Pushing the microbiome in the right direction – with phytomolecules!
by Dr. Inge Heinzl, Editor From day 1, young animals are confronted with the pathogens of their environment. Feed and feed ingredients also significantly increase exposure to microbes. This article will look closely at three critical bacteria in poultry production. The trials of phytomolecules-based products shared in this article prove the unique benefit of lowering […]
Efficient microbiome modulation with phytomolecules
By Dr. Inge Heinzl, Editor, EW Nutrition From day 1, young animals are confronted with the pathogens of their environment. Feed and feed ingredients also significantly increase exposure to microbes. This article will look closely at three critical bacteria in poultry production. The trials of phytomolecules-based products shared in this article prove the unique benefit […]
Global mycotoxin report: Jan-June 2022 | Find the pain points
By Technical Team, EW Nutrition The pressure of climate change is taking a severe toll – not just on weather-dependent industries, but already on society in general. For feed and food, the impact is already dramatic. Extreme weather events, increased temperatures, and rising carbon dioxide levels are facilitating the growth of toxigenic fungi in crops, […]
Acidifiers support piglets after weaning
By Dr. Inge Heinzl, Editor, EW Nutrition In piglet production, high productivity, meaning high numbers of healthy and well-performing piglets weaned per sow and year, is the primary target. Diarrhea around weaning often gets in the way of achieving this goal. Up to the ban of antibiotic growth promoters in 2006, antibiotics were often applied […]
Price hikes = more cereal byproducts in animal feed. What about mycotoxin risk?
By Technical Team, EW Nutrition Most grains used in feed are susceptible to mycotoxin contamination, causing severe economic losses all along feed value chains. As skyrocketing raw material prices force producers to include a higher proportion of economical cereal byproducts in the feed, the risks of mycotoxin contamination likely increase. In this article, we review […]
The risk of using by-products as feed alternatives – and the solutions
By Technical Team and Dr. Inge Heinzl, Editor, EW Nutrition Consistently rising feed prices compel feed producers to resort to alternative feed ingredients. By-products of milling and ethanol distillation would be good options. The following article shows what should be paid attention to when using these feeds. Keeping high-quality animal protein affordable requires cost-efficient alternatives […]
Improve health and productivity in breeders with phytomolecules
By Dr. Inge Heinzl, Editor, and Technical Team, EW Nutrition Careful management of the breeders is a must to get their best reproductive efficiency. In today’s hatching egg production, factors such as stress, inflammation, body weight, and altered mating behavior lead to decreased performance, meaning fewer hatchable eggs and, therefore, fewer day-old chicks per hen […]
Exploding energy prices? Manage moisture to improve feed mill efficiency
By Ivan Ilić, Global Manager Technical Product Applications, EW Nutrition Modern large-scale feed mills operate extremely efficiently and have few variable costs that could be reduced to lower the total cost of the final feed (Stark, 2012). In light of worrying energy price hikes, feed producers, however, should reduce their electricity use per unit […]
Piglet performance with fewer antimicrobials is possible
By Technical Team, EW Nutrition A variety of stressors simultaneously occur at weaning, making this probably the most challenging period in pig production. During weaning, we commonly see altered gut development and gut microbiome, which increases piglets’ vulnerability to diseases. The most classic clinical symptom resulting from these stressors is the occurrence of post-weaning diarrhea. […]
INFOGRAPHIC: Healthy piglets after weaning
Piglet weaning is a critical period. When not properly managed, it leads to decreased performance, diarrhea, and sometimes mortality. The six areas of intervention in our infographic will help pig producers manage these stressors, avoid diarrhea, and maintain piglet health and performance.
4 interventions to help feed producers cope with increasing prices
By Technical Team, EW Nutrition A storm has been brewing. Even before the invasion of Ukraine in late February, global growth was expected to trend significantly downward, from 5.5-5.9% in 2021 to 4.1-4.4% in 2022 and 3.2% in 2023. The causes are similar across industries: rising inflation around the world supply chain issues stretching long […]
Natural pigmentation in poultry production: Why the right product makes all the difference
Poultry producers worldwide use natural carotenoids in feed formulations for laying hens and pigmented broilers. With European Union regulation restricting the use of apoester to 5 ppm in animal feed, it is more relevant than ever for poultry producers that safe, natural alternatives exist. Regulatory limits for natural xanthophylls, in contrast, are set at up […]