Digestibility
Young animals such as piglets, calves, chicks and pets need a feed that supports their underdeveloped digestive system in early life. Just as feed is the single most important factor in animal production, protein is the most important feed ingredient for securing growth. Aquaculture species such as sea bass, salmon, trout, sea bream and shrimp, need a feed that supports their digestive health at all life stages to encourage efficient production.
High quality proteins are the key to formulating an easily digestible feed with a minimum of anti-nutritional factors.
Read our content on the topic below.
- PerformanceRuminants
Calves grow faster on highly digestible protein
Study finds consistent weight gain in calves fed HP 300 from HAMLET PROTEIN – with no weaning dip. Newborn calves gain more weight in a shorter time when a specialty soy protein is added to their pre-starter feed. At 100 days old, the calves weigh an average 4.7kg more than a control group on a standard pre-starter with soybean meal – giving producers a strong return on investment.![]()
- Gut healthRuminants
Skip the weaning dip with the right calf pre-starter
Calf producers face a major hurdle when introducing milk-fed calves to their first solid feed. The challenge is the immature state of the young animals’ gastrointestinal (GI) system - and the risk of a weaning dip that brings growth to a temporary halt. Fortunately, by choosing the right pre-starter feed, it is a risk producers can either reduce or avoid.![]()
- DigestibilitySwine
Is the protein digestibility overestimated in piglet feed formulation?
Formulating feed for piglets is a challenging task, involving numerous considerations to make sure that the piglets eat the feed and grow efficiently. Nutrient digestibility – and especially protein digestibility – is a primary concern as most published values for ingredient digestibility have been determined in heavier growing or finishing pigs. Current formulation practices use these digestibility values when formulating diets for piglets, which, consequently leads to overestimated digestibility of raw materials when used in smaller animals.![]()
- DigestibilitySwine
Cut indigestible protein - and do piglet health a favor
The most bioavailable nutrients give the best return on investment One of the most important parameters when evaluating feed ingredients is the digestibility of the nutrients they contain. Published in nutrition guides, these digestibility values are often used in research projects to verify published data or shed light on new hypotheses – and they are of key importance when formulating feed for each stage of an animal’s life.![]()
- Gut healthSwine Ruminants Poultry
Dietary protein holds the key to a healthy young animal gut
The gut is the single largest immune related organ of the body and is the primary barrier between a bacterial milieu and the body per se. This barrier balances the need to support entry of nutrients through the gut wall while blocking the entry of microbes. This balance can be affected both positively and negatively by the composition of the diet along with the exposure of the body to pathogenic challenges.![]()
Explore the topic in our news section
- Health through nutritionOctober 2020
FeedNavigator interview: Fiber products and extending poultry focus
The EU wide ban on zinc oxide has prompted the search for other alternatives. Therefore we are excited to announce that we are currently developing a full range of fiber-based products.![]()
- Health through nutritionNovember 2021
Varkens interview: The digestive tract of weaned piglets grows 14 centimeters per day
Varkens sat down with Swine Category Manager Jessika van Leeuwen to talk about weaned piglets and how to give them the support they need.![]()
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