nutritional feed supplement Articles
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Growing Sprouted Fodder for Livestock
With many regions of the world experiencing record droughts and available water becoming more of a concern for many businesses and individuals who own and raise livestock, seeking options and solutions to maintain the health and growth of their animals can be a challenge. Sprouting fodder on site can become a dependable and low cost source of feed and nutritional supplementation, creating a ...
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The Impact of Heat Stress on Ruminants
Ruminants can be easily impacted by heat stress. It does not take extremely high temperatures for your animals to experience stresses that can have severe health consequences. In addition to heat, it is also highly important to consider humidity when determining the level of stress your animals might ...
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Brewer's Grain - Case Study
Brewer's grain is a vegetable residue from the production of beer and other malt beverages. The material has a high nutritional value and is a popular feed supplement for livestock. Dairy farmers consider brewer's grain to be a highly palatable and absorptive feedstock that helps stimulate milk production. However, due to the high moisture content, fresh brewer's grain has a very short shelf ...
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Sugar Beet Pulp - Case Study
Baling of Beet Pulp Sugar beet pulp is a vegetable residue from the production of sugar. The material has a high nutritional value and is a popular feed supplement for livestock. Dairy farmers consider beet pulp to be a highly palatable and absorptive feedstock that helps stimulate milk production. However, due to the high moisture content, fresh beet pulp has a very short shelf-life. This ...
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Protein from preprocessed waste activated sludge as a nutritional supplement in chicken feed
Five groups of broiler chickens were raised on feed containing varying substitutions of single cell protein from preprocessed waste activated sludge (pWAS) in varying compositions of 0:100, 25:75, 50:50, 75:25, and 100:0 pWAS: fishmeal by mass. Forty chickens per batch were evaluated for growth rate, mortality rate, and feed conversion efficiency (ηє). The initial mass gain rate, ...
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Does one of the world’s most abundant animals need protection from our appetite?
As demand grows and habitat disappears, scientists ponder tighter controls on the Antarctic krill harvest. Barely longer than your thumb, weighing under an ounce and nearly translucent, delicate crustaceans known as krill are vital to ocean ecosystems around the world. In the waters that encircle Antarctica, krill are an essential food source for penguins, baleen and blue whales (which can eat ...
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