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Aug 48 min read

Redesigning feed formulation during price hikes: What nutritionists can do

By Fellipe Barbosa and Marisabel Caballero More than five months after the start of the war in Ukraine, we are facing severe challenges in many aspects of our daily…

Tags: alternative ingredients, by-products, feed price increase

Feed Toxins

Jul 85 min read

How to stop endotoxins from decreasing animal performance: the natural solution

By Marisabel Caballero, Global Technical Manager Poultry, and Sabria Regragui Mazili, Editor Find out why endotoxemia threatens animal production and how intelligent toxin mitigation solution SOLIS MAX can support endotoxin management. Figure 1:…

Tags: feed, SOLIS MAX, toxins

Phytomolecules Poultry

Jul 66 min read

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…

Tags: phytomolecules

Feed toxins Pig Poultry Ruminants

Jun 301 min read

Global mycotoxin report: Jan-June 2022

by Marisabel Caballero and Vinil Samraj Padmini, EW Nutrition GmbH The pressure of climate change is taking a severe toll – not just on weather-dependent industries, but already on society…

Piglet

Jun 15

Acidifiers – a smart way to support piglets after weaning

By Dr. Inge Heinzl, editor 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…

Tags: piglet

Feed mycotoxins

May 306 min read

Price hikes mean more cereal byproducts in animal feed, but mycotoxin risk may hinder gut health

By Marisabel Caballero, Global Technical Manager Poultry, and Sabria Regragui Mazili, Editor Most grains used in feed are susceptible to mycotoxin contamination, causing severe economic losses all along feed value…

Tags: gut health, mycotoxins

Feed Products

May 208 min read

By-products as cost-efficient feed alternatives: minimizing the risk of mycotoxin contamination is a must!

by Marisabel Caballero, Global Technical Manager Poultry Inge Heinzl, Editor Consistently rising feed prices compel feed producers to resort to alternative feed ingredients. By-products of milling and ethanol distillation would…

Tags: feed additives, mycotoxins

Breeder Eggs

May 128 min read

Improving health and productivity in breeders: The role of phytomolecules

by Inge Heinzl, Editor and Marisabel Caballero, Global Technical Manager, EW Nutrition Careful management of the breeders is a must to get their best reproductive efficiency. In today’s hatching egg…

Tags: Breeder, eggs, phytomolecules

Manage moisture to improve your feed mill’s efficiency today

Feed Feed mill performance Technology

Apr 26

Exploding energy prices? Manage moisture to improve your feed mill’s efficiency today

by Marisabel Caballero, Global Technical Manager Poultry, and Ivan Ilić, Market Service Manager, EW Nutrition Modern large-scale feed mills operate extremely efficiently and have few variable costs that could be reduced…

Tags: Surface

Feed Pig Piglet

Apr 58 min read

Nutritional strategies with fewer antimicrobials: Target piglets performance via the gut

by Fellipe Freitas Barbosa, Global Technical Manager Swine, EW Nutrition A variety of stressors simultaneously occur at weaning, making this probably the most challenging period in pig production. During weaning,…

Tags: gut health, pig, piglet

Pig Piglet

Mar 211 min read

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…

Increasing prices: Causes, perspectives, and 4 interventions for feed producers

Feed General

Mar 145 min read

Increasing prices: Causes, perspectives, and 4 interventions for feed producers

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…

Natural pigmentation in poultry production

Pigmentation Poultry

Mar 112 min read

Natural pigmentation in poultry production: Choose effective, reliable products

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,…

Natural solutions against Salmonella in poultry

Feed hygiene Organic acids Poultry

Mar 410 min read

Natural solutions against Salmonella in poultry: get ready to fight!

by Dr. Inge Heinzl, EW Nutrition Salmonella infection in poultry is a problem for the producer because of the performance losses of his flock. At the same time, products of…

toxin solutions against mycotoxin interactions

Feed toxins General

Mar 2

Protect your animals’ productivity: toxin solutions against mycotoxin interactions

Contamination with multiple mycotoxins is the rule for animal feeds, rather than the exception. Trial data shows that producers can prevent negative effects on animal health and performance by using…

Pig Pig nutrition

Feb 246 min read

The Zinc Oxide ban: What led to it, what are the alternatives?

by Inge Heinzl and Fellipe Freitas Barbosa, EW Nutrition In June 2017, the European Commission decided to ban the use of veterinary drugs containing high doses of zinc oxide (3000mg/kg)…

Tags: zinc oxide

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