Mike Persia (Virginia Tech) talks about the benefits of Direct-Fed Microbials (also Sulfur Amino Acid supplementation) to help manage the adverse effects of heat stress, in this interview during IPPE 2023 in Atlanta, USA.
In other direction, we have a different problem. But it could lead to the same goal. IN Europe, with no peak trimming, we see that the hens consume more, but drink less. Due to the nipple not fit to the peaks anymore. Here we're going more and more to increase moisture in the feed just before entering the barn. And so we have higher feed intake, less separation, and better water supply to the birds. Birds as well dont like feed under 12% moisture