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Yeast cell wall extract's role in combating mycotoxin risks
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Yeast cell wall extract (YCWE) has been shown to effectively mitigate the impacts of mycotoxins on animal health and performance. Recent meta-analyses highlight its role in improving productivity, sustainability and profitability across both poultry and pig production systems.
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Assessing Mycotoxin Risks in Imported Grains for Asian Livestock Production
Thursday, April 3, 2025
In 2025, a substantial portion of livestock feed in Asia is sourced from grains imported from Europe, North America, Canada and Latin America. The productivity, health and overall performance of livestock are heavily reliant on these raw materials, which include corn, wheat and barley.
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Choosing the right mycotoxin test for your business
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Knowledge is power when it comes to effectively managing the dynamic challenge that mycotoxins pose to the productivity of even the best-run livestock operations. Since they are both invisible and odorless, the task of detecting these unwanted toxic compounds relies upon a range of specialist detection methods, each po ...
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Innovation in Formaldehyde-Free Feed Disinfectant: Strengthen Feed Biosecurity and Protect Animals from Pathogen Infection
Thursday, October 10, 2024
In modern livestock farming, a robust biosecurity program is crucial for ensuring healthy animals and safe food production. Feed safety is a vital component of biosecurity management. Feed and feed ingredients have been identified as key transmission vehicles for pathogens such as Salmonella spp.
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Active D: An innovative natural solution to prevent hypocalcemia in dairy cows
Friday, October 20, 2023
Hypocalcemia is a common metabolic disorder of periparturient dairy cows particularly affecting high producing pluriparous animals. As the end of gestation approaches, calcium demands start to increase due to the final development of the fetal skeleton and the initiation of the synthesis and accumulation of maternal co ...
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Research insight into mycotoxin mitigation in dairy cows
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Scientists renowned for their research on mycotoxin risk management in livestock shared insights on how mycotoxins affect the bottom line of dairy cow operations during the Selko Feed Additives global webinar "Multi- pronged Approach to Mycotoxin Risk Management in Dairy Cows."
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Feeding behaviour: Understanding the science behind feed palatability
Monday, May 9, 2022
The important role of feed palatability in livestock animals, and particularly young animals, is reflected in their sensitivity to the smell and taste of feed, which influences their feeding behaviour. These feeding experiences are dependent on formula, processing, and the freshness and stability of raw materials, maki ...
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Quantitative estimation of aflatoxin level in poultry feed in selected poultry farms
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Poultry feed contamination due to mycotoxins is one of the major threats to the growing poultry industry. Surveillance of different mycotoxins, including aflatoxin, is very important to control economic and health hazards associated with these toxins. Studies reporting aflatoxin levels in poultry feed are limited. Ther ...
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Nutrigenomics in livestock - recent advances
Monday, August 16, 2021
The study of the effects of nutrients on genome functioning, in terms of gene transcription, protein levels, and epigenetic mechanisms, is referred to as nutrigenomics. Nutrigenomic studies in farm animals, as distinct from rodents, are limited by the high cost of keeping livestock, their long generational distance, an ...
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Stability, predictability and bioavailability of trace mineral source in the dairy cattle ration - Insights from animal nutrition research
Friday, April 9, 2021
Selko, the Feed Additives brand of Trouw Nutrition, is sharing research exploring the use of different trace mineral sources, mineral absorption and bioavailability when used in dairy cows and cattle feeds.
