Impact of Sow Health on Piglet Performance
The health of the sow plays a crucial role in the development and performance of piglets, influencing various aspects from gestation to the postnatal period. […]
Tannins: Natural Additives for Ruminants
Tannins are a heterogeneous group of polyphenolic polymers distinguishable into three main groups: hydrolyzable tannins (HTs), condensed tannins (CTs), and flavotannins (FTs). HT and CT […]
Propionic Acid: Industrial Applications
In industry, propionic acid is commonly used as a food and feed preservative and as a crucial chemical intermediate in the synthesis of cellulose fibers, herbicides, perfumes, cosmetics, colorants, artificial fruit flavors, esters used as solvents, plasticizers, rubber products, and pharmaceuticals. Below are some of the diverse industrial applications of Propionic Acid.
Applications of Ammonium chloride in animal production
Ammonium chloride in animal production is used as an economical alternative to other inputs, such as urea in cattle diets. However, its applications are not limited to this, so let’s first understand what this compound is to better discuss its uses.
Non-GMO Wheat: Guidelines and Best Production Practices
Wheat is a winter cereal from the Poaceae family with a millennia-long presence in the traditions, food security, and economic stability of people around the […]
Impact of Traceability on Consumers’ Daily Lives
Impact of Traceability on Consumers’ Daily Lives Grains are important sources of nutrients for people around the world. They can be used in their natural […]
Tannins and cattle breeding: a positive co-evolutionary relationship
The study of tannins, their applications, and their benefits to animals is advancing vigorously, opening horizons that involve nutritional strategies and the concept of one […]
Gains from the dosing of additives in liquid form (Part 2)
1) Greater automation and process control: Dosing systems are usually composed of a tank, which can be installed outside the factory premises, saving internal space. […]
Gains from the dosing of additives in liquid form (Part 1)
Nutritional and technological additives in balanced diets have been one of the most developed fronts in animal production chains nowadays. Many of these additives are […]
Dietary fibers: Nutrition and gut health in focus
The search for sustainable production combined with the highest levels of quality demand by consumers is a challenge that nutritionists have strongly embraced. The production […]
Zootechnical performance: How to prevent and mitigate enteric disorders.
At the end of the last article entitled – Relationship between Clostridium perfringens and the immune system of broilers – it was said that a […]
Relationship between Clostridium perfringens and the immune system of broilers
Clostridium perfringens (CP) is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, anaerobic bacterium that is widely distributed in nature and commonly found in soil, dust, animal production sites such […]
Formic Acid
Methanic acid, popularly known as formic acid, was obtained for the first time in 1500, through a steam-drag distillation of solutions containing ants, a process […]
Importance of the quality of raw materials in the production of feed
Feed Production Scenario Brazilian agricultural production, influenced by high commodity prices and several other factors such as the appreciation of the dollar and the heating […]
Certified Grains – Sustainability and Safety
To keep up with the movement of an increasingly demanding market, where consumers are always looking for the best products and services, organizations need to […]
Learn about Nutritional Flushing for gilts
For years, the interactions between animal nutrition, hence well-nourished animals, and reproduction, have been studied. And there is scientific evidence that reproduction is compromised when […]
Animal Welfare – Swine Farming
The world is undergoing intense transformations since the popularization and facilitation of access to information. This rapid globalization caused outdated industries within this context to […]
Probiotics – What is it, and what benefits?
We have already superficially addressed the problems related to the use of antibiotics as growth promoters. Consequently, we talked a little about possible alternatives such […]
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) – Broiler nutrition
Ascorbic acid Ascorbic acid, commonly called vitamin C, refers to compounds that exhibit L-ascorbic acid activity and is part of the group of water-soluble vitamins. […]
Conjugated linoleic acid – CLA, what is it?
Conjugated linoleic acid – CLA is found naturally in many products. It was originally discovered as an anti-cancer component. The largest natural source comes from […]
Antinutritionals of importance in animal nutrition
Antinutritional factors are substances that, even in a vestigial state, reduce or prevent the use of a nutritional element. These antinutritional factors are mostly secondary […]
Importance of correct Calcium and Phosphorus Supplementation in Animal Nutrition
First of all, several mineral elements are essential for the growth, reproduction, and health of animals. Those required in larger quantities are called Macrominerals. Within […]
Supplementation of vitamins A / D / E in ruminants
Vitamins are complex molecules found naturally or artificially in foods or as precursors to them. They are part of several metabolic processes and are required […]
Vegetable choline, modern and economical!
Choline (Pure) is an organic compound belonging to the group of quaternary ammonium salts, being chemically called 2-hydroxyethyl-trimethylammonium. Known as a B-complex vitamin, it does […]
Whey for newly weaned piglets
In pig production, weaning piglets is a critical moment that requires a lot of attention. In the meantime, the animals are relocated in new lots, […]
Vitamin D (Ergocalciferol and Cholecalciferol): Importance in dairy farming
Vitamin D belongs to the group of fat-soluble vitamins, and many consider it a hormone due to its functions. Its main role is linked to […]
Intestinal Health of Broilers
Among meat-producing animals, chickens stand out for their higher GMD, in terms of body weight and the best feed conversion, being considered a relatively sustainable […]
Contextualizing Mathematical Modeling
Mathematical modeling is the art of correlating attributes of an application area in treatable mathematical formulas, whose theoretical and numerical operational analyzes provide useful insights, […]
What are hydrolyzable tannins – HTs?
Tannins are substances resulting from secondary, or special, metabolism of plants, and for a long time, it was seen as an anti-nutritional factor present in […]
60% PB Soy Protein Concentrate (SPC)
Animal nutrition is constantly advancing to keep up with all the demand for animal protein and more sustainable production. According to data from FAO (Food […]
Essential Oils -EOs in animal nutrition
Essential oils (EOs) are extracted from plants through the technique of steam dragging, the vast majority of times, and also by pressing the pericarp of […]
Butyric Acid in animal nutrition
Organic acids are substances that have a carboxylic group. In recent years, attention has been given to them as alternative additives to antibiotics, acting as […]
Animal production without antibiotics?
With the crisis of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), the eyes of the world have turned again to animal production. Having drawn attention to health issues. […]