Mycotoxin Risk Management

Mycotoxins are highly toxic secondary metabolic products of moulds mainly produced by Fusarium, Aspergillus and Penicillium species. The most common and regularly encountered mycotoxins can be divided into six major categories: aflatoxins, zearalenone, trichothecenes, ochratoxins, fumonisins and ergot alkaloids...read more

Feed Hygiene

Feed that is contaminated with pathogenic bacteria becomes a potential route for disease transmission among animal and human populations, and is consequently of great concern to producers and consumers...read more

Water Hygiene

Water is a critical nutrient for livestock and poultry. Safe drinking water is essential to the health and efficient production of animals, aiding in the digestion process, transport of nutrients, regulation of body temperature and elimination of waste...read more

Performance enhancement

The growth and performance potential of agricultural animals have improved significantly in recent years. Since the mid-nineties, daily weight gains and feed conversion rates have risen by more than 10%. Milk and egg yields, as well as reproductive performance, also showed similar trends. Consequentially, productivity indices have risen alongside these gains...read more

Gut Microflora Challenge

“Mens sana in corpore sano” is Latin for “a healthy mind in a healthy body”. In animal nutrition, this quote could be adapted to read “A healthy body through a healthy gut”...read more

Preservation

Feed preservation is the process of treating and handling feed to stop or greatly slow down spoilage caused by micro-organisms, which leads to losses in the nutritive value or palatability of the feed. Given the seasonality in feed production, which is marked by periods of under- and overproduction, the preservation of feed is necessary all over the world...read more

Bioremediation

Intensive shrimp and fish farming produce large amounts of organic wastes. Much of these organic waste materials accumulate in the pond bottom and cannot be utilized by phytoplankton. Oxidation of these organic waste compounds depletes the level of dissolved oxygen deep in pond's soils, and encourages the formation of toxic metabolites such as hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, and nitrite. Such conditions increase the mortality rates in aquaculture farming...read more