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Healthy liver, healthy birds

Commercially grown birds process large amounts of feed. The liver plays a crucial role. Natural stimulants may help in keeping the liver in a good condition, thus ensuring healthy birds.
By Dr Mrigen Dutta, Zydus Animal Health, Ahmedabad, India With poultry farming profits becoming marginal because of the increasing price of feedingredients, enhancing farm productivityby... read more »

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Target release concepts in poultry feed

An understanding of gastro-intestinal anatomy, physiology and function of the chicken is critical for achieving optimum nutritional efficiency. Here we discuss some new insights regarding the use of a mix containing coated butyrate acid, short- and medium-chained fatty acids and botanicals to target intestinal problems in poultry. read more >

Mycotoxins - Part 1: Today’s global threat to poultry

The frequency of mycotoxin contamination of poultry feeds appears to be on the increase globally. This is a serious threat, since complex poultry rations are highly susceptible. As a result, such contamination can seriously affect bird performance. Proper measures are needed to minimise losses. read more >

Salting the birds before slaughtering

Heat stress is known to lead to poor performance and mortality. However, the reasons for that are varied and not so clear-cut. Acid-base imbalance may play a significant role here. Taking care of it can thus help us to deal with the problem, besides being important on its own. read more >

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