Methane must be reduced – What about rumen performance?
Authors: Valentina Mayorga, Predrag Persak, and Inge Heinzl, EW Nutrition Every day, dairy cows convert large amounts of feed into milk, but part of that valuable energy is inevitably lost in the form of methane produced during rumen fermentation. This gas not only represents a metabolic inefficiency for the animal but has also become one […]
Want better poultry performance? Focus on gut health
by Ruturaj Patil, Product Manager Phytogenic Liquids, EW Nutrition Commercial poultry operations have undergone enormous changes in production practices over the last 50 years. Genetic selection for high production rates, along with upgraded management techniques and dietary measures, have led to increased performance standards in all poultry operations (Kogut et al., 2017). However, it is […]
Phytomolecules: Boosting Poultry Performance without Antibiotics
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to global public health. It is largely caused by the overuse of antibiotics in human medicine and agriculture. In intensive poultry production most antibiotics are used as antimicrobial growth promoters and/or used as prophylactic and metaphylactic treatments to healthy animals. Reducing such antibiotic interventions is crucial to lowering […]