Amino acids we have total...
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Rick Kleyn (Consultant at Spesfeed) comments on levels of protein, energy, and phosphorus when formulating poultry diets, in this Engormix interview....
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Recently we face with higher Ca content in maize and Soybean meal than the values mentioned in feed composition tables. for instance, the Ca content for Maize is 0.02 % but our results showed that the Ca content in Maize is 0.4% which is 20 times higher than feed compositing Tables values. For soybean meal the Ca content is 0.3-0.6 % in feed composition tables but we see the 1-0.9 %. The macro- mineral content of feed stuff showed be check before feed formulation. So we prepared...
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Available Phosphorus (aP) is the portion of dietary total P that meets the animal's P requirements. This definition isn't tied to a specific P fraction (phytate or nonphytate P). Interestingly, some phytate P (pP) is available to animals, while some nonphytate P (npP) is not, and the availability of both can vary greatly between different feeds It's a good time to remember this... Available P is not Nonphytate
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I. INTRODUCTION Poultry meat is the second-largest meat source with excellent quality of proteins and essential micronutrients for human nutrition globally (Pawar et al., 2016). However, the pursuit of increased meat yield, lean mass ratio and large breast muscle has had significant impacts on meat quality in broilers. Moreover, in modern commercial broiler rearing systems, high stocking density and various stress factors also inevitably lead to impaired growth performance and meat...
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In recent years, the egg industry is aiming to prolong the life cycle of laying hens, both for reasons of profitability and for sustainability. However, the goal to produce 500 eggs in a 100-week cycle is hindered by the declining performance of older hens. It is hypothesised that nutritional strategies can be implemented to support the health of these animals, thereby improving laying persistency. The objective of this trial was to investigate the effects of two sources of butyrate...
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Ben Parsons (University of Arkansas) speaks on the cost and environmental implications of phosphorus requirements and explains the steps forward shown in his recent research, in this Engormix interview during IPPE 2024 in Atlanta, USA....
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(Mandarin) Strengthening Pellets for Better Feed Performance
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I. INTRODUCTION Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient in metabolic processes and the third most costly nutrient in monogastric feed after energy and protein. All plant ingredients contain phytate (salt of phytic acid, myo-inositol hexakisphosphate, IP6) which is a source of phosphorus for farm animals. However, phytate has poor bioavailability for monogastric animals due to inadequacy of endogenous phytase activity and lower microbial degradation capacity in the digestive tract (Li...
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APIs MARKET Pre-festival stocking-up was generally completed in mid-to-late January. Some two weeks before the holiday, including the early part of this month, the market has no actual trading activity. The market has a strong wait-and-see sentiment and lacks sustained positive support. After returning from the holiday, the sales rhythm of the veterinary API market has not yet fully recovered, and the market activity and scale have not returned to normal levels. Some leading...
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